Scandic Patria Lappeenranta Hotel is situated in the town center just overlooking Lake Saimaa, 100 metres from the harbour and 1.5 kilometres from the golf course. This five-floor hotel features 132 air-conditioned guestrooms, all of which open onto balconies with views over the lake or park. All the in-room amenities include complimentary high- speed Internet connections, televisions with pay movies, telephones, minibars, trouser presses and hair dryers. The guests can unwind in the two saunas and hot tubs with views over the nearby lake or enjoy a drink in the lobby bar. The Messikukko Restaurant serves a selection of international and Finnish dishes and has a children's menu. The business guests enjoy access to four meeting rooms attached to the sauna departments and a business centre with complimentary Internet access. At this Torilla restaurant we serve breakfast, which is always included in the room rate. During lunch we are open upon request and cater for our meeting guests. From 5 pm. you can enjoy dishes from our a la carte menu and unpretentious service in nice surroundings. Our meeting facilities comprise one auditorium for up to 80 people, two rooms for up to 20 and one room in our sauna suite. Our highly flexible Regatta room is ideal for exhibitions, courses or parties. The hotel has 133 air-conditioned rooms, some with their own sauna. The Messikukko restaurant seats 100 guests, and is renowned for its good food and friendly service. It is a popular meeting place for hotel guests and locals alike, with a menu that includes Finnish specialities and international dishes. We have given 11,000 team members training on sustainability issues. We have now amassed a great deal of knowledge and see sustainability as a challenge and an ongoing process – globally and locally. Now days no company can avoid taking responsibility for the environment and focusing on environmental issues. Scandic lead the way and work continuously to promote both a reduction in our environmental impact, and a better environment. Scandic shall actively contribute to a sustainable society." Scandic's environmental policy since 1994. The Natural Step is an international organisation that advises companies on strategic issues concerning sustainability. Scandic works with The Natural Step and our environmental work is based on its four sustainability conditions. This hotel has been renovated with sustainable, natural and recyclable materials where possible to make the environment clean and green.We want to create a better world for our children. Since 1993 small and large things that contribute to a more sustainable world have dominated our daily work. We at Scandic have long been involved in water improvement initiatives. In 2005, we were one of the founders of the Stockholm Water Prize, an international accolade awarded by the Stockholm Water Foundation every year. The prize goes to a person, organisation or institution for outstanding achievement in water-related activities.We used to transport nearly four million bottles of water to our hotels. We used to sell around 1.2 million litres of water a year at our hotels. That is equivalent to 3.6 million 33 cl bottles. With our own water, we estimate that we will cut carbon emissions by 160 tonnes per year, based on our earlier volume of sales. We like statistics and record all our consumption of energy and water and our production of unsorted waste and carbon emissions.