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Hotel Dyplomat joins Best Western chain

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POLAND The four-year-old Dyplomat hotel in Olsztyn is to become part of the Best Western chain under the Best Western Plus brand in spring 2015.
The hotel offers 52 beds in 2015 rooms and three suites. It also features ‘Restauracja pod Samowarem’ specialising in local cuisine, two conference halls including a sliding wall system and a sauna. The hotel will also include a gym and a fitness club. “Last year we opened hotels in Wrocław and Opole. We have also worked intensely on acquiring new partners. In 2015 we will be reaping the harvest of our work so far by opening more hotels, striving towards the implementation of our vision across the country,” declared Gheorghe Marian Cristescu, the director of Best Western, Poland.

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