Tag: hotels
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...
Hotel and restaurant strike averted
An all-night negotiating session ended early Thursday with an agreement between Norwegian hotel and restaurant employees and their employers. A threatened strike would have...
Bergen hotels most expensive
Hotels in Bergen are still the most expensive in Norway, according to a recent hotel price index published by large online hotel booking website...
New hotel chain checks into Norway
International hotel giant Accor plans to expand into Oslo. The French hotel company chose the Norwegian capital over Copenhagen because of what they considered...
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