The Sea Porto Hotel is the newest hotel in Porto. With a creative concept based on the sea and the naval and port tradition of Leixões and Matosinhos, the Sea Porto Hotel represents an investment of around five million euros, being a 100% national capital project.

Offering 57 rooms, six of them triple, and five meeting rooms, with a total capacity of 560 seats in audience, the new hotel also offers. the “Deck Bar”, with terrace and its own cultural program. Environmental issues were a concern in the design of the new unit, which has LED lighting and environmentally responsible materials, “betting on the optimization of resources through recycling and awareness of the importance of water and energy conservation, announces in a statement. In addition, Sea Porto Hotel also offers charging points for electric vehicles in its private parking.

In operation since August 7, the new hotel in Matosinhos reached its maximum occupancy in the second week, having already reservations for 2018. With an average occupancy of 75% at the start, Sea Porto Hotel hired, however, a new director: Pedro Castilho has training in hotel management from the School of Hotel and Tourism of Porto, being licensed in. tourism and leisure by the School of Technology and Management of Viana do Castelo. He previously held the position of director of Hotel Torre de Gomariz Wine & SPA, having been nominated for the category of Young Hotel Director by the Association of Hotel Directors of Portugal in 2017.

Matosinhos has a new four-star hotel. The Sea Porto Hotel opened its doors in August with reservations already made for 2018 for the 57 rooms available. Located in the center of Matosinhos, the concept of this new hotel unit is based on the sea and the naval and port tradition of Leixões and Matosinhos. It also includes references to the work of Siza Vieira and the landscape of the city of Porto.

The Sea Porto Hotel, a 100% national project that represents an investment of around five million euros, has, on each of the six floors, a triple room. By the end of this year, Sea Porto Hotel expects to achieve an average occupancy rate of 70 percent.

With a focus on leisure and business tourism, the services offered at Sea Porto Hotel include five meeting rooms – Farol, Boa Nova, Bombordo, Porto and Leixões – which provide a total of 560 seats, of which the last two can be used separately or together (Porto de Leixões, with 200 seats).

Matosinhos was the location chosen for the Sea Porto Hotel, a hotel that has 57 rooms, spread over six floors, inspired by the sea and the naval and port tradition, an investment of around five million euros, the hotel includes works by the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira and other emblematic references, such as the Casa da Chá da Boa Nova, the Cruise Terminal of the Port of Leixões and the Lighthouse of Leça da Palmeira. According to the investor José Armando Ferrinha, from Matosinhos and a native of Leça da Palmeira, the decoration was made by himself, together with some members of the team, with pieces that he acquired over time.

With a triple room on each floor, the Sea Porto Hotel, which took about six months to complete, has the Farol, Boa Nova, Bombordo meeting rooms available. Porto and Leixões, with 560 seats in the audience, the last two of which can be used together or separately.

The art begins in the entrance hall, with a work by Siza Vieira, passing through the carpets – with images of Matosinhos and Porto – and going to the cafeteria, prepared to receive customers inside and outside, where a production was placed in iron, depicting the Ribeira area. Also, the individual ones, arranged on the various tables that make up the space, contain a work by José de Almada Negreiros. “I don’t collect anything, but art and culture attract me strongly,” José Armando Ferrinha told Jornal de Matosinhos.

The hotel also includes the Deck Bar, with a terrace, a welcoming space where guests and external customers can enjoy moments of leisure, business or informal meetings and ‘Coffee Breaks’. The bar counter, imitating a container, lives up to the central theme of the hotel. At the entrance to the space, the piano that fills one of the walls leaves the door open for musical events. The menu consists of light dishes and others more elaborate, to satisfy different tastes.

With a team of 20 people with professional training and experience in hotels and restaurants, focused on providing an “excellent service”, the hotel intends to offer customers the “best that the cities of Matosinhos and Porto have to offer in terms of culture, historical and gastronomic heritage ”, organizing, in this sense, a set of partnerships with cultural operators, read- 100% national, invested in LED lighting. in ecologically responsible materials, in the optimization of resources through recycling and in raising awareness of the importance of conserving water and energy and in recharging points for vehicles in the private garage, in order to “not neglect environmental issues”, adds the statement.

José Armando Ferrinha, who defines himself as a “warrior” and a “man of commitments”, had his first contact with the hospitality industry at the age of 19, having a greater involvement in 1999, with the opening of the Tryp Porto Expo. The idea for this space came from the deficit in terms of hotel structures, registered at the time when he worked as a naval assistant. “When the ships arrived at the port there was a huge need for hotels and people had to be installed in Póvoa de Varzim and Esposende, since the three or four reference hotels in Porto were full”, he said. The hotel, which went from three stars to four two years ago, is for José Armando Ferrinha a “fantastic” space, which responds to the needs that are felt “next to the country’s second port, the second largest airport and Exponor”, ​​continuing to have “a very strong occupation”.

According to the investor, the idea for the Sea Porto Hotel came at a time when it was crossing Avenida Dom Henriques. “I stopped by the place and saw that it was for sale, it was the 7th of August,” he said, adding that, 14 days later, he signed the contract. Showing himself happy to participate in a project of this nature, he indicated that he always has new ideas to emerge but that he is a person “to do and not to say that he will build”.

Asked about tourism and the consequent affluence that this can bring to the hotel, José Armando Ferrinha said he expects both nationals and foreigners. He believes that what the municipality needs more hotels and that Matosinhos should “be part of Greater Porto, as an extension”. As for the creation of attractions that can mobilize more people to the city, he argues that local and civil authorities “have to be attentive and do something they always have with quality and innovation, because it doesn’t matter to be one more”.

The opening of the Sea Porto Hotel, which hopes to achieve a 70% occupancy rate by the end of the year and which already has reservations for 2018, took place on August 7th. The official opening will take place on the 7th, with the performance of the band “Os Jurássicos”, from Rancho Típico da Amorosa and a piano moment with the musician José Rito.

Sea Porto Hotel is the newest hotel in the center of Matosinhos. The four star hotel with 57 rooms and five meeting rooms opened its doors at the beginning of August and represents an investment of around five million euros. Each of the six floors of the Sea Porto Hotel offers a triple room, making this hotel the appropriate choice for both a family stay and business guests. By the end of this year, Sea Porto Hotel expects to achieve an average occupancy rate of 70%. José Armando Ferrinha, an investor in this hotel, highlights “the choice made for the hotel’s creative concept – the naval tradition and the connection to the sea of Matosinhos. In addition to the geographic location of the hotel, very close to Porto and the Leixões Cruise Terminal, the sea and ships are part of Portuguese history and culture and this is what we wanted to transport to our Customers, creating a warm and sophisticated environment . ” The service offer at Sea Porto Hotel also includes the “Deck Bar”, open to hotel and external customers, with its own cultural program. The five meeting rooms – Farol, Boa Nova, Bombordo, Porto and Leixões – provide a total of 560 seats in audience, the last two can be used separately or together (Porto de Leixões, with 200 seats). The Sea Porto Hotel team, made up of 20 people with higher education and experience in hotels and restaurants. In order to optimize its customers’ stay experience, Sea Porto Hotel is organizing a series of partnerships with cultural operators from both cities. This hotel unit also did not neglect environmental issues, investing in LED lighting, environmentally responsible materials, optimizing resources through recycling and raising awareness of the importance of conserving water and energy. The Sea Porto Hotel also offers charging points for electric vehicles in its private garage.

The Sea Porto Hotel, in Matosinhos, opened its doors on the 7th of August, and in the second week it reached its maximum occupancy. The new unit, with reservations already made for 2018, expects to reach an average occupancy rate of 70% by the end of the year.

Concept based on the sea and naval tradition.

Located in the centre of Matosinhos, the concept of this new hotel unit is based on the sea and the naval and port tradition of Leixões and Matosinhos. It also includes references to the work of Siza Vieira and the landscape of the city of Porto.

100% national project that represents an investment of around five million euros, the Sea Porto Hotel offers 57 rooms including 5 premium, 1 executive suite and 1 family suite. All rooms are equipped with a complete bathroom, hairdryer, air conditioning, digital LCD TV, telephone with direct line to the outside, security safe, minibar, electric kettle. USB / HDMI connection and free wireless internet.

Each of its six floors has a triple room, making this hotel ideal for both a family stay and business guests.

The services offered at Sea Porto Hotel also include the “Deck Bar”, open to hotel and external customers, with its own cultural program. The five meeting rooms – Farol, Boa Nova, Bombordo, Porto and Leixões – provide a total of 560 seats in audience, the last two of which can be used separately or together (Porto de Leixões. With 200 seats). The rooms are fully equipped with the most modern technical equipment for light, sound and image.

The Sea Porto Hotel team, made up of 20 people with higher education and experience in hotels and restaurants, will be focused on providing an excellent service to all customers, national and foreign, showing the best of the cities of Matosinhos and Porto have to offer in terms of culture, historical and gastronomic heritage. In order to optimize its customers’, stay experience, Sea Porto Hotel is organizing a series of partnerships with cultural operators from both cities.

This hotel unit also did not neglect environmental issues, investing in LED lighting, environmentally responsible materials, optimizing resources through recycling and raising awareness of the importance of conserving water and energy. The Sea Porto Hotel also offers charging points for electric vehicles in its private garage.

The Sea Porto Hotel is strategically located in the heart of Matosinhos. Well in sight of the Port of Leixões and its logistics platform, it is less than 1 km from the Cruise Terminal.

57 rooms, five meeting rooms with total capacity for 560 people. An investment of five million euros and 20 new jobs. These are some of the numbers that describe the Sea Porto Hotel, the new space that Matosinhos must receive its visitors. José Armando Ferrinha, mentor of the project, tells us about the origin of the project and its plans for the future.

Located in the middle of Av. D. Afonso Henriques, one of the most central and oldest areas of Matosinhos, the Sea Porto Hotel has been open since the beginning of August. The space was born with the intention of supplying a need that José Armando Ferrinha, investor of the enterprise, indicates to have identified. “I wanted to respond to the needs of our land, in satisfying the needs that it has and in an economic and financial aspect. I had to analyse the opportunity and profitability. We must minimize the risks, which I tried to do due to the location, which in tourism is fundamental. I think this unit is therefore well located. It is served by metro, is in the heart of Matosinhos and has a view of the sea”, he said. The new hotel in the municipality was financed entirely by national private investments and is responsible for the creation of 20 new jobs. This investment in space, which takes place in an old housing building, the construction of which was unfinished, was five million euros. The entire concept of interior design of the hotel is based on the naval and maritime tradition of Matosinhos and on national culture. The decoration even has references to the work of Siza Vieira, as explained by the person in charge. “Being a son, grandson and great-grandson of shipbuilders and carpenters, linked to naval art, it couldn’t be different”, said José Armando Ferrinha. The establishment is classified with four stars and has 57 rooms, whose prices vary between 70 and 148 euros, depending on the time of year and the desired comfort. In addition, the space is also equipped with a Deck Bar with terrace, where it is possible to taste various types of snacks and drinks. In addition to these facilities, the project has five different event rooms, with the names of Farol, Boa Nova, Bombordo, Porto and Leixões, which can accommodate up to a maximum of 560 people. Another point worth noting is the fact that the construction of Sea Porto considers new environmental concerns: the hotel is fully equipped with LED lamps and focuses on waste separation.

AN ANSWER TO THE COUNCIL’S NEW NEEDS

The appearance of the Sea Porto Hotel is part of a period of growth in tourist activity in northern Portugal. According to data from Turismo do Porto and North of Portugal (TPNP), tourism in the Porto region recorded an average growth of 10.70% last year. This growth in tourist activity also extends to the neighbouring areas of the city of Porto, in which Matosinhos assumes a prominent role. The numbers of the new cruise terminal, as mentioned in an announcement by the Administration of the Ports of Douro, Leixões and Viana do Castelo (APDL), amount to a volume of 107 ship calls in 2017.

It was in this context that José Armando Ferrinha saw the opportunity to gather private investment for this new space. In the mentor’s opinion, the hotel will be mostly used by business travellers, although they believe in the city’s tourism potential. “I think it will be perhaps a little more for businessmen. But we have a lot of Spanish visitors, since we have a twinning relationship with Vilagarcia de Arousa, a Galactic community located on the North Atlantic axis, which brings many customers from that area. They are a demanding people, which is good for us. It is in the degree of demand that we grow”, he says.

BET ON SERVICE EXCELLENCE

Although he defines himself as a discreet man who does not like to publicize his activities or media coverage, José Armando Ferrinha already has extensive experience in the hotel industry. The person in charge is also an administrator and shareholder at the TRYP Porto Expo Hotel, in Leça da Palmeira. An experience that leads the investor to highlight the difficulty that it represents to work in this sector. “It is an investment of millions with the use of pennies. You have to work through day and night, 24 hours a day,” he says. In this follow-up, José Armando referred to our magazine that although he is concerned with the growth in the occupancy rate of space, the highest priority is to fine-tune the quality of the establishment’s service. “This service depends a lot on us, but also on our customer’s behaviour.

We must be very well prepared to serve each other. Not everyone can be, the people in the hospitality industry must be people who like people. We are the hosts”. Despite this, the owner is satisfied with the demand for guests that has so far flocked to the Sea Porto Hotel and believes that it will continue to evolve favourably until the end of the year.