Howard Johnson to open on February 9

Howard Johnson Grand Plaza, the former hotel Dorobanti from Bucharest, will open on February 9, as the $30m modernisation works have been completed, said Antoni Kuhnen, the hotel’s general manager. The Grand Plaza Hotel SA, whose shareholders are several natural and legal persons, controls the hotel. The money for the modernisation works, which started in 2000, came from a syndicated banking loan maturing in eight years, granted by the Romanian Bank for Development (BRD) – Societe Generale and Alpha Bank Romania. The fees for a standard room at the hotel range between 149 euros (VAT not included) and 169 euros, namely 209-229 euros for suites. ZF