Accor opens its first hotel in Galati, aims for seven hotel openings in Romania this year

Accor, global leader in augmented hospitality, announces the opening of its first hotel in Galați, ibis Styles Dunărea Galati. The property in Galați is the second to open in Romania in 2020 and will be closely followed by 5 more this year, including Mercure Galați Centrum, by the end of September, a press release shows.

With growing interest from its partners, Accor will add 10 more hotels to the portfolio in 2021 – 2023. Pipeline covers various brands from economic to upscale segment.

“The speed of Accor’s development in Romania was not influenced by the unprecedented challenges that we have experienced in hospitality in past few months. The proof is given by the opening of 7 new hotels this year will total 802 keys.

The first hotels opened are ibis Styles Bucharest City Center, on June 22nd and ibis Styles Dunărea Galati, August 24th. They are only some of the several new flagship properties coming to Romania this year. In the next few months, they will be followed by Mercure Galati, Mercure Timisoara, ibis Styles Bucharest Airport, ibis Timișoara and ibis Bucharest Politehnica. We are particularly enthusiastic about the opening of two new promising markets this year – Galați and Timișoara,”  says Christophe Chamboncel, VP Operations Management Romania & South-Eastern Europe.