The Rezidor Hotel Group, one of the most dynamic hotel companies in the world, on Tuesday announced the construction of a Radisson Blu hotel in ISHO neighbourhood in Timisoara. The company’s portfolio in Romania increases to four hotels, two under operation and two under development, which add to 11 functional hotels (2,628 rooms) and two other hotels (265 rooms) under development in Southeast Europe. Radisson Blu and Mulberry Development bring the first top international hotel in Timisoara.

The new Radisson Blu hotel in Timisoara will be completed in 2020, a year before the city becomes European Capital of Culture, and it will have 160 rooms, a restaurant and a concept bar. The hotel will also have a 1,000-square meter space for socialization (including a ballroom) and a fitness center operating around the clock, 24 hours a day. The hotel will be an integrant part of the ambitious mixed use real estate project ISHO in Timisoara, which includes over 1,000 apartments and 50,000 sqm of new generation office space.