With one in three rooms empty in the 3,500-hotel room empirebuilt by buying several hotels from the state, Josef Goschy, ownerof Unita Turism chain, is renting the roofs of the units and otherspaces to raise money, while hotel owners of Austria and Franceparticipate in travel fairs abroad and launch promotion campaignsto attract clients.
"Last year I made one million euros from renting some hotelspaces, with half of the sum coming from mobile phone companiesthat placed their antennas on the roofs of hotels," stated Goschy,one of Romania's biggest hotel owners, who has built no hotel fromscratch.
Turnover generated by the entire chain reached almost 9.5m euros,down 14% from the previous year, with the average occupancy ratestanding at just 32%, according to Goschy.
Eyeing fast gains, businessman Josef Goschy put out for rental atotal area of almost 3,600 square metres, in ten hotels of UnitaTurism chain. The spaces could bring the businessman annualrevenues worth a little above 900,000 euros, in line with ZFcalculations.
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