Danubius Hotels Group, located in Hungary, is one of the most significant hotel companies of Europe with their 7,833 rooms. On the list of the top 300 hotel industry enterprises, published by the Hotels magazine every year, they have the illustrious 90-100th ranking according to capacity.
The hotel group owns and operates health spas, wellness and city hotels in Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and the United Kingdom. As for the tourism market: it can be stated that the sector is performing well. From January to June 2013 it realised a revenue of 129 billion Forints (430 million euros) gross, which is a 10% growth. In the same period, the growth in the number of guests was 5,9%, related to roomnights it meant 4,9%. In September – that was unusually cold and rainy – according to latest data, domestic guests spent 3% more, foreigners spent 0.7% more roomnights in Hungarian hotels than a year earlier.
The Hungarian Central Statistical Office reported that the gross room revenue of accommodations increased by 9.9% compared to that in previous September, which also includes a 5.3% growth of the average room prices. The room occupancy was 57% in average, which is a 1.9% points higher value than a year before. Five-star hotels achieved an outstanding occupancy of 76%, while next to that of health spas you can read a value of 71%. Again, the turnover of domestic guests exceeded that of the foreigners.
