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Our offices in the Nordic Countries will be closed from 24.12.2020 to 27.12.2020 and again from 31.12,2020 to 03.01.2021, our offices in the Baltic countries and Poland will be closed from 19.12.2020 until 03.01.2021, Our offices in Russia and Ukraine will be working as usual during the Christmas period, and will be closed from 01.01.2021 until 10.01.2021 for New Year and Orthodox Christmas.

As we, hopefully, next year start to travel again in the wake of the covid-19 crisis, we are all concerned about selecting safe destinations and a safe way of traveling safeguarding our health and well-being. Via Hansa & Borealis has over the last months been developing a concept for covid-19 proof travel aimed at significantly reducing the risk of any travelers during their stay at our destinations.

Two new large event venues have recently opened in Riga. The ATTA Center, which located at the Daugava River, 5-min, drive south of the very city center, offers the largest conference and banqueting facilities in Riga. The ATTA  Center features a every spacious lobby and a number of conference and meeting rooms including a Convention Hall for 3500 delegates.

Via Hansa & Borealis has – as is the case right across the tourism industry – been hit hard by the covid-19 crisis. The company has been through a period of adjustments; staff and costs have been significantly reduced. However, the whole company and all of the offices in the Nordic and Baltic countries, Russia, Poland and Ukraine are still operative...

The 550-room legendary Hotel Radisson Blu Latvija, which has dominated the center of Riga for the last 40-years is undergoing an almost complete refurbishment in 2020/2021. The hotel already features a new swanky lobby area and before the summer 2020 the large restaurant area will be completely renovated. Already half of the guest rooms in the lower extension building of the hotel has been renovated and the rest of the rooms in this building will be renovated before the 2020 summer season.

In a world, which is becoming increasingly alarmed about the threat that climate change is posing to us all, we will all have to start to travel in another way in the future. Via Hansa & Borealis is firmly committed to sustainability. We have engaged with Travelife and are at the moment preparing for certification according to Travelife standards.

Via Hansa & Borealis will be participating at the ITB 2020 in Berlin from March 4th-6th in Hall 18, Stand No. 312. The Via Hansa & Borealis product line includes leisure and MICE products in Scandinavia, Iceland, Finland, Baltic countries, Russia, Germany, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova and beyond.

Norway is one of the countries that invests most in sustainability. It has the highest percentage of electric cars of any country in the world and Norway is on its path becoming a carbon-neutral nation by 2050. Norway’s capital Oslo was crowned the European Green Capital 2019. Oslo city center is almost entirely car-free, with vastly expanded pedestrian and biking lanes.

We are pleased to inform you that Via Hansa & Borealis will as usual be participating at the FITUR2020 in Madrid from January 22nd to 24th with own stand in Hall no.4, Stand no. 4C09. The Via Hansa & Borealis product line includes leisure and MICE products in Scandinavia, Iceland, Finland, Baltic countries, Russia, Germany, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova and beyond.

As every year Via Hansa & Borealis will be visiting the city of Utrecht in Netherlands to meet our customers during the trade day of the Vakantiebeurs 2020. Mrs. Anastasija Kulachenkova, manager of the FIT department, and Mrs. Marija Voroncova, the Deputy Manager of North Europe & Overseas Department.