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Accor Group Opens Mercure Timisoara

2020-10-13 by Argophilia Travel News

Mercure Timisoara

Last week Accor opened the Mercure Timisoara, the group’s first hotel in the western Romania city.

Tags: Accor, Accor Group, Accor Hotels, Mercure Timisoara, Romania hotels, Romania travel, Timisoara

“Charming Beijing” Tourism Promotional Hits Bucharest

2018-12-10 by Argophilia Travel News

China's Great Wall

The “Charming Beijing” promotion event, kicked off on Monday at the Promenada Mall in northern Bucharest, the capital of Romania. The event headlined officials from both China and Romania bent on informing Romanians about China.

Tags: Bucharest, Charming Beijing, China, China attractions, China tourism, China travel, Chinae trips, romania, Romania tourism, Romania travel

Foreign Tourists Numbers for Romania Rise for Q II 2018

2018-09-18 by Argophilia Travel News

Sighisoara

Foreign tourists spent more than €660 million euros in Romania in the first half of 2018, up 16% over 2017 y on y.

Tags: National Statistics Institute (INS), romania, Romania hotels, Romania tourism, Romania travel, Romania trips, tourism industry

Sports Events 365 Expects to Double Sales Following Deal with TUI

2018-08-01 by Argophilia Travel News

Sefi Donner

Sports Events 365 has signed a wide-ranging cooperation agreement with TUI TravelCenter, the Romanian subsidiary of TUI Group.

Tags: Romania tourism, Romania tours, Romania travel, Sports Events 365, TUI, TUI TravelCenter

Romania’s Borsa Revisits Olympic Skiing Development

2018-01-15 by Delia Gavrilescu

The City Hall of Borsa has relaunched a project aimed at building an Olympic ski slope in the Carpathians of Northern Romania. In addition to building the longest ski slope in Romania, the project aims to create a world-class support infrastructure. 

Tags: Borsa, Romania skiing, Romania tourism, Romania travel, Romanian Ministry of Tourism, Ski slopes, skiing, Sorin Timis

Vola OTA Announces Record Profits

2016-03-23 by Liliana Steffens

Vola Travel

Increase from online business from OTA Vola totalled some €63.2 million euro for the four countries the online travel agency covers. According to the news, Vloa in Romania, Poland, Ukraine, and Vietnam increased revenue by over 50% in some cases.

Tags: Romania travel, Vola, Vola.ro

Another Collection of European Hotel Gems

2015-10-20 by Liliana Steffens

Zagreb

Autumn is a special time of the year anywhere, but certainly in Europe. In the heart of the “old continent” hundreds of quaint, charming and often inspiring hotels stays await. Here’s a small selection of places our staff has either stayed or heard of via word of mouth. From Austria to Romania, this time of […]

Tags: 25hours Hotels, Bratislava, Marrol's Bratislava, Romania travel, Slovakia, Timisoara, Vienna, Zagreb

A collection of Black Sea architectural gems

2014-10-06 by Liliana Steffens

Massandra Palace, Yalta, Crimea© demerzel21

One of Europe’s and the world’s most interesting regions, the countries that surround the Black Sea hold many of humankind’s most extraordinary historic and architectural treasures. Architecturally, the region is dotted with Roman, Greek, Ottoman, Byzantine, and neo-classic examples of our finest constructs. From the Crimea to Romania, down to Bulgaria, then to Turkey and Georgia, many largely underestimated wonders await new travelers. Here are but a very few magical ones.

Tags: Balchik Palace: Bulgaria, Bulgaria travel, Constanta Casino, Crimea travel, Georgia travel, Massandra Palace, Romania travel, Svetitskhoveli Cathedral

Softronic Unveils New Hyperion for Romania

2014-09-03 by Liliana Steffens

The new Hyperion

Romanian rail manufacturer Softronic has just announced a new prototype of its new Hyperion emu set to test along Romania’s main rail lines. The Hyperion has been developed by Softronic at the company’s Craiova plant to the south of Romania at a cost of around €5 million euro, the reports say.

Tags: ABB traction motors, Europe rail, Rail, Romania rails, Romania travel, Softronic

FashionTV Black Sea Model Awards Hit Romania

2014-08-11 by Liliana Steffens

Romania's Irina State - Courtesy her Facebook

The magnificent Mamaia, Romania, beach resort plays host next weekend to one of the best international model competitions this summer. The FashionTV Black Sea Model Awards, where over 40 models will compete, is the fourth in a string of competitions set on the biggest fashion stage in Europe. This year’s competition, which begins August 16th, […]

Tags: Black Sea Model Awards, Europe fashion, Irina State, Mamaia, Romania events, Romania fashion, Romania models, Romania travel, Stefania Loredana Diaconescu

Connects: New Bulgaria to Romania Danube Crossing

2014-03-07 by Liliana Steffens

New Europe Bridge

Trade and tourism in between Romania and Bulgaria got a boost when the New Europe Bridge opened last year. According to the trade ministries of the countries, bilateral trade has exceeded €3 billion over the course of the last year.

Tags: Bulgaria travel, Calafat, Danube, Danube crossing, New Europe Bridge, Romania travel, Vidin

Sibiu, Romania Voted Best City to Visit in 2013

2013-04-02 by Adrian Banu

Festivalul Medieval "Cetati Transilvane" Sibiu

The former European Capital of Culture from 2007, Sibiu, was voted as The Best City to Visit in 2013. The city’s charm also prompts the question; “How about living in Sibiu?”

Tags: Best cities, Eastern Europe, Medieval Festival, romania, Romania cities, Romania travel, Sibiu events, Sibiu living, Sibiu tourism, Sibiu travel

Danube-Black Sea Canal Sees Tourist Cruises

2013-03-27 by Phil Butler

Danube – Black Sea Canal

A bit of interesting and very positive news form Romania today tells of the Danube-Black Sea canal finally being put to the use for which it was designed some decades ago. A collaboration between the National Office of Navigation Canals, the Council of Constanta judet (jurisdiction), Constanta’s City Hall and the Association for the Promotion and Development of Tourism on the Danube Delta Coast, have collectively organized touristic cruises to take advantage of this fascinating waterway.

Tags: Black Sea canal, Constanta cruises, Danube Canal, Danube cruises, Romania travel, Romanian history, Stalin

Romania Tourism Nights Up Over Previous Year

2013-03-01 by Liliana Steffens

Romania-ski

The number of tourist to Romania climbed by more than 9% in 2012, this according to a report from the State Statistics Institute there. According to the report some 7.6 million tourists stayed at hotels and guest houses over the course of the year.

Tags: Bucharest tourism, Romania stays, Romania tourists, Romania travel

Romania’s Bigar Waterfall: A Visual Wonderment [Video]

2013-01-30 by Rhett Butler

Bigar Waterfalls

Romania’s Bigar Waterfall, also known as “the Miracle of the Minis Gorge”, is one of the most beautiful waterfalls on our planet. This iconic waterfall only rises to 8 meters in height, but being fed by underground spring waters, it’s the seemingly mysterious flow and the spectacular visual effect of the falls, that makes them so special.

Tags: Banat, cascading falls, Europe waterfalls, Romania travel, Romania#s wonders, Transylvania, water attractions, waterfalls, wilderness

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