New Scandic Hotel in Pori, Finland
New Scandic Hotel in Pori, Finland As of 1 May 2000, Scandic Hotels are taking over the running of the Hotell Jazz in Pori. The agreement means that the hotel will be run under Scandic Hotels' brand name and will be fully incorporated in Scandic Hotels' marketing and sales systems. The hotel has 78 rooms and, after the takeover, Scandic Hotels will have 24 hotels in Finland. "We have great faith in the economic development in the Pori region and in the opportunities this development presents for our operations. The new hotel in Pori will enable us to better satisfy the demand for hotel accommodation on the Finnish west coast from people travelling both on business and for pleasure. We are happy to now be able to offer these customers the quality and service that Scandic represents", states Aarne Hallama, Manager for Scandic's Finnish operations. For further information, please contact: Aarne Hallama, Finnish Divisional Manager, Scandic Hotels Oy +358 9 6164 3410 or +358 50 64 588 Esa Haavisto, Chairman of the board, SSK Suomen Säästäjien Kiinteistöt Oyj, +358 2 6282 100 or +358 500 591 877 Gunnar Brandberg, Vice President, Marketing & Investor Relations, Scandic Hotels AB +46 8 517 352 12 or +46 709 73 52 12 Scandic Hotels AB is the largest hotel operator in the Nordic region, with 133 hotels in 10 countries, the majority of which are in the Nordic countries. Scandic's strategy is to be a dedicated hotel operator. Its business mission is "to offer many people the highest value for money when staying in its hotels, during work and leisure". [REMOVED GRAPHICS] Scandic Hotels AB (publ) Box 6197, S-102 33 Stockholm, Sweden. Tel: +46 8 517 350 00, Fax: +46 8 517 352 80 E-mail: info@scandic-hotels.com, Homepage: www.scandic-hotels.com Company no.: 556299-1009 ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/04/10/20000410BIT00900/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/04/10/20000410BIT00900/bit0002.pdf