{"id":1897,"date":"2013-04-06T21:20:22","date_gmt":"2013-04-06T19:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travellermagazin.ro\/arhiva\/?p=1897"},"modified":"2013-04-06T21:21:50","modified_gmt":"2013-04-06T19:21:50","slug":"cismigiu-a-hotel-with-a-sophisticated-scent-english-version-no-107","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travellermagazin.ro\/arhiva\/2013\/04\/06\/cismigiu-a-hotel-with-a-sophisticated-scent-english-version-no-107\/","title":{"rendered":"CI\u015eMIGIU \u2013 A hotel with a sophisticated scent ENGLISH VERSION no 107"},"content":{"rendered":"Post Views<\/a><\/b> = 587

CI\u015eMIGIU \u2013 A hotel with a sophisticated scent<\/strong><\/p>\n

After a 15 million euro investment the Hercesa Company opened the new Ci\u015fmigiu Hotel. It has a prime position in the historical area of Bucharest, being located just next to one of the oldest and most romantic parks in town, the Cismigiu Park. The new building hosts not only a hotel but also business facilities, a stylish Humanitas bookstore and the Cervantes Spanish Cultural Institute in Bucharest. The building of100 years old initially opened in 1912 as a landmark of Little Paris, under the name of Palace and later on changed to Hotel Ci\u015fmigiu.
\n\"\"<\/a>
\nThe restoration process of this historical location started in 2004 after its acquisition by the Spanish real estate company Hercesa. Rated four stars Hotel Ci\u015fmigiu offers 60 apartments of 38 to 50 sqm. Its ground level is still to be finished, here the owners planning to open the new Gambrinus Beerhouse \u2013 another historical brand of the old city. The remake of the beer house took 150.000 euro and the beer supplier is going to be Heineken. Mauricio Mesa Gomez, director of Hercesa said at the opening: \u201eThe Ci\u015fmigiu building, the first acquisition of Hercesa in Rom\u00e2nia, is our dearest project. We believe it is going to be a great success and the place will win, once again, the hearts of people in the city, as well as will attract travel agents and foreign travelers\u201d.<\/p>\n

We love Transalpina<\/strong>
\n\"\"<\/a>
\nThe highest road in Romania \u2013 Transalpina -, has been nominalized for an Excelence Prize at the 10th edition of the International Forum for Durable Development in Paris. The prize is decided and given by representatives of the several NGO\u2019s, orgenizers of the event.<\/p>\n

The same objective in Romania is well rated in a top made by Opentravel, consisting in the most beautiful winter destinations. Transalpina, recently repaved, is said to have initially been an altitude road built almost 2000 years ago by the roman armies, over the Carpathian Mountains. For several hundred years it has been used by the shepherds on both sides of the mountains. The road has bit over 130 km and goes as high as 2145 m. It starts in southern area of Romania, in Novaci area, Bengesti village, and ends in Transylvanian city of Sebe\u015f.<\/p>\n

HOREZU ceramics become world patrimony<\/strong>
\n\"\"<\/a>
\nThe traditional ceramic produced in Horezu area, in subacarpathian southern Romania, has been included by UNESCO on the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage, at the last meeting of the council in Paris. According to the UNESCO site: \u201cHorezu ceramics are a unique traditional craft, handmade in V\u00e2lcea County, Romania. The potters select and extract the earth, which is then cleaned, cut, watered, kneaded, trampled and mixed \u2013 transforming it into a clay body from which they produce a red pottery. Each object is shaped with a special finger technique, decorated with traditional motifs in vivid shades, and then fired. The potters rely on traditional tools: mixers, potter’s wheels, combs, tools for decoration and wood-burning stoves.\u201d Horezu ceramics is also known in Romania for its specific rooster, tree of life and spirals decoration motifs.<\/p>\n

Akantus Hotel married in Ramada<\/strong><\/p>\n

Akantus Hotel in Cluj joined the Ramada chain of hotels being the newest Ramada hotel in Romania. The complex, located in the business area of Cluj Napoca, offers 100 rooms, a whole Executive floor, 4 conference rooms and also two restaurants and a Wellness Spa \u2013 an unique 360 panoramic views SPA.<\/p>\n

The new Ramada is a project developed by Trend Hospitality Consulting & Management \u2013 company led by Tinu Sebe\u015fanu. \u201dCluj Napoca is one of the most important cities in Romania and has been one of the main targets of the Ramada group. We are glad that we succeeded this affiliation.\u201d – said Lucian Marinescu, Senior Associate of Trend Hospitality.<\/p>\n

\u201eFrom the owners point of view, higher visibility and better positioning of the hotel on the market, as well as having access to new sales points, are some of the advantages of wearing the Ramada brand, reason for which we expect higher turnover in 2013\u201d \u2013 said Razvan Tarmure, President and General Director of EuroTrend Grup.<\/p>\n

MARCH: 2 tourism fairs<\/strong>
\n\"\"<\/a>
\nTwo of the most important tourism shows in Romania will take place in March.
\nThe first one TTR (The Romanian Tourism Fair) will be opened 14 to 17 March at Romexpo in Bucharest. The organizers of this 29th edition are Romexpo, the local Chambers of Commerce and Industry, ANAT, FPTR, ANTREC and OPTBR. \u201c The Romanian Tourism Fair wants to contribute in strenghening the tourism industry, promoting attractions but also organiying seminaries and debate over the actual problems of the domain\u201d\u2013 said Mariana Suciu, general director of Romexpo.<\/p>\n

The second fair on the month will be in Brasov, 29 to 31 March. This 6th editon of Transylvania Tourism Fair will be held at Bra\u015fov Business Park. Sorin Dencescu, general director of Krontur Expo and organizer of the show, believes that the fair will largly interest the public inspite of the economic dwellings: \u201cI am convinced that early booking packages , with discounts from 5 to 35% will sell well for the new season\u201d. Traveller Magazin is a media partner of both the fairs to come.<\/p>\n

LAZ\u0102R CRISTIAN is the \u201eGOLDEN CHEF 2012\u201d<\/p>\n

Over 70 guests enjoyed the exquisite cuisine and show of the 4th edition of the Golden Chef of Bucharest Competition. The finals and the Gala Dinner have been organized by the Chefs Federation in Romania. The \u201cBuc\u0103tarul de Aur al Bucure\u015ftiului\u201d Laz\u0103r Cristian (and his team partner Iulian Chivu) from Grand Hotel Continental received the grand trophee Golden Chef of Bucharest 2012. Ivan Florin Marian and Milosi Alexandru ranked 2nd in the contest being followed by Dobre Alexandru \u015fi Ionu\u0163 Br\u0103teanu (3rd place) and Brad Arpad and Daniela Zgimb\u0103u (4th place). The jury was composed by several chefs and gastronomy specialist such as: Wynand Vogel, Henrik Sebok, Cornelia Ghi\u015foi, David Contant, Maria Popa and Cornelia Toma. TRAVELLER MAGAZIN was one of the media partners of this event.<\/p>\n

Wyndham Group awarded Ramada Oradea<\/p>\n

The Wyndham Hotel Group gave its annual awards in London, rewarding the performances of the hotels in the group. Over 190 hotels on three continents competed for 2012 and the prize went to Ramada Oradea hotel, in northern Romania.<\/p>\n

In order to participate in the competition Ramada Oradea had to show data regarding customers\u2019 satisfaction and service quality. \u201cI am proud to offer to Ramada Oradea the prize for the Hotel of the Year in Europe, Middle East and Africa. This hotel, through sustained work, reached the top level, and I whish to congratulate its team and to thank them for their daily dedication to the Ramada brand.\u201d – said Rui Barros, senior vice president and managing director Wyndham Hotel Group in Europe, Middle East and Africa.<\/p>\n

TOP 25 hotels in Rom\u00e2nia<\/p>\n

TripAdvisor published the lists of the best hotels in various countries of the world, the ratings being given by the travavellers using theirs services. In 2012 the Top 25 for Rom\u00e2nia we finf well known large properties but as well smaller, very personalized hotels. Most nominations come from the Capital city of Bucharest but there are some remarcabla units from all around the coutry. The leader of the list is the Little Texas in Ia\u015fi. It is followed by Ramada Hotel & Suites Bucharest Nord, Epoque (Bucharest), Hilton (Sibiu), J.W. Marriott, K+K Hotel Elisabeta, Sarroglia, Radisson Blu \u2013 all in Bucharest, Golden Tulip Ana Dome (Cluj-Napoca) and Plaza V & Plaza V Executive Hotel (T\u00e2rgu Mure\u015f).<\/p>\n

Among other rated hotels we find as well Grand Hotel Continental, Athenee Palace Hilton Bucharest, Ramada Sibiu, Central Plaza Hotel in Piatra Neam\u0163, Doubletree by Hilton Unirii, Splendid Mamaia etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Post Views = 587CI\u015eMIGIU \u2013 A hotel with a sophisticated scent After a 15 million euro investment the Hercesa Company opened the new Ci\u015fmigiu Hotel. It has a prime position in the historical area of Bucharest, being located just next … Continu\u0103 s\u0103 cite\u0219ti →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,344],"tags":[345,322],"class_list":["post-1897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-version","category-numarul-107","tag-cismigiu-a-hotel-with-a-sophisticated-scent-english-version-no-106","tag-english-version-no-106","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.travellermagazin.ro\/arhiva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.travellermagazin.ro\/arhiva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.travellermagazin.ro\/arhiva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.travellermagazin.ro\/arhiva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.travellermagazin.ro\/arhiva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1897"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.travellermagazin.ro\/arhiva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1904,"href":"http:\/\/www.travellermagazin.ro\/arhiva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1897\/revisions\/1904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.travellermagazin.ro\/arhiva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.travellermagazin.ro\/arhiva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.travellermagazin.ro\/arhiva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.travellermagazin.ro\/arhiva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}