Bistrita SA

What Bistrita SA does

Bistrita SA is a privately held Romanian joint-stock company (S.C. Bistrita S.A., fiscal code RO563004, registered J06/171/1991) that operates Hotel Bistrita, a three-star full-service hotel located in the historic center of Bistrita, Bistrita-Nasaud county, Romania. The company commenced hotel operations in 1997 and has run the property for over 20 years. The hotel offers 90 accommodations across business, standard, and deluxe room categories, with amenities including en-suite bathrooms, air conditioning, mini bar, cable TV, and safe deposit boxes; published rates range from 230 Lei (standard single) to 450 Lei (deluxe double), with breakfast buffet and VAT included.

The property is a single integrated hospitality asset combining three core revenue streams: accommodation (90 keys), a 250-seat restaurant with two private dining rooms of 30-35 seats each serving traditional Romanian cuisine, and three conference rooms accommodating groups of 10 to 150 people for meetings, seminars, receptions, and conferences. Distribution is entirely direct: bookings are taken through the hotel's multilingual website (Romanian, English, German), the PynBooking-powered reservation engine, phone, and walk-in reception. The technology stack is conventional — a Joomla-based website, a third-party booking platform, and Google Analytics — with no proprietary systems, integrations, APIs, or AI/ML capabilities.

The business model targets four customer segments: business travelers (using business-class rooms and conference facilities), tourists and leisure travelers (using rooms and cultural-event booking assistance), event organizers (using conference rooms and F&B), and restaurant patrons (both in-house guests and external diners). Marketing is limited to the company website, a Facebook page, and organic search. The company is independently operated with no disclosed parent, no investment from PE/VC, no funding rounds, no M&A activity, no patents, and no partnerships beyond the PynBooking vendor relationship. Customer logos are not published, and financials are not disclosed; the firm has 83 employees and is classified as an active operating business.

Name

Bistrita SA

Legal name

S.C. Bistrita S.A.

Website

https://hotel-bistrita.ro

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Hotel Bistrita, operated by S.C. Bistrita S.A., is a three-star full-service hotel in central Bistrita, Romania, offering 90 rooms, a 250-seat restaurant, and conference facilities for business travelers, tourists, and event organizers. The privately held company has operated the property since 1997.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hotel Accommodation

NAICS

Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (72111), Full-Service Restaurants (722511)

SIC

Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAGAAAL

Integrated Full-Service Hotel Complexes (Mixed-Use)

Travel & Hospitality/Lodging & Accommodation/Hotels (Full-Service)

SECONDARYTHAFACAJ

All-Day Dining Restaurants

Travel & Hospitality/Foodservice & Beverage (Restaurants, Cafes, Bars)/Full-Service Restaurants (Casual & Fine Dining)

Keywords

• Hotel accommodation services
• Conference meeting facilities
• Restaurant dining services
• Hospitality tourism services
• Event catering venues

Headquarters

HQ city

Bistrita

HQ country

Romania

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Accommodation Services: Room rental revenue from business and standard room categories including single and double occupancy options.
2. Restaurant Services: On-site restaurant with 250 seats serving traditional cuisine and chef's special menus. Revenue from food and beverage consumption including breakfast (included in room rate), lunch, dinner, and catering services.
3. Conference/Event Facilities: Rental of conference rooms for business meetings, trainings, seminars, receptions, and conferences. Conference room rental is a chargeable service.
4. Additional Chargeable Services: Minibar, telephone services, secretarial services, laptop rental, laundry services, and airport transfers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Bistrita SA operates Hotel Bistrita, a full-service hospitality establishment in Bistrita, Romania, offering hotel accommodation (Business, Standard, and Deluxe rooms), an on-site restaurant with 250-seat capacity serving traditional Romanian cuisine, and three conference rooms accommodating 10 to 150 guests for meetings and events. The hotel also provides ancillary services including minibar, telephone, laundry, laptop rental, and airport transfers.

Product overview

Bistrita SA operates Hotel Bistrita, a three-star hotel establishment offering three core services: accommodation (90 rooms across Business and Standard categories), restaurant services (250-seat capacity with private dining rooms), and conference facilities (accommodating 10-150 guests). The hotel provides an online booking system powered by PynBooking for direct reservations. The establishment has over 20 years of hospitality experience and is located in Bistrita's historical center.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hotel Accommodation Hotel rooms in Business, Standard, and Deluxe categories with single and double occupancy options. The hotel offers 90 accommodations including 26 twin rooms, 18 double rooms, and 1 apartment, equipped with en-suite bathrooms, air conditioning, mini bar, cable TV, and safe deposit boxes.
• Restaurant Bistrita On-site restaurant with 250 seats plus 2 private dining rooms (30-35 seats each), serving traditional Romanian cuisine and chef-proposed menus. Services include breakfast (included in room rate), lunch, dinner, vegetarian options, weddings, receptions, cocktail parties, anniversaries, and catering for both hotel guests and external patrons.
• Conference Rooms Three conference rooms equipped with video projector, projection screen, flipchart, wireless internet, and air conditioning. Accommodates corporate meetings, trainings, presentations, seminars, receptions, cocktail parties, and conferences for groups from 10 to 150 people.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Marshal Garden Hotel Bucharest: Boutique-style full-service hotel in Bucharest with restaurant and event facilities — overlapping business model of rooms, F&B, and meetings, though serving a much larger urban market.
• Golden Tulip Ana Tower Sibiu: International-brand full-service hotel in Sibiu offering accommodation, F&B, and conference facilities — directly comparable three-pillar operating model in another Transylvanian heritage city.
• Hotel Capitol Bucharest: Established Romanian full-service hotel offering accommodation, restaurant, and meeting facilities — comparable business model but operating at a larger scale and tier in the capital market.

Regional players

• Hotel Opera Plaza (Cluj-Napoca): Mid-tier full-service hotel in Cluj-Napoca with restaurant, bar, and conference facilities, comparable to Hotel Bistrita's three-pillar business model in a similar Transylvania market context.
• Hotel Platinia: Full-service hotel in Cluj-Napoca with restaurant and conference offerings, comparable in tier and structure to Hotel Bistrita but serving a larger, more international market in Transylvania.
• Grand Hotel Napoca: Full-service hotel in nearby Cluj-Napoca with accommodation, restaurant, and event facilities. Comparable mid-tier Romanian urban hotel experience but operating in a larger Transylvanian market.

Others

• Booking.com: Major OTA where Hotel Bistrita currently has no visible listing — adjacent channel rather than competitor, but the absence of presence on this platform is itself a competitive signal about digital reach.
• PynBooking: Booking engine provider whose platform Hotel Bistrita already uses — an enabling technology peer rather than a competitor, but relevant context for assessing direct-booking channel economics.

Direct peers

• Hotel Coroana Bistrita: Another full-service hotel located in central Bistrita offering accommodation, restaurant, and event facilities to overlapping business and leisure travelers in the same micro-market as Hotel Bistrita.
• Hotel Metropolis Bistrita: Direct competitor operating in Bistrita with accommodation, restaurant, and conference offerings — competing for the same business travelers, tourists, and event organizers in the city.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/150814698314619
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bistrita-sa

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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