PHOTOS, VIDEOS: New five-stars hotel opened in Hungary’s world-known wine region

Dreamland Holding built a brand new and astonishing hotel having 100 exquisite rooms in the heart of Hungary’s historic Tokaj wine region. Furthermore, they even built an event venue with state support. The inauguration took place on Thursday, and the minister of construction and transport, Mr János Lázár, talked about the importance of rural development and tourism.

According to turizmus.com, the government aims to create an economic zone in the Miskolc-Debrecen-Nyíregyháza triangle. That zone should be Hungary’s most developed industrial zone, Mr Lázár highlighted. They would like this area to be competitive even with Budapest and Győr. And that is why they would like to develop rural tourism. Part of that program is supporting the construction of Hotel Minaro, Tokaj’s brand-new five-star hotel in the heart of the world-known Hungarian wine region.

The minister said a five-star hotel is an investment showing it is worth living and doing business in the country. To support that, the government helps infrastructure projects like the Miskolc-Kassa/Kosice motorway or building four lanes on main road 37. He added that the Orbán administration is committed to the Tokaj region development. Zsófia Koncz, the MP of the region, mentioned the new jobs created by the investment in the tourism sector. She spoke about multiple developments in the region, from the Bodrog promenade and the downtown rehabilitation to building bike roads and developing water tourism.

100 rooms in an andesite mine: new hotel in Tokaj

Richárd Szepesi, owner of the investor Dreamland Holding Zrt., said they built a hotel having 100 rooms on a 100 hectares area. Furthermore, they developed an event venue next to the hotel where they placed a cooking studio. The Minaro Hotel will be operated by the Accor international hotel chain under the brand name MGallery. He added that Tokaj is so popular that it would attract Hungarian and foreign tourists.

Interestingly, the hotel was built in the centre of an andesite mine in the Northwestern part of Tokaj, in the Csurgó valley. The project’s cost was HUF 9.8 billion (EUR 26.35 million). HUF 3.4 billion they got from the government as a non-refundable allocation. The event venue and cooking studio cost slightly more than HUF 1 billion (EUR 2.6 million). They would like to operate the hotel with a utilization rate above 80 percent.

The hotel will employ 70 people, and Accor’s regional director, Sabina Bartyzel, added that they are present in 110 countries globally. Hotel Minaro will be the 26th Accor hotel in Hungary and the 123rd in the world. Hotel Minaro Tokaj MGallery started operation last November in a soft opening mode.

Here are two videos of the new five-star hotel: