Clarion Hotel Helsinki is a hotel in the

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district of

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, Finland, opened on 17 October 2016.Salmela, Maija
Norjalainen hotelliketju rantautuu Suomeen – toiveissa Guggenheimin rakentaminen Helsinkiin
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'' 3 March 2016. Accessed on 1 August 2016. The building has 16 floors, is tall and has 425 hotel rooms as well as 15 convention and event rooms.Clarion Hotel Helsinki
Nordic Choice Hotels. Accessed on 1 August 2016. The top floor contains a health club, a sauna and a rooftop pool. The building was commissioned by the

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building millionaire

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. The hotel is managed by the Nordic hotel chain

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and is the chain's first hotel in Finland. Nordic Choice Hotels is a

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partner of the international

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chain, owned by the Norwegian "hotel magnate" and environmental activist Petter Stordalen.Helsinkiin tornihotellin rakentava norjalaismiljonääri: "Hotelli on muutakin kuin nukkumapaikka"
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'' 17 June 2015. Accessed on 9 September 2016. Of the two 16-floor towers in the hotel one has an interior decoration with a light Finnish style and the other has one with an international darker style.Tätä on odotettu! Helsinkiläishotelliin kattouima-allas ja merinäkymät
''Rantapallo''. Accessed on 1 August 2016. The protected harbour warehouse building designed by

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, located next to the building, was renovated into a convention centre.

References

External links

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Official site

Discussion about the construction of the hotel
at Taloforum.fi {{Helsinki Cityscape Hotels in Helsinki Jätkäsaari