Hotels

The same weekend of AIACE Helsinki, 26-29 May 2005, several large conferences are being held in Helsinki, and it is very difficult to book rooms for that period. Several large hotels in the city center are fully booked. (Some bookings appear to be by agents who are offering rooms at their own prices. Other booking methods may be available.)

Attendees are urged to book soon.

Various websites, for instance, Germanwings, Opodo, etc. provide additional hotels and prices, but be careful about the location. “City center” may still be far from our conference, which is just off the Market Square and Esplanade, and some main streets have heavy traffic.

Try the Hotel Booking Service (which I believe is non-profit municipal) at hotel@helsinkiexpert.fi, or www.helsinkiexpert.fi, or tel. +358 9 2288 1400.
Hans Buchwald, Prof. Aff., Event Organizer
 

Conference hotel
Palace Hotel Etelarenta 10 00130 Helsinki tel: +358 9 1345 6656. reception@palacehotel.fi Mr. Klaus Kannas, manager. Standard Single or double €150/night, deluxe single or double €220/night (grand sea view). 8 rooms reserved for reference “AIA” until 26 April 2005, more may become available. Our conference hotel in the city center directly on the shore. Milestone of Finnish modern postwar architecture of ca. 1950, completely refurbished.

A selection of nearby hotels
Hotel Skatta Linnankatu 3 00160 Helsinki tel: +358 9 659 233 Mr. Jouko Herrala, manager. Single €65/night, double €80/night. 10 rooms are now available (17 Dec 04). No block bookings possible, first come first serve. In the city center, 5-10 minute walk to conference. No frills but clean with toilet + shower in each room. This is the best bargain we can get, reserve immediately. (SEE FOOTNOTE)
Eurohostel Linnankatu 9 00160 Helsinki tel: +358 9 622 0470 eurohostel@eurohostel.fi 135 rooms but no block bookings possible, first come first serve. Single €38/night, double €45.80/night. In the city center 5-10 minute walk to conference. Basic but clean, with toilets and showers off the corridor.
Rivoli Jardin Kasarmikatu 40 00130 Helsinki tel: +358 9 681 500. rivoli.jardin@rivoli.fi Single €143/night, double €168/night. 10 rooms reserved until 26 April 2005 for AIA members under reference #76947. Tastefully furnished, quiet high quality courtyard hotel in city center 3-5 minute walk to conference.
Scandic Marski Hotel Mannerheimintie 10 00100 Helsinki tel: +358 9 6838 1214 sanna.tieavainen@scandic-hotels.com Scandic - AIA reservation form Sanna Tietavainen, contact person. Thursday single €163/night, double €198/night, Fri/Sat single €120/night, double €130/night. 30 rooms reserved for AIA attendees until 4 May 2005. Modern high quality hotel on main, busy street, 10-15 minute walk from conference.
Hotel Kämp Pohjoisesplanadi 29 00180 Helsinki tel: +358 9 576 111 hotelkamp@luxurycollection.com Deluxe room €365/night (and up) but weekend €160/night (and up). The premier hotel of the city, elegant 19th century building on the Esplanade, a central tree-lined avenue with exclusive shops, 5 minute walk to conference.
Scandic Grand Marina Katajanokanlaituri 7 00160 Helsinki tel: +358 9 1666 804 jaana.holopainen@scandic-hotels.com Contact person: Jaana Holopainen, Group Coordinator. Single €130, double €165. 20 rooms reserved until 26 April 2005 for AIA conference under reservation block code “AIA 260 505”. Large dockside hotel recently converted from early 1900’s warehouse designed by Lars Sonk, leading Art Deco architect. 10-15 minute walk through market square to conference.
Scandic Simonkenttä Simonkatu 9 00100 Helsinki tel: +358 9 454 3044 marianna.heikinheimo@archtours.fi 15 minute walk to conference. Rooms €149/night. Option for 20 rooms until end March. Large 3-year-old modern building by same architects who designed the new National Opera. Reserve rooms through Archtours, attn. Marianna Heikinheimo.
 
Hotle Skatta: When AIA first contacted us, there happened a misunderstanding (both parts are to blame, I apologize for our part) so that we made a preliminary reservation only for the first night, in other words the first night between the 26th and the 27th January 2005. Just surprisingly we sold out the following nights. I will put —those who want it— up a waiting/queueing list for the following nights, if there were any changes to the group reservation which took all our capacity the following nights , I will let those interested know. —Mr. Jouko Herrala, manager