It is planned to commission 8 hotels by late 2011 that will accommodate about 1700 people from UEFA during the Euro 2012 European Soccer Championship in Kyiv, the press service of Kyiv City State Administration has reported.

The UEFA staff will include the soccer teams, service staff, referees, official sponsors, official mass media, and UEFA officials.

The press service noted that over 6,200 rooms have been reserved for UEFA groups in Kyiv. Along with this, the total requirement is 7500 rooms. Rooms in the hotels in Kyiv and Kyiv's suburbs are being further reserved.

Additionally, one of the leading travel agencies will be involved through a tender soon. The company's main tasks will be providing a full range of services on the organization and settling, transfer and touristic assistance of foreign guests during Euro 2012.