Energy crisis forces Hungary's largest hotel to close for winter
STORY: Energy crisis forces Hungary's largest hotel to close for winter
DATELINE: Nov. 2, 2022
LENGTH: 00:01:02
LOCATION: Budapest
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the hotel exterior from the street
STORYLINE:
The European energy crisis is coming straight at Hungary's largest hotel.
The 499-room Danubius Hotel Hungaria City Center will be closed for four months starting on Tuesday.
According to a statement on its website, the hotel in the heart of Budapest will reopen on Feb. 28.
The main reason behind the temporary closure is the difficulty in efficiently running such a big hotel in winter in an overall gloomy economic situation.
The hotel has informed its guests of the closure and relocated its staff.
The hotel has been struggling with high utility bills since Aug. 1 when the government released an amendment to the relevant legislation, asking businesses to pay market prices for gas and electricity.
Although the Hungarian government has capped energy prices for households up to the "nation
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