InterContinental to open new hotel in Bucharest

IHG Resorts & Resorts is to open a brand new InterContinental property within the Romanian capital Bucharest in January 2023.

The opening will mark a swift return of the InterContinental model to Romania after the administration contract to handle its earlier property in Bucharest led to December 2021 and the resort was renamed because the Grand Lodge Bucharest. IHG additionally has a Crowne Plaza property within the metropolis.

The brand new InterContinental Athenee Palace Bucharest, which can function 283 rooms, is positioned near the Palace of the Parliament within the centre of town and will probably be a 40-minute drive from Henri Coanda Worldwide airport.

Amenities will embrace an all-day eating restaurant with outdoors terrace, plus Cafe Athenee and The English Bar. Convention choices embrace a ballroom with a stained-glass roof and one other 13 assembly rooms of various sizes.

Willemijn Geels, vice chairman, improvement, Europe, at IHG Resorts & Resorts, mentioned: “InterContinental Athenee Palace Bucharest is the most recent in a sequence of signings by IHG in prime locations throughout Europe, together with InterContinental Resort Crete and Kimpton St Honore Paris over the previous 12 months. 

“We’re wanting ahead to a yr of continued development in 2022 and to strengthen our dedication in Romania within the years to come back.”