PHOTOS: One of Hungary’s most popular hotels is reopening

The popular Hotel Lövér in Sopron will reopen with a new operator in April. The hotel in Sopron will continue to be a 3-star superior hotel in the future, awaiting its old and new guests for a relaxing weekend.

The hotel closed due to high energy prices

Hotel Lővér closed at the end of October last year. The tenant-operator at the time, Bartha Hotel Kft., could not keep up with the increased overhead costs due to the increase in energy prices, reports kisalfold.hu. In recent months, Danubius Hotels has been looking for a new operator for the hotel. György Bartha, the former tenant and director of the hotel, said this in the fall: “Looking at the gas and electricity bills of the past few months, our annual energy costs would increase from HUF 80 million (EUR 210913,2) to about HUF 420 million (EUR 1107292,1), and we cannot manage this.” In the hotel, which is primarily built for domestic customers, they cannot raise the prices in such a way as to compensate the five-fold increase in energy costs.

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Hotel Lövér will open its doors again in the second half of April

The owner, Danubius Hotels Zrt., has entered into a lease agreement with the Hotel & More Group, writes turizmus.com. “I am glad that Hotel & More saw an opportunity in Hotel Lövér, this classic and popular hotel in Sopron, and that we found an experienced operating partner. I see that tourism will continue to strengthen this year and this may bring new opportunities to Hotel Lövér as well. Our hotel in Sopron has been operating as a rental scheme since 2014, and we wanted to continue to maintain this model,” said Balázs Kovács, CEO of Danubius Hotels Zrt.

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Hotel Lövér in Sopron. Photo: FB/Hotel Lövér

The hotel restaurant. Photo:FB/Hotel Lövér

A so-called “hybrid operation” will also be possible

“We intend to continue operating the building as a three-star superior hotel, focusing on leisure, sports and event tourism. However, we are also open to the so-called “hybrid operation”, i.e. operating as a hotel and long-term accommodation for employees of large companies in Sopron and the surrounding area. The handover will take place on March 9-10, according to our plans, Hotel Lövér will open its doors again in the second half of April,” said Balázs Klemm, CEO of the lessor Hotel & More Group.