“When we closed it in 2006, the Lotus hotel had a two-star rating. (…) In 2008 we have considered tearing down the Felix hotel and replacing it with a 14-pool aquapark, which would be annexed to the Lotus hotel. Later, we’ve decided we would make Lotus a five-star hotel, because we have seen demand on this segment,” Turism Felix general manager Florin Serac told MEDIAFAX.
The company also holds a four-star hotel, two three-star hotels and four two-star hotels in the Baile Felix resort.
Serac added the Lotus hotel will have 22 rooms and will come with a treatment complex for rheumatism and post-traumatic afflictions.
Turism Felix reported a total number of 43,400 tourists last year, including 4,500 foreign tourists, mainly from Germany, Israel, the Netherlands, Sweden and Austria.
Between January and August this year, the company served a total 31,500 tourists, 1,500 more than in the same interval of the previous year. As such, the company expects tourism numbers and sales to rise by 8%-12% on the year by the end of 2011. In 2010, the company reported sales of 48.5 million lei (EUR11.5 million).
The company is 63.2% owned by SIF Transilvania (SIF3.RO), while SIF Oltenia (SIF5.RO) holds a 16.8% stake. (EUR1=RON4.2353)