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ENTER 2012 – IT technology and eTourism Seminar – my observations
I was attending and one of the Industry Presentation speaker at ENTER 2012 seminar in Helsingborg, Sweden 24.1 – 27.1.2012. The seminar was organized by IFITT, International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism – the eTourism community. The IFITT mission is to network eTourism stakeholders and nurture eTourism innovation, exploration and knowledge. IFITT’s vision is to…
Volunteer work in World Championships of Icehockey 2012 – 2013
Helsinki is hosting twice World Championships of Icehoceky. This is going to be organized so that Helsinki is having the main role in 2012 and Stockholm in 2013. Volunteer work is essential to organize international or big national sport events in Finland. Without those people many of many sport events wouldn’t take place.Business College Helmi,…
Winter projects
Happy New Year 2012 This new year took me into the new position and I am now concentrating mainly in projects as follows:- World Championship 2012 of Ice-hoceky (Helsinki and Stockholm). Main partners are Business College Helmi and Vierumäki Sports Centre- SME Tourism Business Operations with the University of Applied Science Haaga-Helia- eMarketing Strategy and Implementation…
Christmas Story
Hi!Enjoying my time now here in Paris, I wanted to share a Christmas Story by Charles Dickens I found absolutely engaging and positively inspiring. I hope you enjoy it too. I wish you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!By Charles DickensTime was, with most of us, when Christmas Day, encircling all our limited world like…
Christmas gift – donation to cancer research
This year I decided to donate my Christmas gift money to Finnish Cancer Society’s research work. Cancer has been coming very common disease in these days. Even if we have our public health system in quite high level – especially comparing to many other countries – there seems to be lack of funding especially in…
Finnovate Ltd is taking care of Coquille Bonheur in Scandinavia
My company has been getting to know Finnovate Oy (Ltd) here in Finland and we have been looking some new cooperations especially in UAE markets. Merja Pollok, the Director of Business Development of Finnovate, has been appointed as Coquille Bonheur Representative in the Scandinavian markets.Merja was born in Finland and studied tourism there. She also…
Recommendation Letter from Mrs. Ordzhonikidze
I got nice letter from Mrs. Ordzhonikidze from St.Petersburg City (Russia). She is a Deputy Chariman of The Committee fro Investments and Strategic Projects – Head of Tourism Board. We have been working together now for over two years promoting Helsinki and St.Petersburg mainly in European target market areas. The last cooperation was throwing a…
Certified Hospitality Educator – 1st stage is passed
I didn’t know anything about this label or course until Pirkko Salo from Haaga-Helia University of Applied Scienced told me of CHE – Certified Hospitaly Educator Course. She recommended me this after I mentioned my struggles with course presentations.What is CHE? CHE is recognized as the preeminent leader in hospitality certification, the American Hotel & Lodging…
Some more images added in this website
I have been adding some more pictures, photos taken from my current and past careers. See “Company” => “Moments from the past”. Each image is having it’s description.
Skål International – I am a new President of National Committee for 2012 – 2013
Skål International, the biggest tourism organization in the world, is spread also in Finland. There are two associations in Finland, in Helsinki and in Turku. We are having 101 members in Helsinki association and Turku has 45. Skål International rules mention there should be National Committee in all countries where there is more than one…