35 new leading hotel projects in Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey

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(Free-Press-Release.com) May 15, 2009 -- Hamburg/Germany – May 15, 2009

Tourism in South East Europe is booming. The holiday destinations Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey experience an increasing number of first class and luxury hotels – 35 new projects are under construction. In Turkey the number of new top hotels will rise by 19 (3,500 rooms). Today, about 3,570 hotels (all categories) exist in Turkey. In Bulgaria in the next years six new top hotels (1,260 rooms) will be opened. At this time, approx. 3,300 hotels are under operation. In Romania ten new hotels (2,010 rooms) are under construction. Currently 1,484 hotel companies are running.
(Source: FACET – Foodservice Annual Count and Expenditures Tracking: tophotelprojects.com – International Hotel Construction Project Database)

More facts about the Away-from-Home markets:
April 2009: Italian Hotels leading in Europe with 8.0 bn Euro turnover of food & beverages
March 2009: 26 bn Euro turnover of restaurants in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
February 2009: 11.5 bn Euro volume of business catering in Germany, France and UK
January 2009: 1,588 bn Euro Away-from-home turnover worldwide

December 2008 – Over 994 million meals served in canteens in Germany
November 2008 – More than 220,000 commercial foodservice companies in Germany
October 2008 – The Top 3 Away-from-Home markets in Europe
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