Hope and hospitality

Warimpex Finanz- und Beteiligungs is not planning to expand into new CEE markets. But this does not include countries in which the company already operates. It is there that things are going to happen – according to Franz Jurkowitsch, head of Warimpex Finanz- und Beteiligungs Zuzanna Wiak, ‘Eurobuild Central and Eastern Europe’: Warimpex’s portfolio includes hotels in several countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Which of those has proved to be the bull’s-eye, as seen against the backdrop of the current market situation?Franz Jurkowitsch, president of Warimpex Finanz- und Beteiligungs: Very definitely Poland. This market has proved unusually resistant to all the economic and financial turmoil, as can be seen mainly in the fact that the five hotels we have in Poland boast an occupancy rate of 50 pct generated by the domestic market. This means we have not lost out on currency exchange differences, as was the case in the Czech capital Prague, for instanc