Brooklyn hosts week of hotels

Brooklyn is the most actively developing borough in New York. Crime-prone areas that were once in decline are turning into fashionable corners of the metropolis, and real estate prices continue to rise rapidly.

Following gentrification, the emergence of new entertainment and increased interest in the old sights in Brooklyn, the tourism industry is rapidly developing.

The President of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Carlo Sissura, spoke about the latest project to help the growing hotel business in New York.

The Chamber, together with the leadership of the nine largest hotels in Brooklyn, decided to organize a week of hotels, during which hotels attract tourists to the borough, offering discounts on accommodation, as well as visiting restaurants and entertainment events in Brooklyn.

It was no coincidence that the end of January - beginning of February was chosen to hold Hotel Week; at this time, as a rule, there is a lull in the tourism business in New York. Within its framework, Brooklyn hotels offer discounts on rooms in the amount of 20,15%, as well as discounts on car rentals - 15% and on admission to entertainment and sporting events.

“There was a time when people who wanted to visit Brooklyn had to stay in Manhattan because there simply weren’t any hotels,” says Carlo Sissura. “However, today the situation has changed radically.”

Only in the period between 2004 and 2014 the year 37 of new hotels and two motels appeared in Brooklyn, according to analysts from Smith Travel Research. In the coming years, new luxury hotels will be built in the borough, and the total number of hotel rooms will increase by a quarter by the year 12.

New York continues to beat its own records to attract tourists. In 2013, the megapolis was visited by 54 million people.

Between 2012 and 2013, the number of Brooklyn guests increased by 5%, and the number of jobs in the hospitality industry increased by 8%.