Radisson Hotel Group is launching a rapid testing service for meeting and event attendees at properties across its EMEA portfolio. The testing program builds on the Radisson Hotels Safety Protocol launched in 2020. In addition, upon full implementation of the program every hotel will be able to provide guests with the option to visit an easily accessible and affordable PCR testing location, either at the hotel site or in its vicinity.

Considering the market history before the pandemic period, Colliers consultants are optimistic about the capacity of the market to recover and that the investors’ interest in this market will again come back in time, though the next few years will certainly prove difficult ones.

Zeus International Group has bought three hotels in Bucharest in a cross-border share deal from Alpha Real Estate Services (ARES), a member of Alpha Bank Group.

According to analyses by JLL, Poles return to hotels in holiday resorts more willingly than in the spring 2020. Business hotels are still waiting for guests.

The construction of a new building in the BudaPart mixed-use project in Budapest has started. As Mihály Schrancz, Managing Director of developer Property Market Kft., said earlier in an interview with Portfolio in December, the company has signed an agreement with the Radisson chain for a mixed-use development comprising a four-star hotel and office space. The Radisson Hotel Budapest BudaPart, to be built as part of the BudaPart Downtown project, will be operated by the Radisson Hotel Group international chain.

In Romania, the hotel transaction volume reached about €9.5 million in 2020, down 87% from approximately €75 million in 2019, Cushman & Wakefield Echinox data shows.

The Hilton hotel network has unveiled plans to open two new Hampton by Hilton hotels in Poland, following the signing of two franchise agreements.

Vision Apartments announced it signed the purchase agreement of the former Ramada Bucharest Majestic Hotel. The company didn't disclose the value of the transaction.

ANA Hotels, a company owned by businessman George Copos, announced an investment of €25 million in the Athenee Palace Hilton hotel in Bucharest.

Nordis Group, a real estate developer specialized in the construction of luxury real estate, announces the launch of a new exclusive complex, consisting of a hotel and residential apartments, located in Brașov.