AN EXPLORATORY RESEARCH ON HISTORY OF CLUJ HOTELS

The USV Annals of Economics and Public Administration, Vol 14, No 2(20) (2014)

AN EXPLORATORY RESEARCH ON HISTORY OF CLUJ HOTELS

Marius Bota

Abstract

Cluj-Napoca has a long and interesting history. The City of Cluj is considered the “capital of Transylvania” because it is an important academic, cultural and business center, an interesting tourist destination for various types of tourists. The present study makes an analysis regarding the hotels from Cluj during the 19^th and 20^th centuries. The analysis is focusing on history of the hotels, their market evolution and the stories related to those hotels. This period was chosen for this research because represent the beginnings of the Cluj hotels market. For the investigations it was used exploratory research, obtaining secondary data through different types of sources: history books, published studies, web sites and old pictures. The present research has two main objectives: the first one is to explore the Cluj history in order to identify the hotels present on the market during the 19^th and 20^th centuries; the second one is to revile some stories related to the hotels, owners and buildings. There were identified 11 hotels from Cluj during the 19^th and 20^th centuries. There were not included here the hotels build in the last part of the communist period. At present, the buildings in which were functioned the most important hotels, are on the list of historical monuments from Cluj County. It can be proposed some old pictures and interesting stories about the hotels, the buildings, the guests, in order to attract the tourists.

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Ştefan cel Mare University of Suceava Faculty of Economics, Administration and Business

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