The company is indirectly held by the family of Raul Ciurtin, the entrepreneur who established and sold dairy producer Albalact and still has operations in the food industry.
The complex will include a 50-room five-star hotel, two event halls and a spa and will be completed in the second half of 2022, sources told ZF. Ciurtin family bought the land about two and a half years ago.
Apulum Turism was established in 2019 and is held by Tania Privee, a company equally owned by Lorena Beatrice Ciurtin and Tania Elena Ciurtin, the wife and daughter of Raul Ciurtin. This is the first tourism project of the Ciurtins, ZF has found.
Half of the investment in the new complex will come from the state aid granted in 2020.
Cluj-Napoca has six five-star hotels, according to Booking.com site, some of them operating under international brands – Ramada and Double Tree by Hilton, some under local brands – Platinia, Grand Hotel Italia.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)