Ghent with its agglomeration, located in the Flemish region, has more than 455,000 inhabitants. The city offers cultural tourism with its various possibilities to explore the city: the Museum of Modern Arts with works by famous Flemish artists, the belfry, the Church of Saint Nicholas or Saint Bavo’s Cathedrale.
Key figures
1,425 rooms
Corporate operated chain supply as of 01/01/2017 (rooms)
The Opera house of Ghent offers each year a major event that attract more than two million visitors: the annual "Gentse Feesten" festival in July. They enable hotels to sustain occupancy rates during the summer season. Ghent also hosts an annual film festival, a music festival (“OdeGhent”) in September, and a triennial “Light Festival”.
The city’s hotel activity mainly relies on its economy, as Ghent is a powerful industrial centre in Belgium, with its steel industry or its Volvo plant that produces a large amount of vehicles. Besides the industry, the city is also turning towards communications technologies.
There are 1,425 chain rooms in the Ghent urban area as of January 1, 2017
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