- CEO
- Mihai Zamfir
- Sector
- Consumer services
- Industry
- Hotels/Resorts/Cruise lines
- Address
- Mangalia Romania
- IPO Date
- Aug 15, 2002
- Business
- Turism Hoteluri Restaurante Marea Neagra SA is a Romania-based hospitality, leisure, and real estate management company that owns, operates, leases, and develops a portfolio of hotel, restaurant, and balneal treatment facilities along the Romanian Black Sea coast. Founded in 1991 as SC Eforie SA and operating under its current name following a merger in 2005 with Carmen Silva SA, Miorita Estival SA, Venus SA, and Saturn SA, the company is headquartered in Eforie Nord, Constanta County, Romania, and trades on the Bucharest Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol EFO. The company operates across multiple hospitality and wellness segments, serving domestic and international leisure travelers, medical and wellness tourists, corporate groups, and third-party commercial tenants.
The company's core products and services encompass: hotel accommodation services featuring budget, standard, and upscale guest rooms, suites, and beachfront complexes across key Romanian coastal resorts including Eforie Nord, Eforie Sud, Neptun, Venus, and Saturn; food and beverage services comprising full-service restaurants, seasonal seaside terraces, buffet halls, bars, and banquet facilities for social and corporate events; balneotherapy, physical rehabilitation, and spa wellness treatments utilizing natural resources including sapropelic mud from Lake Techirghiol, sulfurous mesothermal mineral waters, and marine aerosols for therapeutic, rheumatic, and post-traumatic recovery; recreational and leisure amenities, including aqua parks, swimming pools, sports facilities, and organized beach concessions; and commercial property leasing, which includes the seasonal and multi-year lease of hotel properties, food and beverage outlets, retail spaces, and land assets to independent operators.
In recent developments, Turism Hoteluri Restaurante Marea Neagra SA has undertaken a major strategic restructuring, pivoting from direct hotel management toward a commercial leasing and asset valorization model. The company has actively monetized its asset base through public auctions and direct negotiations, finalizing the sale of several hotel complexes and commercial venues, including Complex Siret, Complex Balada, and Complex Magura, as well as prime real estate parcels located in the Saturn and Venus resorts, subsequently deregistering related operational branches. In addition, in September 2026, the company's extraordinary general meeting of shareholders approved a share buyback program valued at up to 106.95 million RON for the acquisition of up to 93 million of its own shares dedicated to share capital reduction, aligned with the portfolio optimization strategy of its majority shareholder, Transilvania Investments Alliance.