Scandic Hotels, the largest hotel operator in the Nordic countries, will open yet another large international hotel in the spring of 2018. The hotel, which will be located in the center of Copenhagen's "meatpacking district" – Kødbyen – will be designed with the history and urban character of the area in mind and will provide a vibrant meeting place for both guests and Copenhageners alike.
AC Hotels by Marriott, a lifestyle brand belonging to Marriott International, announced today its debut in Denmark, welcoming the impressive 812-room Bella Sky Hotel to the portfolio as the AC Hotel Bella Sky Copenhagen on 15 December 2014. The news follows major global expansion of the brand, aimed at the lifestyle oriented business traveller, with the opening of the first AC by Marriott property in the U.S. - the AC Hotel New Orleans Bourbon - and recent openings in Istanbul and Valencia.
A recent survey of the delegates at the 4th annual HotCop Hotel Investment Conference, representing the Scandinavian hotel industry's major players, found that hotel owners, developers, investors, lenders and operators are all optimistic about the region's growth and profit potential, and intend to actively develop and finance new projects in the coming years, write Sarah Sonne Larsen of Nordic Hotel Consulting and Demian Hodari, Professor of Strategic Management at the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne.
The 366-room Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers stands 85 metres tall with stunning views over the Copenhagen skyline and the whole Oeresund region. The hotel is located minutes away from Copenhagen International Airport and a stone's throw from the motorway, underground and overland train stations providing easy access to attractions such as Tivoli, the Royal Castle and Nyhavn. This makes the hotel ideal for business and leisure travellers alike.
Experts predict that hotels, hit hard by the recession, will suffer longer than other industries A double whammy of recession and excess capacity has up to a third of the city’s hotels in danger of going under in the coming years, reports Berlingske Tidende newspaper. In addition, half of the 422 hotels reviewed by credit analysis firm Soliditet for the newspaper posted a loss in their last fiscal year.