“Honestly, I didn’t anticipate it.
» Sitting in one of the comfortable armchairs of the Radisson Blu hotel in Rouen (Seine-Maritime), Emmanuel Borla, its director, points to his table of forecasts for the period of the Paris Olympic Games, from July 26 to August 11.
“If we compare with 2023, I already have twice as many reservations to date.
Mostly individuals, many foreigners, some of whom took a room for the entire duration of the event.
I think that one way or another, they are going to work there and that they preferred to set up their base camp in Rouen rather than in the Paris region.
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It must be said that its 4-star establishment with 93 rooms is a stone's throw from the SNCF station and that in less than two hours, these commuters will be able to reach the heart of the capital.
A proximity which the Normandy region intends to benefit from since, in agreement with the SNCF, the capacity of its trains will be doubled throughout the duration of the competition and a late train, around 11:45 p.m., will be set up each evening to reach Rouen, Caen or even Cherbourg.
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