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Faced with an increasingly unstable global environment, the MICE sector now has to contend with multiple risks: geopolitical tensions, cyber-threats, unbridled artificial intelligence, climate disruption, and disinformation. To help the industry better anticipate these challenges, the Copenhagen Convention Bureau presented its "Copenhagen... at IMEX Frankfurt, the MICE trade fair.

Strasbourg Airport will soon see Volotea take over a new public service delegation. After Munich, Copenhagen Airport will now be linked to the Grand Est region. Flights will commence on April 9th, operating on Mondays and Thursdays. The carrier, which claims the status of "airline of European regional capitals",...

With revenues up by 11% in 2024 (800 million euros or 6 billion Danish crowns) and passenger traffic up by 6% to 169.6 million, Danish railways DSB are confident in the future of rail and are investing massively. This should lead to improvements on international routes...

Marriott's dominance of the luxury hotel sector is well established. But the American group also intends to strengthen its position in the mid-range hotel sector, by attacking it from its most affordable angle. While its portfolio already includes a number of brands in this niche, such as Fairfield Inn, Four Points by Sheraton and Courtyard, on the...

The new Toulouse-Oslo flight will make its debut on 14 June. With this seasonal route, limited to two flights a week, Norwegian is targeting leisure travellers in particular. Magnus Thome Maursund, Norwegian's Commercial Director, says: "It's always exciting to launch new routes. I'm sure that Toulouse...

This is good news for Copenhagen airport, SAS Scandinavian Airlines, Air France-KLM and the Skyteam alliance. Scandinavia's leading international hub is regaining momentum. Over the first 7 months of 2024, its passenger traffic grew by 12% compared with 2023. Its...

Knowing how to be flexible. That's not the least of its qualities, and the Marriott group is demonstrating it by changing the name of its Four Points Express by Sheraton brand, recently launched in Europe. A few months after the opening of the first establishments in London, as well as in Istanbul, Bursa and Antalya in Turkey, the brand designed to increase the...

The Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) 2024 summer network will include nine new European routes. While some of these routes will be to Mediterranean destinations - and therefore of little interest to the French market - the increase in the number of routes to Northern Europe offers good alternatives for flying to the Baltic States, Scandinavia...

Hamburg-Copenhagen in 2.5 hours by 2029, compared with over 4.5 hours today. Dresden-Prague in one hour after 2040, compared with 2? hours today. Deutsche Bahn (DB) is investing heavily in the modernisation of its international lines. Denmark closer to the European continent The most advanced project, however, is the line that will link Hamburg to Copenhagen via...

Pioneering destinations in terms of eco-responsibility, recognised for their excellence in design and architecture, fashionable gastronomy, dynamic cities on a human scale: the Nordic countries have many assets in common to seduce event and incentive organisers. Without necessarily making them a key focus...

The budget brand Zleep Hotels, which first appeared near Copenhagen airport in 2003, is continuing to expand in its home country. Partly acquired in 2019 by the Deustche Hospitality group - parent company of the Steigenberger and InterCity Hotels brands, among others - the brand now has 15 establishments in Denmark, with the opening of...

It is one of the European Union's major infrastructure projects. The Fehmarnbelt Tunnel began in 2020. It is one of a number of new constructions designed to improve mobility in Europe. The 18 km-long tunnel will be built on the Fehmarn Strait between the German island of Fehmarn and the Danish island of Lolland....

More than ever the leader in the Scandinavian hotel industry with over 280 hotels, the Scandic group is reaffirming its pre-eminent position in the region with the opening in Copenhagen of its largest hotel to date, the Scandic Spectrum. Located in the centre of the Danish capital, on the seafront, the hotel offers...

On a café terrace, at a hotel reception, in the streets, it only takes a few minutes for a conversation to start almost immediately with someone. The people of Aarhus have a reputation for cultivating 'Hygge', a Danish term that evokes well-being, comfort and intimacy. It's a...