Large turnover decline for Nordic Choice Hotels in 2020
The figures for 2020 show that the company has had its turnover reduced by 5.1 billion NOK in 2020 compared with 2019.
The figures for 2020 show that the company has had its turnover reduced by 5.1 billion NOK in 2020 compared with 2019.
Clarion Hotel Helsinki Airport, opened in 2016, has made its mark as one of the most valued and popular hotels in the area surrounding Helsinki airport. Clarion wanted to emphasize the hotel’s location at the heart of Aviapolis in the hotel’s name. Aviapolis is a developing airport city and the hotel is now called Clarion Hotel Aviapolis.
For employees who are in direct contact with hotel guests, it will now become mandatory to wear face masks. This is the latest of a number of infection control measures Nordic Choice Hotels have implemented, to ensure a safe stay for its hotel guests during the Covid 19 outbreak.
Over the past 10 months, there has been intense work on building the new Kämp, which rests on its uniqueness but with the Nordic Choice Hotel's muscles in the back. Central to that work has been Kämp Collection Hotel CEO Laura Tarkka. When Kämp is now fully part of Nordic Choice Hotels, Tarkka chooses to move on as previously agreed.
All 207 hotels are open for guests and visitors as usual, but with special attention for the safety of guests and employees. Due to many media requests, Nordic Choice Hotels will provide a general statement on the situation in the company during the virus outbreak.
Development within the hotel industry is moving faster than ever and the boundaries between the hotel experience and everyday life are becoming blurred. By launching hotel services at home Nordic Choice Hotels are taking a new approach to adding a little more sparkle to everyday life.
The first guests will be able to check in at Comfort Hotel Helsinki Airport in 2023 when the chain opens its first hotel in Finland. The chain’s ambition is quite clear: the chain is to grow considerably in the Nordic region, and Finland is the top priority.
Fredric Landell will take over as new CEO of Petter Stordalen's hotel development company Nordic Property Management. The company is the largest in the Nordic market, working on project management of large hotel and restaurant projects.
Clarion Collection was the first chain acquired by Petter A. Stordalen during the 1990s. The chain was then called Home Hotels, which was subsequently changed to Clarion Collection. Now, Clarion Collection is taking the lead with a unique industry concept using the well-known Scandinavian term “hygge” as a platform.
The hotel group’s customer loyalty programme, Nordic Choice Club, now allows all members to donate their bonus points to the national cancer societies in the Nordic countries.
The competition authority has approved Nordic Choice Hotels acquisition of Kämp Collection Hotels. The acquisition of Kämp Collection Hotels, which was previously owned by CapMan Buyout funds and other owners, was finalized on October 9th. The new owner aims at significantly increasing the hotel supply in Helsinki.
Next year, the construction of Finland's largest hotel project of all time begins. 711 new hotel rooms will be welcoming guests at Helsinki Airport in 2023. Today, the developer LAK Real Estate Oy can present Nordic Choice Hotels as the hotel operator for the two hotels.