Helsinki continues to attract both tourists and businessmen. Finland's capital offers visitors many possibilities whether you are on business or would like to spend your vacation or just have a short break here. The increased popularity of Helsinki as one of the world's business destinations over past few years is due to various international events that take place in this city. But it's wrong to say that Helsinki was not in the world's arena before. In 1952, Helsinki was chosen to hold the Olympic Games. In 1975, the Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) took place in the capital of Finland.
Helsinki is one of the fasted growing metropolitan areas in the European Union. With plenty of business events taking place in Helsinki every year, Finland's capital can be considered one of Europe's major business centers. Many summit meetings happen in summer, especially in June, which can be considered the busiest month for all hotels in Helsinki. Business events, cruising tourists, and Finnish people visiting the capital in summer make Helsinki an extremely popular destination. Even despite a wide range of various hotels in Helsinki, properties in the central part of the city can be overfull in June. So if one desires to book a well located hotel in the city center at affordable price, it's better to make a reservation in advance. Most hotels offer special or promotion rates for tourists booking one or two months before the arrival date. Needless to say that prices are always higher by the summer.
However, if you forgot to book a hotel in Helsinki in advance, you can try your luck using one of hotel reservation services. This is the best way to book hotels, as hotel reservation sites allow you to see available rooms left and book them online. Business oriented tourists can choose from a wide variety of hotels in Helsinki - from three-star to five-star hotels. Among the most popular business class hotels there are such properties as Crowne Plaza Helsinki, Holiday Inn Helsinki, Sokos Presidentti Hotel (to name just a few). Most business hotels in Helsinki provide ultimate service, excellent choice of conference and meeting facilities, access to Internet, international calls as well as leisure and banquet facilities.
Helsinki is a modern city with high standards of living. Helsinki hotels will convince you of this as well.
