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Fire struck Losby Gods hotel complex

Losby Gods, an historic manor house northeast of Oslo that was converted into a hotel and golf course complex, was hit by a major...

Airbnb, Uber come in from the cold

Finance Minister Siv Jensen and Norway's biggest employers' organization, NHO, are warming up to innovative new aspects of the "sharing economy" like lodging service Airbnb...

Hotel deal grabs attention in Norway

A huge merger in the international hotel industry caught attention in Norway on Tuesday, even though none of the hotel chains involved has a presence...

Oil industry cutbacks also cut the ‘julebord’

After years if not decades of throwing lavish Norwegian Christmas parties for their employees, downsized oil companies are also cutting back on the traditional parties known...

Expansion plans to create Norway’s biggest hotel

Businessman and hotel operator Petter Stordalen is keen to invest, along with bank and insurance firm DNB Liv, NOK 1 billion (USD 124 million) to greatly...

Ski resort bookings have never been so strong

It's already snowing at some of the mountain ski resorts in Norway, and they're keen to launch what looks like a highly promising season. Never before,...

Bomb threat evacuated downtown Fredrikstad

UPDATED: The Quality Hotel and several surrounding buildings in central Fredrikstad were evacuated Wednesday afternoon after someone phoned in a threat that a bomb...

Tourism booms as economy weakens

Amidst all the recent concern over falling oil prices and rising unemployment, Norway's important tourism industry is reporting a banner year. Hotels and, not least,...

Skeptics emerge around new concert house plans

"There's no such thing as a free lunch," the mayor of Tønsberg, Per Martin Aamodt, reminded his political colleagues in Oslo after two hotel developers...

Weak krone boosted hotel business

With the exception of Stavanger, hard hit by the dive in oil prices, hotels in many Norwegian cities could report a hot summer season with...
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