By now nine hotels with 1,676 rooms are being constructed in Kyiv for the Euro 2012 European football championship. The hotels would be commissioned by late 2012.

The leader of the tourism department of Kyiv city administration, Mykola Hrytsyk, reported at a meeting of the interagency city council for tourism and excursions, the press service of Kyiv city administration has noted.

According to UEFA demands, Kyiv is to provide guests with 7,400 rooms in three-, four- and five-star hotels: 1,850 rooms in five-star hotels, 4,750 rooms in four-star hotels and 400 rooms in three-star hotels.

As for current situation, TUI Travel PLC (Great Britain), the official operator on hosting fans and participants in the Euro 2012 European Football Championship for UEFA, has signed about 80 agreements on renting 6,495 rooms in hotels in Kyiv. Taking into consideration the hotels under construction, Kyiv could observe the UEFA requirements with extra 946 rooms.