The investment was funded through EximBank by RaRa Group, the owners and developers of the hotel.
The new hotel has 110 rooms, an event hall with a capacity of 150 people, a restaurant with a terrace, skybar, swimming pool, SPA, charging stations for electric vehicles and a parking garage.
The five-star hotel in downtown Brasov combines the old and the new in an elegant symbiosis, preserving some of the features of the original building, built in 1930, but also a fragment of the Brasov citadel – discovered during the execution works.
“Brasov is the most visited city in Romania, therefore the opening of a chain hotel offers the opportunity of increasing the level of premium services in the Brasov area. We expect Radisson Blu Aurum to be a destination not only for leisure tourism, but also for business, considering the dynamic economy of the area”, stated Anca Cristea, General Manager of Radisson Blu Aurum.
More than 120 specialists from various fields were involved in the development and design phase of the investment which lasted four years. Then, during almost three years of execution works, between 250 and 400 people were involved monthly and more than 100 local companies with high expertise in their field were contracted. One of the significant challenges of the project was the discovery of the fortress wall which turned into an opportunity to highlight part of the city’s ancient history.
“Starting with the excavations of the building constructed in the 1930s and 1960s, more than 1000 tons of materials were evacuated and more than 650 tons of reinforced concrete were used for consolidation. If we consider all the quantities handled in our project, we exceed 3000 tons of materials and over 850 deliveries with different types of vehicles”, stated Ramona Neamțu, owner of Radisson Blu Aurum Brasov.
Radisson Blu Aurum aims to contribute to the development of the local economy not only by raising the level of the local tourist services, but also by becoming an important employer. The hotel team will have more than 70 employees.