Tag: hotels

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...

Strong krone threatens hotels

Economic problems abroad combined with Norway's strong currency, the krone, have left Norwegian hotel owners in outlying areas fearing that fewer tourists will be...

Tough times for outlying hotels

While hotels in many Norwegian cities and around airports are enjoying high occupancy rates, those in outlying areas keep struggling to fill their rooms....

State tackles new hotel star system

Ads started running in Norwegian media last week for a leader to coordinate a new state-backed project that's caused lots of arguments in the...

Opera House draws the most tourists

Oslo's still-new Opera House has emerged as the capital's top tourist attraction. It now out-ranks the Frogner Park and the Holmenkollen Ski Jump by...

Outlying hotels struggling

Norway's economy remains strong and the cruise business is booming, but tourist hotels in outlying areas of the country are struggling to stay in...

Hotels finally cash in on Ski-VM

Most hotels in the Oslo area were fully booked this week and through the end of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (Ski-VM) on...

Hotels slump, cruising soars

While Norwegian hotels are having a disappointing summer season this year, the number of cruise passengers passing through Norway has skyrocketed. It's debatable, though,...
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