{"id":118809,"date":"2020-02-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/former-golden-tulip-times-hotel-in-bucharest-joins-holiday-inn-chain\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T17:43:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T15:43:23","slug":"former-golden-tulip-times-hotel-in-bucharest-joins-holiday-inn-chain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/former-golden-tulip-times-hotel-in-bucharest-joins-holiday-inn-chain\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Golden Tulip Times Hotel in Bucharest Joins Holiday Inn Chain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Businessman Virgil Calina, owner of the Ramada Nord hotel, has signed the affiliation agreement for the former Golden Tulip Times hotel in Bucharest to the international Holiday Inn chain, a brand of the InterContinental group. This is the first hotel under this brand opened in Bucharest.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The hotel has also entered an extensive modernization process to attract fans attending the European Championship football matches, which will be held at the National Arena, located very close to the hotel. &#8220;I am striving to be ready even before the European Cup matches played at the National Arena.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Virgil Calina specified that the rooms have been modernized, carpets, AC units, and TVs have been replaced, everything being brought up to IHG standards.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The former Golden Tulip Times hotel was classified at 4 stars and had 70 rooms. After taking over the property, Calina decided to drop the Golden Tulip franchise.<\/div>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Where is the new Holiday Inn located in Bucharest?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is located near the National Arena, in the former Golden Tulip Times building.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who owns the new Holiday Inn Bucharest?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The hotel is owned by businessman Virgil Calina, who also owns the Ramada Nord hotel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What upgrades were made during the rebranding?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The modernization included room renovations, new carpets, air conditioning units, and televisions to meet IHG standards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Businessman Virgil Calina, owner of the Ramada Nord hotel, has signed the affiliation agreement for the former Golden Tulip Times hotel in Bucharest to the international Holiday Inn chain, a brand of the InterContinental group. This is the first hotel under this brand opened in Bucharest. The hotel has also entered an extensive modernization process&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":68513,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2859],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-118809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stirea-editiei-en"],"article_style_override":"off","post-style":"style1","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/topstory.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118809","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=118809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118809"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=118809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}