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Finland Is Expanding Its Luxury Appeal to Tourists

4Apr

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Travel

Finland Is Expanding Its Luxury Appeal to Tourists

When construction at the Hotel Maria is completed in June, 159 chandeliers will hang from the ceilings of its 79 rooms, 38 suites and public areas. Its bar will serve 31 types of Champagne. And the renovations on its four buildings — two of which opened in December — will have included the restoration of 42 kilometers (26 miles) of original moldings.Those are just some of the things that will distinguish the Maria as a “true five-star city hotel,” according to Heli Mende, its commercial director.The Finnish capital is no stranger to luxury. It already has several high-end hotels, including Hotel Kamp and the St. George. There are upscale boutiques and department stores; the Palace restaurant, which has two Michelin stars; and a handful of other single-star spots. (In May, the city is sche...

25Nov

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Business

Vladimir Putin Harasses Finland – WSJ

Vladimir Putin likes to stir up trouble with neighbors even when he isn’t invading them. Witness his latest effort to use migration to bedevil Finland.Finland announced that on Nov. 24 it will close all but one of its border crossings with Russia. Finnish authorities cited Section 16 of the country’s Border Guard Act, which allows closures to prevent a threat to national security and public order. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

EU Helps Finland Secure Its Borders Amid Migrant Influx From Russia

23Nov

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World

EU Helps Finland Secure Its Borders Amid Migrant Influx From Russia

The European Union will help Finland bolster its borders following a recent surge of migrants trying to enter the country from Russia, whom Helsinki has accused of facilitating their passage.Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, said Thursday it would send 50 border-guard officers and other staff, along with equipment such as patrol cars, to bolster Finland’s border-control activities. The reinforcement, including surveillance officers, support for registering migrants, document experts and interpreters, was expected to be on the ground as soon as next week, the agency said. Frontex currently has 10 officers working at the Finnish borders, it said.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

NH Collection to debut in Finland – Business Traveller

29Oct

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NH Collection to debut in Finland – Business Traveller

Minor Hotels plans to open its first property in Finland at the start of next year, under its premium NH Collection brand. The five-star NH Collection Helsinki Grand Hansa will be located on Mannerheimintie, the main street of Helsinki, in front of the central station. The hotel will be housed across two buildings, with the full refurbishment of the existing Kaleva building (known as the Hotel Seurahuone) and the New Student House (the former home of the Hansa Hotel from 1924-1968), plus a construction of an extension by partner YIva. Once complete, the hotel will offer 224 contemporary guest rooms, a restaurant, a lobby bar, a rooftop bar with panoramic views of central Helsinki, a spa and fitness areas, plus nine meeting and event spaces. The hotel is a 25-minute drive from the airport...

Newsmax Host Nearly Loses It in Coverage of Biden Nibbling Frightened Young Girl – RedState

15Jul

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Politics

Newsmax Host Nearly Loses It in Coverage of Biden Nibbling Frightened Young Girl – RedState

Joe Biden had a lot of embarrassing moments during his trip to Europe that included the NATO Summit and being led around by other world leaders. We wrote about some of those moments, including when he got Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s name wrong and snapped at two different reporters on two different occasions—even on his last stop in Finland. He also almost tripped on the airplane stairs again as he was leaving Finland, despite the fact that he was using the short stairs with fewer steps. But then we might have hit the weirdest moment of the trip with what Biden did just before he left Finland to come back to the United States. As we reported, he bent in to a little girl in her mother’s arms and then started nibbling on the poor girl, who clearly wanted nothing to do with ...