Santa’s Hotels has participated in Earth Hour for over 10 years. This year, each of our properties will also be displaying a light sign for the environment, as our restaurants will be hosting a candlelight dinner on Saturday, March 22, 2025.

You can find the Earth Hour 2025 candlelight dinner at the following restaurants:

Saariselkä, Santa’s Hotel Tunturi, restaurant Kaltio

Luosto, Santa’s Hotel Aurora, restaurant Aurora

Rovaniemi, Santa’s Hotel Santa Claus, restaurant Gaissa

Rovaniemi, Santa’s Igloos Arctic Circle, restaurant Arctic Eye

Kilpisjärvi, Santa’s Hotel Rakka, restaurant Rakka

Kalajoki, Santa’s Resort & Spa Hotel Sani, restaurant Välke

Sustainability at Santa’s Hotels

All Santa’s Hotels’ properties are also committed to daily sustainable actions in terms of economic sustainability and social sustainability, socio-cultural sustainability, and ecological sustainability.

Ecological sustainability at Santa’s Hotel’s locations

• We are committed to climate change adaptation and mitigation.
• We reduce our carbon footprint by using energy-efficient technologies, reducing waste and promoting renewable energy sources.
• We work with customers, suppliers, employees and other stakeholders to mitigate climate change and promote adaptation measures.
• We monitor energy consumption in all properties and reduce water consumption by limiting flows.
• We encourage our guests to save energy and water with reminders in hotel rooms.
• We use environmentally-labeled detergents and cleaning agents in daily cleaning.
• We aim to reduce waste and food waste through joint guidelines and by communicating this common goal to both staff and guests in a way that is appropriate.
• We are part of the Mara ry Energy Efficiency Agreement.

Our destinations are located in the embrace of northern nature, and it is particularly important to us to respect and preserve the surrounding nature and to encourage responsible outdoor activities through our own communications. We want to ensure that the unique and pure northern nature is preserved as a sustainable living environment in the future.

The Green Key certificates and STF labels awarded to our destinations demonstrate the results of our destinations’ sustainability work and demonstrate that our destinations consistently maintain the strict sustainability standards required by these organizations. By choosing destinations with these certificates and labels, travelers know they are making a more sustainable choice.

Read more about our sustainability here: santashotels.fi/en/sustainability

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Santa’s Hotel Rakka in Kilpisjärvi has been awarded the Green Key sustainability certificate. Santa’s Hotel Rakka is therefore the northernmost Green Key-certified hotel in Finland.

“We are very happy about this recognition. There is only one Kilpisjärvi, and we are proud to be able to concretely demonstrate our sustainability. This is a good way to continue our daily work for a more sustainable future,” says Santa’s Hotel Rakka’s Hotel Director Jaana Nykänen.

Green Key is an internationally well known tourism sustainability certificate whose criteria are based on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. The certificate contains requirements related to:

• reducing the environmental load 
• increasing social benefits 
• supporting the local economy

Green Key is also a sustainability programme in which the participating companies commit to the continuous development of their operations.  The quality of operations is verified through regular, on-site audits. The certificate is awarded by an external, independent Green Key jury. 

Santa’s Hotel Rakka is part of the Santa’s Hotels chain. Five other hotels in the chain have also been awarded Green Key certificates in 2024.

Read more about the Green Key sustainability certificate: What is Green Key?

Sustainability at Santa’s Hotels: Read more here.

For more information

Hotel Director Jaana Nykänen, Santa’s Hotel Rakka: jaana.nykanen(at)santashotels.fi

Santa’s Hotels is one of the most significant operators in Northern Finland tourism. Our international and stylish chain offers experiential accommodation and restaurant services in Rovaniemi, Luosto, Levi, Saariselkä, Kilpisjärvi and Kalajoki.

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In order to achieve the label, the companies need to go through the Sustainable Travel Finland program and meet all the required criteria according to international standards.

”This is great news, and we accept the recognition with pride both at our hotel in the city center and at our igloos in the Arctic Circle. The STF program has helped us to develop our daily processes to be even more sustainable, and from this moment onwards the STF-label will help us to communicate our sustainability actions to our guests as well”, rejoices Pia Virtala, Hotel Director of Santa’s Hotels Rovaniemi hotels.

The set of criteria for the STF-label is updated regularly so that the activities of tourism operators are in line with up-to-date sustainability obligations.

“We are committed to continuous work for sustainability. Our Rovaniemi hotel’s first environmental guidebook was launched 15 years ago, and our sustainability work has since expanded in additon to ecological responsibility also to socio-cultural and economic sustainability. With these official recognitions, it’s good for us to continue on our sustainability path,” continues Virtala.

Santa’s Hotel Santa Claus and Santa’s Igloos Arctic Circle are part of the Santa’s Hotels chain. Santa’s Hotels is a Lappish family-owned hotel chain that offers accommodation and restaurant services in a total of six locations from Kalajoki to Kilpisjärvi.

More information:

Pia Virtala, Hotel Director, Santa’s Hotels Rovaniemi destinations

pia.virtala(at)santashotels.fi +358 40 532 3227

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In order to receive the label, companies must go through the Sustainable Travel Finland program and meet all the required criteria according to international standards.

“We are proud of the recognition we have achieved. At Sani, we work for sustainability every day with the entire staff, and such recognitions help make our sustainability actions visible to our guests,” says the Hotel Director of Santa’s Resort & Spa Hotel Sani Minna Salo.

The set of criteria for the STF label is updated regularly so that the activities of tourism operators are in line with up-to-date sustainability obligations.

“We are committed to continuous work for sustainability. Earlier this year, we were also awarded the tourism industry’s international Green Key sustainability certificate, which is renewed at regular intervals, similar to the STF label,” continues Salo.

Santa’s Resort & Spa Hotel Sani is part of the Santa’s Hotels chain. Santa’s Hotels is a Lappish family-owned hotel chain that offers accommodation and restaurant services in a total of six locations from Kalajoki to Kilpisjärvi.

For more information contact

Hotel Director Minna Salo, Santa’s Resort & Spa Hotel Sani
minna.salo(at)santashotels.fi +358 40 667 5122

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The Sustainable Travel Finland label is a sustainability label awarded by Visit Finland, which is used to communicate sustainable actions to the tourists. In order to receive the label, companies must go through the STF program and meet all the required criteria according to international standards.

Sustainability work is continuous work, and the STF label is renewed regularly. The brand’s criteria are updated at regular intervals so that the actions of tourism operators meet up-to-date sustainability obligations.

Santa’s Hotel Tunturi and Santa’s Hotel Aurora were also granted the international tourism Green Key sustainability certificates in August 2024.

“It’s great to receive visible recognition for the sustainability work we’ve been doing for a long time in the forms of the Green Key certificate and the STF label. We started the application process in July 2024, when our goal was to get both the Green Key and the STF label by the end of 2024. This goal was clearly fulfilled, and this is a good spot to continue with our daily sustainability work,” says Santa’s Hotel Tunturi’s hotel director My Manner.

“We are proud that we have completed both the Green Key certificate and the STF label so quickly. We understand very well that it is a sustainable tourism development path and we are committed to taking this sustainable path forward by constantly developing our operations”, continues Santa’s Hotel Aurora’s hotel director Terhi Kangas.

MORE INFORMATION

Hotel Director My Manner, Santa’s Hotel Tunturi: +358 40 572 2903 my.manner(at)santashotels.fi

Hotel Director Terhi Kangas, Santa’s Hotel Aurora: +358 40 521 8290 terhi.kangas(at)santashotels.fi

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Santa’s Hotel Tunturi in Saariselkä and Santa’s Hotel Aurora in Luosto were granted certificates in August 2024. As a result, five of the hotel chain’s six applications have been certified. The application process is still ongoing at Santa’s Hotel Rakka in Kilpisjärvi, where the audit is scheduled to be carried out by the end of 2024.

The high environmental standards expected of Green Key certified companies are maintained through rigorous documentation and regular audits.

“The Green Key sustainability certificates granted to us make visible the sustainability work that we do with the entire staff every day,” says Pia Virtala, Hotel Director at Rovaniemi destinations.

“The Green Key certificate guarantees that, as operators in the tourism industry, we have proven in practice our commitment to reducing the environmental load, increasing social benefits and supporting the local economy in our operations,” adds Minna Salo, Hotel Director at Santa’s Resort & Spa Hotel Sani.

Santa’s Hotels is one of the most significant operators in tourism in Northern Finland. The international and stylish chain offers experiential accommodation and restaurant services in Rovaniemi, Luosto, Levi, Saariselkä, Kilpisjärvi and Kalajoki.

“At Santa’s Hotels, we carry these certificates with great pride. Sustainability work is everyone’s business at Santa’s Hotels, as our destinations are committed to the continuous and enduring sustainability work of our staff and to encouraging our guests and partners to take sustainable actions,” says Sanna Sandgren, CEO of Santa’s Hotels.

Santa’s Hotels Green Key certified hotels:
Santa’s Hotel Tunturi, Saariselkä
Santa’s Hotel Aurora, Luosto
Santa’s Hotel Santa Claus, Rovaniemi
Santa’s Igloos Arctic Circle, Rovaniemi
Santa’s Resort & Spa Hotel Sani, Kalajoki

MORE INFORMATION

CEO Sanna Sandgren, Santa’s Hotels: +358 40 199 3525 sanna.sandgren(at)santashotels.fi
Hotel Director Pia Virtala, Santa’s Hotel Santa Claus & Santa’s Igloos Arctic Circle: +358 40 532 3227 pia.virtala(at)santashotels.fi 
Hotel Director Minna Salo, Santa’s Resort & Spa Hotel Sani: +358 40 667 5122 minna.salo(at)santashotels.fi

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The high environmental standards expected of Green Key certified companies are maintained through strict documentation and regular audits. In order to receive the Green Key certificate, a company must pass 70 criteria based on reducing the environmental load, increasing social benefits and supporting the local economy.

“Sustainability work is everyone’s business at Santa’s Hotels – the work is done strongly by the entire staff. Our destinations are committed to the continuous sustainability work of the staff and to encouraging our guests and partners to be sustainable,” says Sanna Sandgren, CEO of the Santa’s Hotels chain.

The Green Key certificate is issued for one year at a time, and a further application is made annually.

“Therefore, everyday life will continue as a holder of an internationally recognized sustainability certificate, as an even more sustainable service provider – Green Key certificates are a great recognition of our sustainability work!” Sandgren continues.

The Green Key audits at Santa’s Hotel Tunturi in Saariselkä and Santa’s Hotel Aurora in Luosto were carried out at the beginning of August 2024. The news about the certification decisions of the Green Key jury, which met at the end of the month, were received with enthusiasm.

“We accept the certificates with great pride! We live and work in what are known to be the cleanest environments in the world. The least we can do is take responsibility for our everyday life and, through sustainable tourism, give the opportunity for future generations to live and visit while listening to the conditions of environmental well-being”, rejoice Hotel Managers My Manner and Terhi Kangas.

Santa’s Hotel Tunturi and Santa’s Hotel Aurora are the first Green Key certified hotels of the Santa’s Hotels chain. Certificates have also been applied for other locations, the aim of which is to complete the audits by the end of 2024.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

CEO Sanna Sandgren, Santa’s Hotels: +358 40 199 3525 sanna.sandgren(at)santashotels.fi
Hotel Director My Manner, Santa’s Hotel Tunturi: +358 40 572 2903 my.manner(at)santashotels.fi
Hotel Director Terhi Kangas, Santa’s Hotel Aurora: +358 40 521 8290 terhi.kangas(at)santashotels.fi

Santa’s Hotels is one of the most significant operators in Northern Finland tourism. Our international and stylish chain offers experiential accommodation and restaurant services in Rovaniemi, Luosto, Levi, Saariselkä, Kilpisjärvi and Kalajoki.

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