The City of Kotka has come up with the idea of a ship hotel together with the development company Cursor.
A ship hotel is planned for Kotka’s Kantasatama. The hotel ship would be located as close as possible to the event centre to be built in Kantasatama.
The development company Cursor has been working with the City of Kotka to find solutions to increase accommodation capacity. More accommodation will be needed when the new event centre Satama-areena is completed in Kotka’s Kantasatama next autumn.
A boat hotel has emerged as an alternative to a proper hotel in Kantasatama.
– The sale of large events becomes difficult at the Port Arena without accommodation capacity, says Markku Hannonen.
Still hoping for a “real” hotel
The city has hoped for a hotel in Kantasatama, but the founder has not yet been found.
According to David Lindström, CEO of Cursor, there is still no information about what kind of ship it would be or who would establish the hotel ship.
– Yes, interest has been found, says Lindström.
According to Lindström, the hope is to have the same amount of room for guests in the ship hotel as in the hotel previously planned for the area, i.e. almost 200 rooms.
He emphasizes that the goal is still to get a \”real\” hotel in Kantasatama.
– A ship hotel could serve as an excellent bridge solution for a real hotel. If the bar is raised a little, one does not have to exclude the other, even as a long-term solution, says Lindström.