{"id":5814,"date":"2017-10-29T02:38:57","date_gmt":"2017-10-29T00:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travellermagazin.ro\/arhiva\/?p=5814"},"modified":"2017-10-30T15:03:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T13:03:50","slug":"statistics-say-104-english-version-no-157","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travellermagazin.ro\/arhiva\/2017\/10\/29\/statistics-say-104-english-version-no-157\/","title":{"rendered":"STATISTICS say + 10,4%, ENGLISH VERSION no 157"},"content":{"rendered":"Post Views<\/a><\/b> = 731

Foreign visitors to Romania spent an average of 2397 lei\/person <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>in 2016<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>, business being the main reason of travel, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>reports the National Institute for Statistics. There have been <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>2,469 million guests, spending a total of 5,922 billion lei.<\/span><\/span><\/span> \u201eThe main reazon of travel for the non resident tourists, in 2016, was business, participation in congresses, conferences, trainings, fairs and exhibitions (57,6% of the total of foreign visitors), their spending representing a 58,5% of the total. The second reason was travel in general (42,4% of the total), mostly travelling for holiday (61,4%). The travel in general section includes holiday travel, shopping travel, travel for cultural events, sport events, visiting friends and family, medical treatments, transiting or any other reason\u201d is shown in the report. According to the same source there has been a total increase of 10,4% in the number of guests that have used tourist accommodation structures, comparing with 2015. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Most visitors that used B&B structures came from Germany \u2013 281.000, Israel \u2013 251.9<\/span><\/span><\/span>00<\/span><\/span><\/span>, Italy \u2013 233.000, France \u2013 145.600 and UK \u2013 140.600<\/span><\/span><\/span>.
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ACCOR doubles its portofolio
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The French Accor\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Hotels<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> that currently operates 7 hotels in Romania through its Polish partner Orbis, intents to double the number of hotels owned in the country in the following years. This year two units come on the market: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>ibis Styles in Arad and Mercure in Brasov. \u201e Our target is to have at least 20 <\/span><\/span><\/span>hotels<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>in Romania. We must analyze which brands and what size hotels we are looking for, in order to suit the local market\u201d, said Laurent Picheral, CEO\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Hotel<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Services, responsible for Germany, Poland, The Baltic countries, Central Europe, Scandinavia and the Balkans<\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span> Laurent Picheral said that they are also looking to see if Fairmont ore Swissotel would be suitable for Romania.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

CHRISTIAN TOUR reopens charters to Egypt<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

After a two years break, Christian Tour \u2013 the largest Romanian tour operator, reopens the charter flights to Hurghada. The specialists expect Egipt to become the most fashionable destination for the summer and autumn of 2017. <\/span>\u201eEgypt is an ideal destination all year round, suitable for any type of traveler and it is only three hours away, by plane, from Romania (\u2026). Our holidays have been very successful two years ago among Romanian tourists. Looking at the large number of requests that we see we expect seats on the first charter flights to fill up quickly\u201d- said Marius Pandel, CEO Christian Tour. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Christian Tour <\/span>estimates that, between 1st of August and 25th of October<\/span>,<\/span> the company will send to Egipt about 4.500 Romanian tourists. <\/span>There are 3, 4 and 5 starts hotels available, with half board but also <\/span>All Inclusive. The charter flights to H<\/span>urghada will be operated by the Romanian carrier Blue Air. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Angelo goes Tha<\/span>i
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The Angelo Hotels by Vienna House Bucharest, located in the vicinity of International Henri Coanda Airport, was bought by the Thai company U City Public. The price paid to the trading society <\/span>Warimpex, 180 million Euros, include the shares held by the group to other 7 hotels in Czech Republic and Poland. The shares passed to U City Public reprezent half of the real estate portofolio of Warimpex. Vienna House is the largest independent Austrian hotel owner and the company will keep being the administrator of the sold properties for a while.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A new IBIS in downtown Bucharest
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The Dogariu family, owner of the 4 stars Mercure in Bucharest, intends to build a new hotel. This time it will be a 3 stars Ibis, in the area of the Romanian Opera. The land has been bought and the construction will probably start at the end of the year. There will be 160 rooms and the investment is estimated at 10 mill<\/span><\/span><\/span>ion euro. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Fivestar\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Hospitality<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>made the necessary studies and was also involved in negotiating the management contract. The good results obtained with the Mercure hotel<\/span><\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span><\/span> have encouraged the Dogariu family to invest again in a hotel, in a period of time when several new units will open in the Capital of Romania but also in many of the big cities.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

TRIPADVISOR likes Privo
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The 4 stars Privo Hotel, located in the transilvanian city of Targu-Mures was named the best hotel in Romania, in 2017, by the travel platform TripAdvisor. Privo si number 1 in Top 25\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Hotels<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>, followed by <\/span><\/span><\/span>Hotel<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Kronwell in Brasov, and <\/span><\/span><\/span>Hotel<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Epoque in Bucharest<\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span> Privo is ranked <\/span><\/span><\/span>4 in Top 25\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Hotels<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>for Service. Travelers` Choice Awards is a ranking of<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> TripAdvisor, based on ratings from travelers around the Globe<\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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