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<strong>ARSENAL PARK – the 1st military unit for your holydays!</strong>

The owners of Bega group of companies in  Timişoara (Marius and Emil Cristescu) wish to amplify the offer of their  adventure tourism complex. They announced that this year will buy two  old aircraft for Arsenal Park, probably Boeings of 150 seats, where to  make a hotel and a disco.
Arsenal Park was opened two years ago, on the spot of a former  gun factory, on an 88 hectares surface. It is located in Orăştie,  Hunedoara County, and is 4 stars rated holyday complex. Marius Cristescu  said that, up to the moment, they invested 10 million euro in this  plan. “We have the ambition to transform Arsenal Park in the largest  open air military museum in Europe. It will eventually gather over 500  pieces” – added Radu Cristescu.
Petre Racoviţă, general director of Arsenal Park (nicknamed  military unit for holydays) says that “there are several projects we  expect to have European finances for. We aim building a football field, a  Spa centre, a sports centre, ridding facilities as well as 16  kilometers of bicycle track”. He added that in the two years since  functional Arsenal Park received over 10.000 visitors, with a 20-25% of  foreigners. The offer is wide, ranging from adventure tours to cultural  and historical visits to the Dacian citadels in Munţii Orăştiei (made  with collection old cars), guiding and catering services in order to  live unique experiences.

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<strong>Blue Air already thinks about winter season </strong>

The  first smart flying company in Romania, having an integral Romanian  capital, announced the official winter flights schedule for 2011-2012.  Even though summer did not yet arrive you can start planning your winter  holydays looking forward to the very attractive prices for flights  between October 30, 2011 and March 24, 2012. The fares start at 14,99  euro per segment (taxes included, limited availability, free online  check-in for Bucharest and Bacău). The winter destinations from  Bucharest are: Madrid, Paris-Beauvais, Barcelona, Milan-Bergamo,  Valencia, Rome, Bologna, Brussels, Malaga, Stuttgart, Larnaca,  London-Luton, Dublin, Naples, Catania, and Nice. From Bacău Blue Air  will fly to Rome, Milan-Bergamo, Torino-Cuneo, London-Luton – as  Florentina Tatu, PR director of Blue Air, said.
The complete timetable and schedule for the winter season is to be found on www.blueairweb.com.

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<strong>Congresses go for rural</strong>

The  Transylvanian city of Alba Iulia hosted the 4th and 5th of May the  International Congress for Rural Tourism. The theme has been “Rural  tourism – an instrument in building identity and a chance for quality  standards”. The event gathered among participants several experts from  Spain, Greece, Hungary, Poland, France, Belgium, Italy, etc. The  congress has been organized by the Ministry of Tourism (MDRT) and The  National Association for Rural Tourism (ANTREC) in a partnership with  EUROGITES. Romania had been previously hosting in Bran (2004), the  International Conference of Rural Tourism with the theme: „Rural Tourism  and Eco Tourism – potential and perspectives”, also presented by our  magazine.

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<strong>20 years of Continental Hotels</strong>

The  most dynamic Romanian hotel chain is 20 years old. Continental Hotels  was founded in 1991 having Nicolae Fertig (general director of the  society at that time) as a craftsman of its concept. In order to develop  the chain the specialists of Continental Hotels renounced at some  properties in Bucharest, Timişoara and Cluj but, in a strategic  partnership with Accor, they have attracted the Ibis brand. The first  hotel that came with this name in 2001 the former „Nord” in Bucharest,  located nearby the North Train Station. Two other followed in 2005: Ibis  Parlament (in the Capital city) and Ibis Constanţa. In 2009 the former  Continental in Sibiu reopened as Ibis as well.


Radu Enache, president of the chain Continental Hotels, said: „I  am very proud of what the Continental team accomplished. We now have  more than 1860 rooms, 13 restaurants, 19 coffee shops, 54 conference  rooms, and 4 Spa areas, all of them being in-house.
We have developed nine brands of our own regarding the hotels  and Horeca segment: Continental Forum (4 stars, Continental (3 stars),  Grand Hotel Continental (five stars), Hello Hotels (2 stars), Balkan  Bistro, Mondo, Concerto, Tekaffe and Victoria Club”.

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<strong>CONSTANŢA – good news for the mosaic</strong>

One of the most important attractions at the  Black Sea, the Roman mosaic in Constanţa, has got all the chances to  shine again. The restoration works where started in a private  partnership by Groove Hour in Constanţa, following the poor conservation  of the site. It is estimated that they will take four years.
According to some preliminary studies the starting costs go as  much as 300.000 euro, the final price of all the needed works reaching a  one million euro budget. “It order to be able to finance the project  there has been signed a partnership with the company Dobrogea SA in  Constanţa. They will launch the “Antique Roman Bread”, an original  product made out of wheat after an old Roman recipe. 10% of the selling  price of each bread will be directed in order to finance the restoration  and conservation of the roman mosaic” – said Dragoş Paiu, marketing  director of Groove Hour. Traveller Magazin is one of the media partners  sustaining this private initiative for the salvation of world valuable  monument.<a href="../../foto/86/english/Mozaic%20%20Cta%20engl.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="../../foto/86/english/mici/Mozaic--Cta-engl.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="200" height="300" align="right" /></a>
The Roman mosaic dates back to the 4th century, and is a unique  work of art due to its dimensions (100 meters long and 20 meters wide)  and execution technique. It has been uncovered and exposed in the period  1958-1960.

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<strong>România will be in 24 international tourism fairs</strong>
The tourism offers of Romania will be presented this year by the  Ministry of Regional Development and Tourism (MDRT) in no more than 24  international profile fairs. There will be a priority in presenting the  national brand in 8 countries, the places that sent the highest number  of visitors in 2009: Germany, France, Italy, USA, Austria, Great Britain  and Ireland, Russia and Hungary. MDRT is also going to participate in  the tourism fairs organized in Spain, Poland and Israel. Among the  official presentation events six will be in USA, five in Germany, three  in Austria and two for France or Spain. The largest stand, 400 sqm, has  been made in the International Tourism market of Berlin, in March.

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<strong>Râşnov citadel chooses modern</strong>
One of the most visited spots in Braşov County after the Black  Church and the Bran Castle, the Râşnov citadel, will go through new  transformations. Adrian Veştea, mayor of the city, announced another  step in the restoration of the place. As a first thing the lighting  system will be modernized, being changed with an optical fiber system  that will permit live broadcasts of the cultural activities in the  citadel. The new museum to show up will have a permanent 200 sqm  exhibition, showcasing Romanian and foreign pieces as well. The works  are to be financed from the local budget and totalize 1,2 million euro.