Hotel Epoque, the top luxury boutique hotel in Bucharest, is a 100% Romanian success story. The owners envisaged a luxury apartment building and, believing strongly in the boutique philosophy, decided to open the high-end hotel three years ago. CEO and Owner Diana Popescu says, “Our niche is the upscale hospitality sector. Our typical guests are familiar with luxury boutique experiences, and they will always prefer the individuality of Hotel Epoque to that impersonal feel typical of international chain hotels.”
The hotel has only 45 guestrooms, which means that every guest can count on a truly personalised service. Diana Popescu, a former banker who took over the family-owned property in early 2013, explains, “As an independent hotel, we can make individual decisions without the bureaucracy and inertia common to big hotel chains. This is a luxury boutique hotel with a central location but it is still in quiet and peaceful surroundings, and it offers much more than accommodation. Our guests enjoy a full experience at Hotel Epoque. We make it our mission to know each of our guests’ preferences profile so as when they return, we are already prepared to comply with their predilections referring to diet, service, need of transport and so on.”
One of the hotel’s special services is its “five-star wardrobe”, a service that offers Epoque’s guests the possibility of leaving a part of their luggage at the hotel in between their travels to and around Romania, so that they find the necessary apparel ready and waiting at the next check-in. Epoque is a unique concept on the Bucharest market, offering a complete experience that reunites all aspects of luxury: outstanding accommodation structure based on a suite only concept with large living spaces, the haute cuisine restaurant with a French Resident Chef and the de luxe SPA.
In December, Epoque has launched the new concept of its gastronomic restaurant. L’ Atelier – art culinaire is the French gastronomy restaurant where the guests discover unique creations that smoothly accord the picturesque gourmet, the spontaneous strokes and the Chef’s cooking happiness with the rigor of gastronomic techniques, all perfected by a remarkable service. L’Atelier establishes a comfort zone for the community of the gastronomy aficionados in Bucharest.
Popular for city breaks
While it mainly welcomes the business travellers representing the largest part of Bucharest’s visitors, Hotel Epoque is attracting more and more leisure travellers, including those on city breaks. To satisfy demand, the hotel has launched special weekend offers as well as a very popular free bike-rental service.
Hotel Epoque already achieves a 76% occupancy rate in peak periods, well above the Bucharest average. Most of its guests are from Germany, France and the UK, and nearby embassies send many visitors to the hotel as well. “We are members of the Romanian-French and Romanian-British chambers of commerce and we are planning to join more organisations and associations,” Diana Popescu says.
Prime business spot
Always looking toward the future, Hotel Epoque’s owners have just opened a brand new conference and meetings centre this November, as well as an elegant wine and cigar club on the hotel estate. Epoque Events Gallery is offering premium spaces, full services of event management, round-the-clock support during the organization of private and corporate events and its own selection of catering solutions, coming right from Epoque’s famous kitchen. The project enjoys impeccable infrastructure, ultramodern equipment and technologies and a refined design, creating a singular, completely customizable context for the implementation of small and medium sized events. Diana Popescu explains, “We want Epoque to be known as a first class business destination, as well as an exclusive location where our guests can invite their friends and partners to spend some quality time.”
Hotel Epoque
17C Intrarea Aurora 010213,
Bucharest 1
Tel.: +40 21 312 32 32
[email protected]
www.hotelepoque.ro
