Eight more hotels with about 1,500 rooms for the accommodation of UEFA staff are to be commissioned in Kyiv by the end of 2011, the press service of Kyiv City State Administration has reported.

The UEFA staff will include UEFA teams and their service staff, referees, official sponsors, official mass media, UEFA officials, as well as fans that are considered the largest groups that will arrive in Kyiv to attend the matches of the UEFA EURO 2012 European Football Championship.

Over 6,200 rooms have currently been reserved for UEFA groups in Kyiv, with 7,300 rooms required. Rooms in the hotels in Kyiv and Kyiv's suburbs are being further reserved.

As reported, TUI Travel Plc is the official accommodation agency for UEFA EURO 2012.