You’ve just managed to get out ‘alive’ from a meeting thinking you would have died of boredom if that colleague of yours – bless him – hadn’t pointed out the obvious: we’re an hour over the agreed time and we all actually have a thing called ‘work’ to go back to! Towards the end, words … Continued
Consistently ranked as one of the top MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, and Events) cities in the world, Singapore is a meeting destination that increasingly attracts business meetings and events. In order to maintain its position as the preferred meeting destination, Singapore is taking the meeting experience to the next level by making available more and … Continued
2017 was a dramatic year. As an immigrant living in Finland, who is so damn proud to bring Finnish awesomeness to the world, witnessing Trump being elected president was cruel. While I see we live in the globalised world, where we are supposed to see a unity in diversity, there are those who feel better … Continued
It was like having that ‘we are ready to fight’ spirit, we were going to give it everything we’ve got. Which was not much. On that first day of operation, 23rd November 2012, we had 2 groups of customers for Pikkujoulu. One was in Kellari room, the other was in Inno room. Half of … Continued
Former Musti & Mirri CEO and Siili Solutions Co-Founder to help HUONE group scale to 10 new venues globally over next 2 years. (HELSINKI, Finland, November 16th) Events hotel chain HUONE International appointed its new board at the Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, November 7th, with newly-appointed board members Mika Sutinen and Mika Mäkeläinen joining … Continued
Have you been bestowed with the responsibility of putting together the office Christmas Party but have no idea where to begin? Do it well and you will be hailed a hero but do it badly and you may just end up lunching by yourself for the rest of the year. Fret not, follow these tips … Continued
Events hotel group on track to expand to 10 new locations within 2 years PRESS RELEASE HELSINKI, Finland, (September 15th 2017) Events hotel chain HUONE has announced 182% growth at group level for the 2016-17 financial year, with HUONE Singapore becoming profitable within the first 6 months of operation. HUONE has targeted continued growth in Helsinki and … Continued
If it is ever okay? I am currently in Singapore. With my husband and the little one, for 1 month while Finland is having a holiday. Our aims are to guide and monitor that the HUONE standards in Sales, Customer Excellence and other processes here in HUONE Singapore are in tuned with our expectations. Everything … Continued
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Many of you may know, for opening HUONE Singapore and taking steps into the global scene, we needed funding. For the past 1,5 years I have met over 100 investors and pitched countless times. It was a nightmare; some may even say a traumatic experience. I put on a thick skin, went into meeting after … Continued
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It’s been 3 weeks since we opened our doors but somehow it feels just like yesterday. What I remember vividly is how I saw the team come together to run their first and most important event, our Official Opening. During the 1.5 weeks of training, the team was put on a steep learning curve to … Continued
PRESS RELEASE SINGAPORE (7 February 2017) Hatched in a karaoke room, Huone is an event concept from Finland. Offering 11 different meeting rooms, some inspired by Kakslauttanen – theArtic Resort in Finland and old Clarke Quay from Singapore, Huone is Singapore’s most creative meeting space, and it’s here to disrupt the local events industry. If you have battled … Continued
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Love at first sight with HUONE When I met Evon Söderlund, Founder of HUONE, in Singapore through the introduction of PwC, I saw the answer to what many organisations have been asking for – creative and flexible meeting rooms that promote’s collaboration and productivity. Apart from sharing similar values with Evon, I got very attracted … Continued
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4 years ago, I had an idea. I looked for funding from various sources and started to build a network with a humble attitude. Today we are going international with our concept, HUONE, starting in Singapore (opening Feb 2017). I’d like to share my experiences so far from another point of view: ‘if a company … Continued
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Today, we are living in a time of revolutionary change, a disruption. This is a time when new products and services are flooding into the market, when science, technology, and healthcare make advances at an increasingly fast pace – a time when globalisation is at its peak, when more information is generated and shared than … Continued
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First in the world, HUONE is a hotel that only offers meeting rooms. After its 3 years of startup success in Helsinki, this Finnish innovation is expanding to the top 10 Meeting Cities in the world by 2025, starting from Singapore.
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HUONE is the World’s first Events Hotel, a new service concept that may not be easily understood by its name. Instead of doing the ordinary company showcase video the team behind HUONE decided to innovate. They did an original song, with lyrics stating the company values and music video showing the fun spirit that the … Continued
PRESS RELEASE HELSINKI (11th August 2016) The Finnish innovation Huone – the hotel that offers only meeting rooms – is expanding to Singapore in February 2017. Huone Events Hotel is an exceptional place for B2B meetings and events founded by entrepreneurs Evon Söderlund and her husband Jussi. This week Huone announced a crowdfunding campaign on … Continued
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Writer: Evgenia Belova (Hostess at HUONE) How does it feel to work in HUONE? I will try to answer this question, at least to myself. Especially since recently I have being really struggling to do so. But first, I will tell something else… Evon is sitting in front of me with a brand new copy … Continued
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As an Asian, I grew up in a hierarchy culture. I am used to taking orders as a child, I do what it is told to me, most of the time. 😉 I have high respect for seniors and those who are higher ranked. Needless to say, we don’t call each other by the first … Continued