Nordic Choice Hotels has been looking beyond national borders for a global player to accelerate its data-driven way of working, with a focus on the guest journey and guest satisfaction. The role ultimately fell to Dianne Robillos, who in December assumed the new position as VP Personalization, Data & Insights.
Dianne most recently comes from a similar role at Qatar Airways where she enabled
Nordic Choice Hotels has appointed Inka Uusitalo-Raoult as Director of Operations for the Finnish operations.
To succeed on the ambitions for further growth in the Finnish market, the hotel company has created a new position as Chief Operating Officer in Finland.After acquiring Kämp Collection Hotels, the most unique hotel portfolio in Finland, in 2019, Helsinki has become the third biggest market for Nordic Choice Hotels after Oslo and Stockholm. With two more hotel projects at Helsinki Vantaa Airport in
Nordic Choice Hotels changes name to Strawberry.
Henrik Berghult appointed new executive leader for Nordic Hotels & Resorts
After systems and computers were affected by a big virus attack in December, Nordic Choice Hotels needed to renew the computer fleet. But instead of buying new hardware, existing PCs were converted to CloudReady from Google, which delivers a Chrome OS experience.As one of many larger companies lately, Nordic Choice Hotels experienced a serious virus attack by criminals in December. The attack was
In the wake of the virus attack on the night of 2 December, Nordic Choice Hotels has over the weekend worked to map the extent of the virus attack on the IT systems.
On the night of 2 December, Nordic Choice Hotels was hit by a virus attack on our IT systems. The virus infected systems for bookings, check-in and check-out, as well as payment solutions. After the incident, we have worked around
As a result of the virus our IT- systems were exposed to on the night of Thursday 2 December, we are still experiencing technical problems. We are working to get an overview of the incident and its consequences, while we do everything to ensure that guests at the hotels have a great stay.
As it looks now, many of the hotels will have to continue to use manual solutions over the weekend and be b
Nordic Choice Hotels IT-systems was affected by a virus during the night towards December 2. The virus primarily affected our internal systems for booking, checking in and out and payment solutions. We have implemented manual processes to handle the situations at the hotels so we can focus on the guests, but the waiting time will be longer than usual. We are working to solve the issue with all res
Nordic Choice Hotels is raising the bar for international conference venues with the opening of Comfort Hotel Copenhagen Airport next to the hotel group’s existing Clarion Hotel on May 20. This addition means that they now offer 66.000 m2 divided between nearly 1000 hotel rooms, an enormous conference hall and 33 meeting rooms just a four minute walk from the airport.
Nordic Choice Hotels has engaged with selected guests to report back on infection control measures in their hotels throughout the Nordic region. The assessments will be visible on their website.
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.
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.
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.
