Wanda Nicolau, resident manager at the hotel, says she’s noticed a leisure segment increase this year, supported by Romanian tourists. At the same time, there’s high interest from people coming to work remotely at the hotel.
Wanda Nicolau also says the first half of this year was still marked by the pandemic, but not as heavily as the same period of last year.
“Room occupancy and bookings for the restaurant and bar rose considerably. The gradual lifting of restrictions for event organization boosted revenues on this segment as well. We had an average occupancy rate of around 41%”.
Revenues posted in the first three quarters of this year doubled from the year-earlier period. Against the first year of activity, 2019, when foreign tourists accounted for over 60% of hotel visitors, the pandemic slashed this percentage to 15% in 2020, while foreigners accounted for 24% of total tourists this year.
The autumn should have followed the same trend, but because of the rising number of coronavirus cases and the introduction of new restrictions, there’s a lot of uncertainty about how the 2021 autumn will look for the Bucharest hotel.
(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)