The most important leaders in the hospitality industry gathered in Bucharest, elected a new president, and discussed current challenges while expecting legislative predictability from the state.<\/p>\n
Radu Savopol, co-founder of the Romanian coffee shop chain 5 to go, is the new president of the Romanian Hotel and Restaurant Employers’ Association (HORA).<\/p>\n
The entrepreneur took over the mandate from the owner of the Loft club, Ion Biri\u0219, who was elected president of HORA in 2021.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has been almost a year since the VAT was modified for certain segments and since the announcement of fiscal changes that still do not have a final and clear form. In the context of an ambiguous and incoherent fiscal climate, it is impossible to keep businesses open or make them profitable. HORA aims to find a viable solution for this entire ecosystem\u2014authorities, entrepreneurs, customers\u2014through constant and open dialogue with all political decision-makers, through analyses and impact studies that provide a clear picture of the industry and the impact that measures on paper have in real life for businesses and the people involved, employers and employees,\u201d stated Radu Savopol.<\/p>\n
Who is the new president of HORA?<\/strong><\/p>\n Radu Savopol, the co-founder of the 5 to go coffee chain, has been elected as the new president of the association.<\/p>\n What are the main concerns of the hospitality industry in Romania?<\/strong><\/p>\n The industry is currently facing fiscal ambiguity, lack of legislative predictability, and challenges regarding profitability due to recent VAT changes.<\/p>\n Who did Radu Savopol succeed in this position?<\/strong><\/p>\n Radu Savopol took over the mandate from Ion Biri\u0219, the owner of Loft club, who had served as president since 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The most important leaders in the hospitality industry gathered in Bucharest, elected a new president, and discussed current challenges while expecting legislative predictability from the state. Radu Savopol, co-founder of the Romanian coffee shop chain 5 to go, is the new president of the Romanian Hotel and Restaurant Employers’ Association (HORA). The entrepreneur took over…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":92488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[2898,3367],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-115245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism","tag-romania-en","tag-time"],"article_style_override":"on","post-style":"style2","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turism-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115245"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=115245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}