Hoteliers look to the open sky

The hotel market in Poland, struggling for so long, can be forgiven for being tantalised by the Polish government's recent acceptance of the 'open sky' policy, which welcomes all the world's airlines to descend upon the country. Of these, the budget airlines could be the ones to bring in droves from the West starting, it seems likely, with RyanAir in the autumn In two to three years time, fellow cut-price airline EasyJet could be following suit. As yet they are the only 'no-thrills' operator flying to a destination in former Communist Europe and that's Prague, almost certainly the most sensible choice for any flight operator trying to break into the region's tourist market. Its historical beauty is a must now for western travellers looking for weekend breaks. Warsaw at the weekend Michael O'Hare of Horwarth Consulting argues that "Warsaw's key weakness is its slack weekend market", and is convinced that the arrival of the cheaper airlines can only bring positive