However the demand for hotel services continues to rise in Poland, due to increasing numbers of both tourists and business travellers alike. According to data from the Central Statistical Office [GUS], the number of overnight stays by tourists registered in hotels was up by 1.5 mln compared to the same period of the previous year, representing a 6 pct increase.
Lots of new beds
The Warsaw hotel market will grow by over 5,000 rooms over the next three years. There is still room for new hotels of all segments in the capital. This year Warsaw will see the opening of the Raffles hotel after the modernisation and refurbishment of the former Hotel Europejski as well as of the Renaissance hotel at Chopin Airport, the Four Points by Sheraton hotel in Służewiec, the Moxy Koneser in Warsaw’s Praga district, a Hampton by Hilton on ul. Postępu, and the Krakowska Residence and Ibis Styles on ul. Grzybowska. Other hotels that are also planned in Warsaw over the coming years include: the