The President of the National Tourism Authority, Anca Pavel-Nedea, stated that 2015 was a good year for players in the tourism industry, highlighting primarily the 9% VAT on public catering services for…
Anca Pavel-Nedea, the president of the National Authority for Tourism (ANT), believes she needs a minimum of 3 years to turn the institution she leads into a „healthy organism,” so that when…
In 2015, the low-cost airline Blue Air transported 2 million passengers, a record figure for the airline, which two years ago transported only 1.3 million passengers. The 2,000,000th passenger received a diploma…
On January 14, the Austrian group A-Heat will open a wellness, relaxation, and entertainment center based on thermal waters in Balotesti, near Bucharest. The developers claim it is the largest project of…
The Hungarian Danubius Hotel Group estimates a turnover of €8 million, a 20% increase, from its hotel complex in Sovata, where tourists come for spa treatments based on salt water and mud…
On December 20, the Federation of Romanian Tourism Employers, FPTR, issued a press release announcing Mangalia City Hall’s intention to increase the building tax to 1.95% of the property value, the maximum…
According to a press release from the French Embassy in Bucharest, four restaurants from Bucharest – Beca’s Kitchen, Zexe Zahana, Le Bistrot Francais, Joseph by Joseph Hadad – appear on the list…
Expedia, one of the world’s largest travel agencies, has published the top 25 best shopping cities in the world for 2015, and among them is Romania’s capital, Bucharest. The criteria considered by…
Several SIF Transilvania shareholders, holding 8.09% of the company’s share capital, are requesting the convening of a General Meeting of Shareholders (AGA) to discuss the management of Mihai Fercala, which is considered…
In 2016, Vola.ro intends to enter the corporate travel market, either through the acquisition of a player in the field from the Romanian market or by developing its own department by recruiting…