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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.

Our offices in Scandinavia, the Baltic countries and Poland will be closed from 24.12.2019 until 27.12.2019, and again from 31.12.2019 until 02.01.2020. In the period between 24.12.2019 to 02.01.2020 only managers will be on duty.

After the decision to invest more into South East Asian markets, development of new specialized products, a successful participation at ITB Asia in Singapore and a very productive cooperation with our Via Hansa & Borealis Sales Office in Kuala Lumpur from beginning of October this year, Via Hansa & Borealis is already seeing an increase of business from SEA markets. 

We are pleased to inform you that Via Hansa & Borealis will as usual be participating at the WTM2019 in London from November 4th  to 6th with own stand at the Europe Hall, Stand no. EU1505. 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.

Via Hansa & Borealis will be visiting the most important international tourism trade fair in Greece - the PHILOXENIA in Thessaloniki on November 8th to 9th. Our company has finalized the two years merger period and is launching a new corporate identity alongside with new business focus on sustainable tourism.