We managed the planning and organisation of the construction directly, without a general contractor. Ten months passed from the first meeting with the Franchisor until opening to the public, including, of course, a three-month hiatus caused by the Covid-19 epidemic. Everything went smoothly.
Although this is a unique project, everything went without a hitch, and within several months from signing the contract, we successfully constructed and launched our Papilonia. And I have to say, completely objectively, that we hit the bullseye. Practically immediately after opening Papilonia, the attendance rate of the entire excursion grounds increased by an unbelievable 30 %, and plus, it is growing with every year.
In its interior, the Butterfly House is somewhat of a unique concept. Despite of my best efforts, I did not find any other brand of functioning interior butterfly houses anywhere in Europe or even outside of it, only the Papilonia brand. Because this is a functional ecosystem using artificial lighting, and thus it is placeable into any sort of indoor premises with high traffic of people, it made sense to me.
Within a few weeks of operations, Papilonia Brno became one of the most visited attractions in Brno, and we also noticed many guests who came from quite a distance. Although the Papilonia Brno project has been in operations for only four months, we can claim that the decision to become a franchisee of the Papilonia s.r.o. company was a super decision that allowed us to create a project with remarkably interesting human and commercial potential. In fact, the Papilonia project is so interesting to us that we are considering expanding it in the future to other destinations.