In December 2017, Scandic acquired Restel's hotel operations with 43 hotels and around 7,600 rooms, most of which were operating under the Cumulus brand. The acquisition made Scandic the market leader in the hotel industry in Finland and gave the company a considerably stronger position in the growing leisure segment.
Maria Tullberg has left her post as general manager at Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Deira Creek. Tullberg will be moving back to her home country, Sweden, to take over the general manager position at the Radisson Blu Waterfront Stockholm. The current acting GM at the hotel is Xavier Halbi (EAM).
This market pulse provides an overview of the tourism and hotel market in Stockholm, Sweden. This snapshot discusses recent tourism trends, the impact of new supply on performance and provides a summary of the extensive hotel pipeline.
Scandic has signed a new long-term lease agreement with Midroc for a new hotel in the new development in the Helsingborg harbor, expected to open in 2021. The hotel will encompass approximately 180 rooms with meeting facilities, fitness area, restaurant, bar and a sky bar.
Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI) recently expanded its worldwide portfolio, options in Europe and "ALHI Convention Collection" with the addition of the acclaimed Gothia Towers in Gothenburg, Sweden. Together with the adjoined Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre, Gothia Towers is Europe's largest fully integrated hotel, exhibition and congress facility, and one of Europe's five biggest hotels. ALHI's distinguished membership portfolio features more than 250 luxury and upper-upscale hotels and resorts around the world, which are either independent or are with an independent hotel brand, and which specialize in serving meetings and incentive programs. ALHI now represents Gothia Towers to the North American and European meetings, conventions and incentive market, according to ALHI's Chief Sales Officer Mark Sergot. With this new addition, ALHI's luxury portfolio includes 38 distinctive hotels and resorts in Western Europe; 13 in Eastern Europe; more than 150 in the USA and Canada; 33 in Asia; 13 in the Middle East; 9 in Africa; 16 in the Bahamas, Bermuda, Caribbean region and Mexico; and 4 in South America. ALHI's portfolio also features 23 luxury cruise ships appropriate for meetings and incentive programs, and Destination Management Companies (DMCs) in 100-plus locations worldwide. Ideally situated in the heart of Gothenburg in the center of Scandinavia, Gothia Towers provides the perfect location for experiencing the sights, restaurants, shopping and nightlife of the vibrant city and picturesque region. Of fering 1,200 guest rooms, most of which provide magnificent city views, the hotel also features 60 meeting rooms with a total of 441,320 square feet of meeting and exhibition space. Meeting options include the 21,527-square-foot Congress Hall, which can seat 1,500 guests, and a 40,902-square-foot Exhibit Hall. In addition, the hotel offers five restaurants, including Heaven 23, which provides panoramic views from the top floor of Tower 1, as well as the critically acclaimed gourmet restaurant Upper House Dining & Lounge. The hotel is just a short walk to the city's celebrated The Avenue boulevard, the Liseberg amusement park, Universeum science center, and the Museum of World Culture. Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport is only 20 minutes away. "Gothia Towers is a truly impressive hotel, with incredible meeting and exhibit space, first-class accommodations and a great location," said Sergot. "It is an outstanding choice for large conventions but also fantastic fo r smaller meetings. Plus, Gothenburg's strategic location between Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm make it very accessible for groups too. We are very proud to showcase this remarkable hotel to the meeting and incentive marketplace in North America and Europe."Gothia Towers becomes ALHI's second member hotel in Sweden, joining Stockholm's luxurious 130-room Hotel Diplomat on the waterfront of the Stockholm Harbour in the city's cultural, financial and shopping district. ALHI's portfolio also features another outstanding option in Scandinavia, with scenic Copenhagen, Denmark's Tivoli Hotel & Congress Center, offering 679 guest rooms and suites and 43,055 square feet of meeting space. The hotel's impressive Tivoli Congress Hall offers capacity for up to 2,400 participants, and an additional 52 meeting facilities and two auditoriums can accommodate events of up to 5,500 people. Gothia Towers also becomes ALHI's 30th option in the "ALHI Conv ention Collection," which consists of ALHI hotels and resorts which offer 500 or more guest rooms and/or suites, at least 50,000 square feet of meeting space and one or more ballrooms of 20,000 square feet or more. Other exceptional options in this luxury brand collection include the Bahamas' 3,400-room Atlantis, Paradise Island; Atlantic City, New Jersey's 2,800-room Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa; Connecticut's 2,230-room Foxwoods Resort Casino and 1,563-room Mohegan Sun; Georgia's 1,059-room Omni Atlanta Hotel at CNN Center; and the 1,001-room Omni Dallas Hotel in Texas. Florida options include the 1,504-room Fontainebleau Miami Beach, 1,000-room Loews Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando, 1,000-room Loews Sapphire Falls Resort at Universal Orlando and 1,501-room Rosen Shingle Creek. Outstanding Las Vegas choices include the 4,004-room ARIA Resort & Casino, 3,933-room Bellagio, 3,220-room Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, 5,000-room MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, and 3,044-room Mirage Las Vegas. For more information about ALHI and/or its member hotels and resorts, contact your nearest of the 24 ALHI Global Sales offices in the United States, Canada, London and now Frankfurt, Germany. For specifics, go to alhi.com to identify the nearest "ALHI Team" Global Sales professionals in your area. In the U.K., contact Peter Groom at +44 (0) 207-379-6793 or [email protected], and visit alhi.com . In Germany, Austria or Switzerland, contact Becky Dimant in the Frankfurt area at +49 69 660 56331 or +49 160 442 1091 or [email protected] , and visit alhi.com .
A good vacation is an escape from the everyday and this upcoming resort in the Swedish Lapland, couldn't be further from normal life -- it's literally floating on a river in the middle of nowhere. ArcticBath is a new hotel adrift on the Lule River in the Scandinavian north -- a glacial haven of snow-tipped forests, world-class fishing, amazing wildlife and the Northern Lights. The resort is from the team behind the region's acclaimed Treehotel -- the quirky brainchild of owners Britta and Kent Lindvall, situated amongst the forest canopy. ArcticBath will offer a similar mix of luxury and nature -- inspired by the wild, stunning Swedish surroundings.
Travel experts Off the Map Travel and the team behind the famous Treehotel in Sweden will launch a new floating hotel and spa that freezes into the ice of the Lule River in the winter and floats on top of the water in the summer. The Arctic Bath Hotel and Spa experience includes a stay in the six-room hotel plus an Arctic Bath inspired by the timber floating era, reminiscent of how felled trees were transported down the room for processing. The hotel and spa also sit in a prime location to experience the Northern Lights.
A stunning new hotel is captivating the Swedish capital of Stockholm. Operated by luxury brand At Six, At Six Stockholm is taking Scandinavian design to new heights, embodying everything that the design-heavy Nordic region is known for, and more. Designed by London-based firm Universal Design Studio, an award-winning architecture and interior design practice, At Six Stockholm takes an urban structure, famous Brutalist bank the Brunkebergstorg, and transforms it into a quintessentially Scandinavian building that is at once contemporary and timeless. The hotel was recently shortlisted in five categories for the AHEAD Europe Awards, and walked away with two awards in the categories of Best Guestrooms and Best Urban Hotel – Conversion.
Arctic travel experts at Off the Map Travel announce the new line-up for the ICEHOTEL's 2018 Art Suite designs. Guests at the ICEHOTEL in Jukkasjärvi will now have new options to overnight in space, next to King Kong or in an Alice in Wonderland-style fairytale in Art Suites by sleeping in a hanging installation (Hang in There), sleeping next to a huge ice Fabergé egg (Last Faberge Egg), being transported into a garden and entering the world of giant ice snails (Ground Rules), or staying in a dreamscape named Wandering Cloud. All suites are entirely made of ice. The ICEHOTEL in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden is the world's first hotel made entirely of ice and snow: the amount of snow used to create the hotel rooms is enough to make 700 million snowballs and chandeliers are made of 1,000 hand-polished ice crystals.
orta Modular is proud to present the FIRST HOTEL ARLANDA AIRPORT project located in Stockholm, Sweden. Forta Modular was involved in the process of design, fabrication and delivery of the modules for the hotel.
AMF Fastigheter, leading Swedish property investor and developer, has unveiled two new hotels, a rooftop restaurant and two further casual dining concepts in the heart of Stockholm. The new openings form a central part of the 131,000m² mixed-use development Urban Escape Stockholm – one of the most significant city centre regeneration projects currently underway in Europe.
In 2019, Zleep Hotels is opening a 136-room hotel in Upplands Väsby, a suburb outside of Stockholm. This is the first Zleep hotel in Sweden, and the first Zleep hotel outside of Denmark.
Scandinavia is set to receive a slew of new hotels openings over the coming years. 50 new projects will give the Northern European region an additional key-count of 10,972. The properties will be spread over Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland and Denmark, with Sweden hosting the lion's share of new hotels, 20 in total. 15 are to be constructed in Norway, 6 in Finland, 5 in Denmark and 4 in Iceland, following the predictable hierarchy of landmass and population.
Scandic Hotels, the largest hotel company in the Nordic countries, has signed a long-term lease agreement with the property company Vasakronan. The agreement covers the operation of a new hotel in the Platinan block, part of the new urban development project Älvstaden in Gothenburg. The hotel is expected to be completed by the end of 2020.
Scandic Hotels, the largest hotel company in the Nordic countries, has signed a long-term lease agreement with the property company Vasakronan. The agreement covers the operation of a new hotel in the Platinan block, part of the new urban development project Älvstaden in Gothenburg. The hotel is expected to be completed by the end of 2020.
The Nordic C Hotel in Stockholm has announced plans to change its name to Hotel C Stockholm. For the past six months, the hotel has been working on a new brand stamp. "From January 1st, 2017 we will affiliate to Worldhotels and the name change is part of our rebranding process", says Per Keller, General Manager of Hotel C Stockholm.
HNA Tourism Group Co, Ltd. ("HNA") has yesterday announced a mandatory public offer to the shareholders in Rezidor Hotel Group AB (publ) ("Rezidor") to acquire all shares in Rezidor for a cash consideration of SEK 34.86 per share (the "Offer"). HNA owns, directly and indirectly, 51.3% of all outstanding shares in Rezidor following the acquisition of Carlson Hotels Inc.
Scandic is now presenting its fifth unique signature hotel – Downtown Camper by Scandic. The hotel will open in the former Scandic Sergel Plaza at Brunkeberg square in the heart of Stockholm. The building is currently undergoing a complete rejuvenation to reopen after the summer of 2017 and offer a new hotel experience that brings nature into the big city. Guests will be invited to share in a "base camp" experience that centers on wellness and community.
Leading Swedish internet booking engine provider, Rapibo has partnered with travel technology expert eRevMax to gain wider visibility into the hotel market. Through this partnership, Rapibo will now be available as an integrated internet booking engine for eRevMax hotel clients thereby making ARI updates seamless across all channels including the hotel brand website.
The hotel property company Pandox and the hotel operator Scandic Hotels have renewed and extended lease agreements for 19 hotels in the Nordic region. The lease agreements have a duration of up 15 years and include a joint renovation programme of MSEK 470 over three years, of which Pandox's share amounts to approximately half.