“The occupancy rate in June is more than 70%, but in the first five months we felt the impact of holidays and days off and had an average of 55%. We are in the high season, with lots of events in the city -Sports Festival, TIFF, Techsilvanya, Electric (June i.e.), Untold (August), and many personal events,” Nina Moldovan, chairperson of the board of Winners, which manages the five-star Radisson Blu Hotel in Cluj-Napoca, told ZF.
Finance Ministry data show the operator of the hotel posted RON38.1 million (EUR7.7 million) revenue in 2023, up from the RON15.7 million in 2022.
The company got the zoning permit for a new wing of the hotel early last year. Construction work on this wing is in progress and the decision to build it was made to capitalize on the appetite for luxury amenities, the official said.
The new wing will include 20 premium and VIP rooms and apartments, three conference rooms of up 100 seats each, a spa, a sky bar and a restaurant.
The hotel currently has 149 rooms of various types and apartments, a large conference room of up to 300 seats and five small conference rooms.
It is the first five-star hotel investment of an international brand in Cluj and it took about EUR26 million to open it.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)