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By Adelina Osan, Associate Editor<\/em>
\nVaasa, Finland<\/strong>\u2014Scandic Hotels<\/a> recently signed a lease agreement with Airaksinen Capital to take over the operation of a 68-key hotel<\/a> located in downtown Vaasa. Scandic Hotels plans to expand the hotel by adding 140 new guestrooms, as well as more conference and congress facilities. The former Kantarellis hotel will be rebranded Scandic Vaasa.<\/p>\n

\"Scandic<\/a>

Scandic Vaasa, Finland<\/p><\/div>\n

Constructed in the 1930s, the property originally functioned as the printing house for the Pohjalainen newspaper. Airaksinen Capital Oy is the owner of the building. As of June 2016, Scandic Hotels will take over management\u00a0of the property<\/a>, adding new amenities and new guestrooms. The expansion of the hotel is scheduled to be completed\u00a0by the end of 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cFinland is an important growth market for Scandic and today, we are already the biggest hotel company in the Helsinki area. With Scandic Vaasa, we are further strengthening our network in the Finnish market,\u201d said Frank Fiskers, president & CEO of Scandic Hotels Group, in a prepared release.<\/p>\n

\u201cScandic is a strong, long-term and responsible partner for us to have and I look forward to jointly developing the hotel, conference and restaurant operations to realize the full potential of the hotel,\u201d added\u00a0Tommi Heikkinen, president & CEO of Airaksinen Capital Oy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scandic Hotels will open a new hotel in Vaasa, the largest economic center in Finland’s \u00d6sterbotten region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":735,"featured_media":1004142929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21743,21751,16,21742,21785],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004142927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-deals","category-hotel","category-international","category-latest","category-property-management"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nScandic Hotels Takes Over Hotel in Finland, Plans Expansion - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/scandic-hotels-takes-over-hotel-in-finland-plans-expansion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Scandic Hotels Takes Over Hotel in Finland, Plans Expansion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Scandic Hotels will open a new hotel in Vaasa, the largest economic center in Finland's \u00d6sterbotten region.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/scandic-hotels-takes-over-hotel-in-finland-plans-expansion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-04-28T07:02:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-12-05T23:06:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/04\/Former-Kantarellis-Hotel-rebranded-in-Scandic-Vaasa.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"840\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"460\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adelina Osan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/scandic-hotels-takes-over-hotel-in-finland-plans-expansion\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/scandic-hotels-takes-over-hotel-in-finland-plans-expansion\/\",\"name\":\"Scandic Hotels Takes Over Hotel in Finland, Plans Expansion - 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