Articles tagged “helsinki”

Tourism

China’s Tencent Partners With Helsinki to Help Chinese Travelers Live Like Locals

Chinese travelers are the world's largest outbound travel market. With the launch of Helsinki's WeChat collaboration, it seems the days of asking them to pay cash in a destination are numbered.

Rosie Spinks, Skift | 2 years ago

Rail

Helsinki-Based Mobility App Aims to Make Personal Cars Obsolete

This sounds like an urban utopia. Will this mobility app really get car lovers to sell their vehicles? Or will it just be an option for people who were never going to buy cars in the first place?

Kati Pohjanpalo, Bloomberg | 3 years ago

Airlines

Helsinki Airport’s Plan to Bring One Great Gateway Airport Under Just One Roof

HEL is working hard to become a traveller's heaven. It won't be the largest airport in the world, but it's certainly going to be one of a kind.

Marisa Garcia, Skift | 7 years ago

Airlines

Helsinki Airport Asks Flyers to Trade Privacy for Free Wi-Fi

Most flyers are willing to trade a bit of privacy for free Wi-Fi.

Kasper Viita, Bloomberg | 7 years ago

Tourism

Helsinki Leaders Argue Whether a Guggenheim Outpost Will Draw More Tourists

The Guggenheim people as well as some city leaders want another Bilbao, but they're not going to get one. The museum is one new construction away from becoming the cultural world's Applebee's.

The Daily Telegraph | 7 years ago

Airlines

Finnair Just Raised the Stakes in the Battle for the Best Airport Lounge

It's a breathtaking lounge and bound to be popular with top-tier customers, possibly tempting enough to get others to fly more, in order to earn the privilege of letting off some steam between flights.

Marisa Garcia, Skift | 8 years ago

Rail

Helsinki Humanizes Public Transportation With a Beautiful Photo Project

We'd love to see similar projects done by cities around the world, and then have them use the participants' stories and suggestions to make public transportation a little better every year.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 8 years ago

Airlines

Helsinki Airport’s New Relaxation Area Gives Flyers a Free Place to Sleep

European airports are ahead of their American peers in making wait times more enjoyable for flyers, especially with design aspects that represent the cities where the hubs are located.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 8 years ago

Airlines

Finland shows off its knack for design with a new exhibition in Helsinki Airport

Finland is living up to its title as Word Design Capital and making an extra effort in the travel sector to brand itself as such to foreigners.

Skift | 9 years ago