Bert Fol has an experience of over 30 years in the hotel business and for the past 22 years he has been general manager within some of the world’s biggest hotel chains, Radisson Blu, the biggest five-star hotel in Romania, said in a press release.
Bert Fol is at its second assignment in Bucharest, after serving as general manager of the Athenee Palace Hilton hotel between 2003 and 2005.
Yilmaz Yildirimlar ran the Radisson Blu hotel for nearly five years.
Radisson Blu Hotel Bucharest is one of the most successful hotels of the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group in Central Europe. The hotel has 424 rooms and has a turnover of EUR25 million.
Bucuresti Turism, the company that owns the hotel, switched to a RON5.7 million profit in 2013, after registering losses each year since its foundation in 2008. Bucuresti Turism’s turnover dropped slightly to RON116.3 million in 2013, from RON118.5 million in 2012.
Bucuresti Turism is 76.83% owned by BEA Hotels Eastern Europe and 11.29% owned by Romanian regional investment fund SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO).
Rezidor Hotel Group is one of the most dynamic hotel chains and is part of Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group. The group operates over 1,340 hotels in 105 countries.