A year after pulling out of its high rise Bucharest property (now rebranded as Grand Hotel Bucharest), InterContinental has opened Athenee Palace Bucharest.
The first skyscraper to be built in Bucharest (from 1968-71), this is still the tallest hotel in the city (complete with a swimming pool and – during the summer, sun terrace - on the top floor). The Grand Hotel Bucharest was the first major five-star hotel to open in Romania, built at a time when
Set to open in January, the InterContinental Athenee Palace Bucharest will be housed in a century-old building near the city's Palace of the Parliament.
IHG Hotels & Resorts is to open a new InterContinental property in the Romanian capital Bucharest in January 2023. The opening will mark a swift return of the InterContinental brand to Romania after the management contract to manage its previous property in Bucharest ended in December 2021.