Tag: hotels

Hotel chains cut new deals with online giant

US-based hotel booking giant Expedia/Hotels.com lost most all of its Norwegian hotel chain clients when they rebelled last year against Expedia's terms of business....

Tourism slumps, hotel stars dumped

Hotel occupancy figures from Norway's important summer season show an overall decline nationwide, with Northern Norway hit surprisingly hard.  Trade Minister Trond Giske, meanwhile, has given...

Thon takes over Britannia Hotel

One of the most historic hotels in Trondheim looks set to help form the core of a new chain of luxury hotels operated by...

Hotel star system fades away

Business and Trade Minister Trond Giske has been spending millions on a plan to rate Norwegian hotels through a national star system, but the...

Another hotel chain dumps big website

Rica Hotels, one of Norway's largest hotel chains, has become the latest to stop selling its rooms over the large hotel website Expedia/Hotels.com. That...

‘Christmas is the new Easter’

Norwegians are heading for the mountains or traveling elsewhere this Christmas in droves generally only seen during the country's long, traditional Easter holidays. The...

Outlying hotels struggle to survive

It's winter and low season at many outlying hotels around Norway. Some wonder whether they'll survive until next summer, but are cheered that an...

Hotels check out of Internet giant

Several major hotel chains in Norway are cutting their ties with Internet giant Expedia and dropping out of Expedia's hotel reservation service Hotels.com. Their...

Smaller plates, less waste

Hotels in Norway and Sweden took part last summer in an interesting experiment that produced even more interesting results: Smaller plates provided to guests...

Fewer foreign tourists check in

Norwegian hotel operators suffered a noticeable decline in their number of overnight guests from several European countries this summer, including some that traditionally have...
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