From Poland to London

Anna Pakulniewicz, ‘Eurobuild CEE’: What are your plans for the near future? Rune Askevold, CEO, Puro Hotels: At the moment what we have is four hotels, in Wrocław, Poznań, Gdańsk and Kraków. Together they have 587 rooms. In 18 months we will have doubled this number with the addition of three projects and then we will have 1,094 rooms. We are building a 228-room hotel in Kraków, in Kazimierz district with a restaurant, a bakery and a café, as well as a spa, a garden and terraces. Puro Krakow Kazimierz will be opening next June. In autumn 2018 we will open another hotel, with 130 rooms, in Łódź. This will also have a restaurant, a tea shop a little separated from the hotel, a restaurant, a rooftop bar, a terrace and a spa with a view onto the city. In Warsaw, on ul. Widok we have a hotel under construction with 149 rooms and underground parking. This project is a little behind schedule as there were many formalities to complete. We have also had to strengthe