Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Athenee Palace Hilton Bucharest downgraded? No

by Craig Turp June 23, 2009 Bucharest

 You barely have to read between the lines of this scandalously wrong story to see that there is more in play than a hotel’s grading. For the record, the Athenee Palace Hilton has not been downgraded from five to four stars. Besides, even if it had, stars in Romania mean nothing because the Romanian Ministry [...]

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Notes on the sales figures of Romanian ‘quality’ newspapers

by Craig Turp June 23, 2009 Business

 Firstly, it should be noted that in any other country these newspapers, classified ‘quality’ in Romania, would be called mid-market. Romania has no genuine quality newspapers, leaving aside the niche, business dailies. Adevarul, the clear market leader (as it bloody well should be, given the money that’s been thrown at it in promotions and marketing) [...]

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