Porto has hotels with close to 100% occupancy for the mini-Carnival celebrations that take place between this weekend and Tuesday, some in the hotel sector told Lusa this Friday.
“The outlook and reality for hotel demand early in the year is frankly optimistic and we already have occupancy very close to 100% for this long carnival weekend period,” MOCo CEO said. Hotel Teresa Martins in the Bonfim area of Porto.
Unlike the same period in 2022, whose reality continues to be “very heavily affected by the pandemic scenario we experienced,” the outlook for 2023 consolidates the results of the recovery we are seeing, as well as a reaffirmation of the will to travel and demand. for new experiences,” added Teresa Martins, revealing that the main markets for bookings in this hotel division are the national, French and Spanish markets.
The Bessa Hotel Baixa in the center of Porto is almost full, with an occupancy rate of between 90% and 95%, while the Bessa Hotel in the Avenida da Boavista area has an occupancy rate of around 60%, Renato Correia told Lusa. , CEO of the Bessa Hotel Boavista.
According to Mariana Ramos, Marketing and Sales Manager for Moov Hotels, the Carnival Hotel at the Moov Porto Centro Hotel has an occupancy rate of around 83%.
From Friday to Maslenitsa [terça-feira, dia 21], the Moov Porto Centro hotel averages 83% occupancy. The weekend before the carnival corresponds to a period when we will have more rooms, with an emphasis on Saturday evening, when we expect full occupancy, “at the moment 97% of the rooms are booked.”
For Carnival, the prospect is that we will be able to count on 69% of the occupied rooms. So everything indicates that the guests who come to us prefer to spend the weekend at a party, and in some cases extend it to the following days,” he added.
The two Galé villas in the city of Porto have 50% occupancy for the Carnival mini getaway, but bookings could “increase” in the coming days as the current trend is to have “a lot of last minute bookings”. an employee of the reservations department of this hotel chain.
Bookings for the same period in 2022 were significantly lower, around 30%, he recalls, justifying it with a “pandemic hangover.”
Opened 10 months ago, the Editory Boulevard Aliados Porto is about 60% full during the carnival season, said Joana Souza, the hotel’s manager.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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