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Crystal<\/span><\/b>, Best Western four-star hotel right in the centre of Varese, closes at the end of the year.<\/strong> In the same period also the historic Acquario Hotel, in Viale Borri<\/strong> area, should close. At Sacro Monte of Varese, "Il Gallo e La Stella"<\/strong> already closed, (the telephone does not work anymore), while in Induno Olona both Porro Pirelli Villa and Castiglioni Villa <\/strong>do not work anymore (since last March: even if it seems it will reopen, with a new management, in the first months of 2013). A bad newsletter for Varese hotels, which pours out Federalberghi Varese president Guido Brovelli<\/b>: <\/span>“<\/span>Unfortunately we imagined it in the province. Since Ata Hotel, with a high number of business rooms, opened, we realized that the offer would have exceeded the demand for rooms in the city a lot. Obviously, it is not Ata Hotel fault: it works very well. But the demand is what it is.<\/span>”<\/span><\/p>\n It is due to a transformation of the type of tourists who arrive in the city: <\/span>“<\/span>Varese has always lived thanks to business, thanks to people who came for business, for conferences. <\/span>All things that drastically reduced due to the crisis<\/span><\/strong>”<\/span>. If Varese is no more a city for business tourism, it still also does not have an alternative identity: <\/span>“<\/span>The hotels have not been converted into a difference space yet. For example, the bike hotels idea was born, which is very promising and it opens a space to all the possibilities in order to transform Varese Hotels into green hotels. It is a long way: the hotels must change skin. There must be a reposition in the offer, also as far as economic demands are concerned. It is also necessary to change the services: for example, the business hotels were all without restaurant, but now there are different requirements<\/span>”<\/span>. The displeasure is diffused but <\/span>“<\/span>it is sad that hotels, also historic ones, close: because when they close, they often do not reopen anymore. They become apartments or whatever.<\/span>”<\/span><\/p>\n Varese situation, of course, it is not comparable to Malpensa situation:<\/span><\/strong> <\/span>“<\/span>There it is a real problem. Tens of hotels have been built and now it is nearly impossible to complete and occupy them<\/span>”<\/span>.<\/span> <\/span>However, there are some positive features: "Lake Maggiore area keeps on working<\/strong>. Here also, in order to attract tourists, hotels have to offer something new and they should work on it. Objectively, there is a territory and a greater attraction and the tourist however succeeds in catching the positive sides of their stay<\/span>”<\/span>. <\/span> <\/span>Beyond this: <\/span>“<\/span>The hotel offer in that area is undersized: there would be still space for new structures, the lake could receive more. Instead, the new constructions are in Malpensa<\/span>…”<\/span> In reality, some new construction forecasts are also in Lake Maggiore area: <\/span>“<\/span>Now they are about to open a hotel in Laveno, in the big constructive area in the former-Ceramics. 60 new rooms have to be built<\/span>”<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last days for the Hotel Crystal and Hotel Acquario, Porro Pirelli and Castiglioni Villas in Induno are already closed: many hotels in the city close. Why? We asked Federalberghi president <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n