Hilton Worldwide has today announced the signing of a franchise license agreement with VIS 7 Import Export SRL, to open a Doubletree by Hilton hotel in Bucharest, Romania.

The conversion and upgrade of the Bucharest City Unirii Square Hotel to a Doubletree by Hilton hotel is scheduled to be completed in the second quarter of 2011. The Doubletree by Hilton, Bucharest-Unirii Square will be Hilton Worldwide’s fifth hotel in Romania and the country’s second Doubletree by Hilton hotel development, with the Doubletree by Hilton, Oradea due to open in early 2011.

The Doubletree by Hilton, Bucharest-Unirii Square will offer 88 bedrooms, meeting facilities, a restaurant & bar, a coffee house, and a fitness centre with sauna and treatment room. The hotel is located in the city centre, close to the heart of the business and retail area of Unirii Square, and is conveniently located for Bucharest’s many sites of historical and cultural interest, as well as the international airport.