KRONWELL – 5 stars Luxury
The newest hotel entered on the hotel market of Braşov county is called Kronwell. The pre-opening was made in the presence of some leaders of Braşov administration, designers (Bogart) and constructors, of travel agencies, hotel managers and specialised press. Kronwell (its name expresses a mixed between Kronstadt or Korona, historical names of Braşov and Welcome or Wellness, which expresses the concepts of comfort and spa incorporated) is a design hotel and addresses to active and business clients. Located near the Central Station, it provides 81 rooms. For business manifestations and meetings, it provides you the Kronwell Ballroom with a capacity of 275 individuals and other multifunctional spaces. The overall investment reaches 14.5 million Euros, if we consider as well the wellness and Spa complex in progress of being arranged.
Daniel Popescu, the owner of Kronwell declared: „This hotel is not a final station. It is only the beginning. We shall take this concept to other towns as well. When? Depending on the success that have in Braşov we will develop it maybe as an independent chain. Who knows!”
Hoia-Baciu – a forest haunted by TOP
The Hoia-Baciu forest from Cluj county I sin Top 5 of the most haunted forests in the world. This is the opinion of BBC. The British journalists consider that the forest from Transylvania draws the attention of over half a century for its mysterious places. The inhabitants of the towns near-by claim that the forest – with a circular opening in the centre – is a portal, and those crossing it may never return from time and space. The trees once straight and tall, are currently contorted in gnarls, BBC writes as well. The same forest was currently included in a Top drawn up by the American magazine Travel+Leisure, being considered as well one of the most dreadful forests in the world.
Besides the forest from Cluj, BBC included as well the forest Wychwood from England, the Doll forest from Mexico, the Black Forest from Germany and the Aokigahara Forest from Japan.
Ramada Plaza provides … bronzes services
Ramada Plaza Hotel Bucharest was awarded a bronze medal “for the remarkable quality of services rendered” by Wyndham Hotel Group, brand to which it belongs. The excellence certificate was awarded during the group awarding gala, accommodated by the capital of Great Britain. The distinction places Ramada Plaza Bucharest in Top 3 of the best hotels from Wyndham Hotel Group portfolio. The international chain holds worldwide around 7.260 hotels.
Hard Rock Cafe entered in “Hall of Fame”
The management of Hard Rock Cafe of Bucharest announced that the location was 
awarded the distinction “Top Of The Rock”, prize awarded by the network Hard Rock International for the best financial results, social involvement and sale performances, obtained by Hard Rock Cafe restaurants worldwide. The restaurant from Bucharest became thus member of „Performance Hall of Fame”, an exclusivist list of Top Of The Rock winners. The prize awarded consists in a unique Fender guitar, manually painted, which will complete de collection presented in the restaurant from Herastrău Park.
On the opening date, the end of last decade, Hard Rock Cafe was one of the most modern and one of the largest in the world, as well as the largest from Europe. With a surface of 2.000 square metres, the place has 220 table places, and another 230 on the terrace opened during summer. The overall investment reached 4.5 million Euros. Here, one may admire objects belonging to some stars such as Shakira, Bon Jovi, Elton John, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, the Beatles, The Doors etc. Other significant benches were provided by the donations made by Prince, Madonna or Michael Jackson (who offered the famous red leather jacket worn during the filming of the production “Thriller”).
What did The World Geography discover!
According to a classification made by the website The World Geography, the Bigar Falls of Romania occupies the first place in the top of the most beautiful falls in the world. The falls is situated on Minişului Valley, on Poneasca entrance in Banat and has the name of Bigar the same as the cave from neighbourhood. The authors of the website present the falls as one of the most beautiful in the world, due to how the water flows on rocky surfaces. In addition, it is located just on Parallel 45. The second position in the classification is occupied by Eternal Flame Falls, a small falls from the American reservation Shale Creek, near New York. The third place is occupied by Asik-Asik falls from Philippines. This is located in Alamada locality, it has 60 metres height and a width of 140 metres. The water of the falls is said to have magic powers that cure people.
OUR INTERVIEW:
DUMITRU BURTEA: “The Romanian chefs are real ambassadors of taste !”
„My dream, not achieved yet was to incorporate in Romania a Gastronomy Academy. The rank of Romania would thus increase. The young generation would have thus an additional motivation to accede to a career. A gastronomy academy is not a utopia. In order to incorporate it, the efforts of ANBCT and Euro-Toques are not enough. One mainly needs a national consolidation, willingness and deep understanding of phenomena by the governors. We stick on our business since you cannot maintain respectability in the world if you do not participate to international competitions. The Romanian cooks, pastry-cooks and confectioners acted as such at Vienna, Salzburg, Moscow, Kremlin, Glasgow, Milan, Basel, Istanbul, Tokyo, Kyoto, Auckland, Erfurt, Lucerne, Luxemburg, Torino, Helsinki and Lyon, from where I returned recently.”
Dumitru Burtea is a living legend of national and international gastronomy. Burtea is the only Romanian from all times elected, 15 years ago, member of honour of World Association of Chefs Societies – WACS. Today, he is the president of honour of ANBCT and president of Euro-Toques Romania. Before 1989 he was the general manager of ONT Braşov, and the talent of his team provided a unique charm to some places such as Şura Dacilor, Coliba Haiducilor, Cerbul Carpatin, Stâna Turistică, Cetate etc.
