{"id":120464,"date":"2018-12-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/hilton-old-town-hotel-director-sees-local-hotel-market-on-an-upward-trend\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T09:04:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T07:04:40","slug":"hilton-old-town-hotel-director-sees-local-hotel-market-on-an-upward-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/hilton-old-town-hotel-director-sees-local-hotel-market-on-an-upward-trend\/","title":{"rendered":"Hilton Old Town Hotel Director sees local hotel market on an upward trend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Irina Semaca, the new general manager of the Hilton hotel in the capital&#8217;s Old Town, believes that the local hotel market is on an upward trend, although the biggest problem, the lack of labor, has not yet found its solution.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>She says there are large hotels in Bucharest that have a daily deficit of 50 employees, and the difference, when they choose one hotel or another, is not made by salaries, which are similar in the industry, but by the work environment offered by the employer. They stay, in the end, if you offer them stability and appreciation.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Over 80% of Hilton Garden Inn clients are foreigners &#8211; Americans, Israelis, British, Italians. Of the total, 60-70% are business people, the rest coming to visit Bucharest.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Since opening, the occupancy rate has gradually increased, reaching 90% in recent months.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Irina Semaca aims to increase efficiency and focus heavily on service quality.<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.profit.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Profit<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What is the biggest challenge facing Bucharest hotels?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The primary challenge is the labor shortage, with some large hotels facing a daily deficit of up to 50 employees.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the profile of the guests at Hilton Garden Inn Old Town?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Over 80% of guests are foreigners, primarily from the US, Israel, UK, and Italy, with 60-70% being business travelers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How has the hotel&#8217;s occupancy rate evolved?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since its opening, the occupancy rate has grown steadily, reaching 90% in recent months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irina Semaca, the new general manager of the Hilton hotel in the capital&#8217;s Old Town, believes that the local hotel market is on an upward trend, although the biggest problem, the lack of labor, has not yet found its solution. She says there are large hotels in Bucharest that have a daily deficit of 50&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":67488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2852],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-120464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hotels-restaurants"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/hotelieri-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120464","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=120464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120464"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=120464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}