With the support of SME Corporation, RNKB Bank financed the Golden Family Resort hotel (former Zolotoy Kolos sanatorium) in Alushta in the amount of 100 million rubles. The funds were allocated in the framework of the state preferential investment loan program for the construction of a new building, the repair of rooms in one of the existing buildings and the reconstruction of the cafeteria. This was reported by the press service of the SME Corporation, the operator of the program.
It was noted that the investment project will enable the commissioning of an additional number of rooms with a total area of approximately 500 square meters. The hotel will also be able to host up to 1,000 holidaymakers a year and create new employment.
“Reliable financial leverage and preferential rates create opportunities for us for quantitative and qualitative growth. We will now be able to host more tourists and provide better quality service. We will not stop there – our plans include further modernization and improvement of the number of rooms, the introduction of new services,” he said. The owner of the hotel is Viktor Gritsai, General Manager of Zolotoy Kolos Sanatorium.
“The fruitful cooperation with the SME Company allows us to provide loans to businesses on the most favorable terms,” said Sergey Biletsky, Vice President of RNKB Bank and Director of the Corporate Business Department.
He emphasized that the financial institution has implemented most of the government programs to support small and medium enterprises and has all the necessary resources to support businesses and entrepreneurs.
According to Alexander Isaevich, Managing Director of SME Company, to help tourism entrepreneurs, the company provides a wide range of support measures, including financial ones.
“Preferential support is most in demand right now. In favorable conditions, it makes it possible to attract the necessary amount of funds, quickly modernize or expand the housing stock. To improve the quality of services for vacationers,” added Alexander Isaevich. He emphasized that the company continues to develop mechanisms to support entrepreneurs with close feedback from the business community.
The entrepreneurship support program is implemented within the framework of the national project “Small and Medium Enterprises” and assumes a loan interest rate of not more than 4% per annum for SMEs in the “Small Business” and “Micro Business” categories and “SMEs of medium enterprises” for a maximum of 2.5% per year.