{"id":122830,"date":"2016-09-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/renovation-works-at-hotel-rex-in-mamaia-suspended-indefinitely\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T16:07:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T14:07:20","slug":"renovation-works-at-hotel-rex-in-mamaia-suspended-indefinitely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/renovation-works-at-hotel-rex-in-mamaia-suspended-indefinitely\/","title":{"rendered":"Renovation works at Hotel Rex in Mamaia suspended indefinitely"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Renovation works for the Rex Hotel in the Mamaia resort, affected by a fire 5 years ago, have been halted by the contractor due to a lack of funding from the Adamescu family, with no remaining completion deadline.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In February 2011, the 5-star Rex Hotel in Mamaia, controlled by the Adamescu family, caught fire, and the blaze destroyed the roof, the attic, and the furniture in several rooms.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The hotel had been acquired by the Adamescu family in 2006 from Viorel Paunescu for EUR 10 million.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>After the fire, the Adamescu family began renovation work on the hotel, with various completion deadlines being put forward over time, the last one being the 2015 summer season. Currently, however, the works are suspended indefinitely.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Rex Hotel, located 30 m from the beach, was the largest 5-star hotel on the coast and the first international hotel in the Mamaia resort, having been opened as early as 1936 by King Carol II himself. The building was placed under monarchic patronage, with the royal crown applied to the facades.<\/div>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Why were the renovations at Hotel Rex stopped?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The renovation works were halted by the contractor due to a lack of funding from the owners, the Adamescu family.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When did the fire occur at Hotel Rex?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 5-star hotel was severely damaged by a fire in February 2011, which destroyed the roof and several rooms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the historical significance of Hotel Rex?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Opened in 1936 by King Carol II, it was the first international hotel in Mamaia and the largest 5-star hotel on the Romanian coast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renovation works for the Rex Hotel in the Mamaia resort, affected by a fire 5 years ago, have been halted by the contractor due to a lack of funding from the Adamescu family, with no remaining completion deadline. In February 2011, the 5-star Rex Hotel in Mamaia, controlled by the Adamescu family, caught fire, and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":66291,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2853],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-122830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-investment"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/investitii-3.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122830","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=122830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122830"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=122830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}