A third of the Romanians (33%) prefer to give for Christmas products from the category home&deco, but on the list of gifts there are also holidays, show the data of the study ‘Shopper Trends Pulse’.According to the survey made y NielsenIQ, quoted by Travelminit.ro, at European level, 37% of the budget allocated for Christmas is reserved for presents, and Romania follows the trend. Thus, most Romanians prefer to give for Christmas products from the category home&deco (33%) as well as clothes, cosmetics or jewellery.On the other hand, more and more Romanians appreciate experience more than material goods for Christmas, so that holiday offers are looked for with interest during this period.In Romania, there is a growing trend for food of local origin, which means the Romanians will try to use more brands from the country for their festive means, an initiative which beneficial impact on the national economy, consider the representatives of the online booking platform. According to NielsenIQ, almost one third (32%) of the buyers say that this year they will buy more promotion products, in the attempt to reduce costs. Similarly, the pandemics years and the development of digital platforms have changed the habits for acquisition of the consumers, and at present, nine out of ten participants consider they will use the online shops to buy presents for Christmas.Even so, as for food purchases for holiday festive meals and not only, they will rather go to physical shops, a practice turned into tradition.Set up in Cluj-Napoca, the Travelminit company has been one of the biggest players on the market of hotel booking in Romania, since 2017. In 2021, Travelminit reported 13.5 million euro from sales, in Romania and 16 million visits on the platform.
Bucharest’s District 3 City Hall will once again organize a special New Year’s Eve event in Titan Park, with a program of live concerts, multimedia shows, and even a simulation of the Northern Lights. The event, set to begin at 8:00 PM on December 31, will focus on the theme of infinity. “If you missed […]
Traffic on Lot 1 of the A7 Ploiești-Buzău highway, stretching 21 kilometers in southern Romania, was officially opened on Monday, December 23. With this opening, 102 kilometers of the total 320 kilometers of the highway are now usable. The Moldova Highway, as it has been called, is meant to connect Romania's economically underdeveloped eastern regions to […]
The Dutch technology investor Prosus NV, also the majority shareholder of Romania’s largest online retailer eMAG, is set to buy the online travel agency Despegar.com Corp, focused on Latin America, for approximately USD 1.7 billion. The purchase consideration will be funded from existing cash resources, the company said. Founded in Argentina in 1999, Despegar is one […]
The new Forestry Code, which passed the Parliament vote on December 17 and was signed into law by president Klaus Iohannis on December 20, includes provisions that protect all forests in Ilfov, the county surrounding Bucharest, making them the cornerstone of the future green belt around the capital city. Moreover, it legislates green belts nationwide, […]
Bucharest’s Police will be equipped with 100 state-of-the-art drug detection devices as part of a new initiative by the Capital City Hall, mayor Nicușor Dan announced. The acquisition has been completed, and the first 50 units have already been delivered to the authorities. According to mayor Dan, the devices, equipped with cutting-edge technology, can detect […]
Hotel International Băile Felix, in western Romania, will enter the Mercure brand after a franchise contract with French multinational hospitality Accor. According to the managing company behind the hotel, the publicly-traded Tourism Felix SA (TUFE), the approval of the franchise contract by the company's Board of Directors represents an essential first step towards sustainable development. […]
