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Arctic Circle's SantaPark invests €20m in luxury hotel resort
POSTED 30 Sep 2016 . BY Alice Davis
Rooms at Arctic TreeHouse Hotel boast panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows for viewing the Northern Lights
SantaPark, the award-winning Lapland attraction and “official home” of Father Christmas, is nearing completion on 37 luxury accommodations and bistro-style restaurant and bar.

The €20m (US$22m, £17m) Arctic TreeHouse Hotel development – which is scheduled to open on 19th November at the theme park in Rovaniemi, Finland – has been designed by fledgling Helsinki architecture firm Studio Puisto. The rooms boast panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows facilitating views of forest and Arctic surroundings as well as the famous Northern Lights.

“There has been great demand for a unique accommodation in Lapland,” SantaPark’s experience director, Katja Ikäheimo-Länkinen, told Attractions Management. “We wanted to make something very different that honours the beauty of Arctic nature while offering comfort and luxury.”

The TreeHouse resort includes 32 double, twin and family suites, each with ensuite bathroom and some with kitchenette. The suites are designed in keeping with a “Morning Glory” and a “Morning Mist” theme. Then there are five Arctic Glass Houses, which have two bedrooms, a lounge with a fireplace and a private sauna – their inspiration taken from the slow burn of the fire, or the kekäle.

“We wanted to embrace nature with these beautiful full walls of window,” said Ikäheimo-Länkinen. “The large windows allow you to enjoy the natural phenomena of the Northern Lights or midnight sun from the luxury of your very own bed.”

Meanwhile, the restaurant and bar, Rakas (which translates from Finnish to “darling”), seats up to 130 guests and offers a continental and local menu. The design invokes “the Finnish smoke sauna with its dark panelling, and the easy manner of the Lappish people,” Ikäheimo-Länkinen said.
There are 32 suites and five houses at Arctic TreeHouse Hotel
Rooms at Arctic TreeHouse Hotel boast panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows for viewing the Northern Lights
Arctic TreeHouse Hotel development has been designed by Studio Puisto
The accommodation opens on 19 November
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Arctic Circle's SantaPark invests €20m in luxury hotel resort
POSTED 30 Sep 2016 . BY Alice Davis
Rooms at Arctic TreeHouse Hotel boast panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows for viewing the Northern Lights
SantaPark, the award-winning Lapland attraction and “official home” of Father Christmas, is nearing completion on 37 luxury accommodations and bistro-style restaurant and bar.

The €20m (US$22m, £17m) Arctic TreeHouse Hotel development – which is scheduled to open on 19th November at the theme park in Rovaniemi, Finland – has been designed by fledgling Helsinki architecture firm Studio Puisto. The rooms boast panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows facilitating views of forest and Arctic surroundings as well as the famous Northern Lights.

“There has been great demand for a unique accommodation in Lapland,” SantaPark’s experience director, Katja Ikäheimo-Länkinen, told Attractions Management. “We wanted to make something very different that honours the beauty of Arctic nature while offering comfort and luxury.”

The TreeHouse resort includes 32 double, twin and family suites, each with ensuite bathroom and some with kitchenette. The suites are designed in keeping with a “Morning Glory” and a “Morning Mist” theme. Then there are five Arctic Glass Houses, which have two bedrooms, a lounge with a fireplace and a private sauna – their inspiration taken from the slow burn of the fire, or the kekäle.

“We wanted to embrace nature with these beautiful full walls of window,” said Ikäheimo-Länkinen. “The large windows allow you to enjoy the natural phenomena of the Northern Lights or midnight sun from the luxury of your very own bed.”

Meanwhile, the restaurant and bar, Rakas (which translates from Finnish to “darling”), seats up to 130 guests and offers a continental and local menu. The design invokes “the Finnish smoke sauna with its dark panelling, and the easy manner of the Lappish people,” Ikäheimo-Länkinen said.
There are 32 suites and five houses at Arctic TreeHouse Hotel
Rooms at Arctic TreeHouse Hotel boast panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows for viewing the Northern Lights
Arctic TreeHouse Hotel development has been designed by Studio Puisto
The accommodation opens on 19 November
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A US$50 million (£44.2 million, €51.2 million) transformation of Chicago's historic McCormick Mansion has created a new destination that combines live magic, immersive theatre, dining and private membership under one roof.
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