Hotel News Resource - Scandic Hotel Industry News

Scandic announced that Frank Fiskers, who has been CEO at Scandic since 2007, will leave his position after the summer. The process of recruiting a new CEO to Scandic is expected to be finalized during the coming months. Once the new CEO is appointed, Frank Fiskers will join the Board of Directors of Scandic and continue to be an investor in the company.

Scandic strengthens its market position and continues to grow in the Nordic region

The Scandic Berlin Potsdamer Platz, which recently celebrated it's official topping out ceremony, marking an important day in the construction of the hotel that opens in autumn 2010.

Scandic is entering into an exclusive and long-term partnership with internationally celebrated chef Jamie Oliver. The agreement was signed today, and within a few months guests at Scandic's hotels will notice some exciting changes.

Scandic continues to expand, building a new sports hotel in Vierumäki, Finland's leading resort for sports and leisure activities. The hotel will offer almost 200 rooms when it opens in spring 2010.

Scandic is taking over two existing hotels in Poland, one with 164 rooms in Wroclaw and one with 143 rooms in Gdansk.

The Scandic hotel chain has appointed Michel Schutzbach as Vice President, Europe, with responsibility for all hotels outside the Nordic countries. He will be taking up his assignment January 1, 2009.

Scandic received another prestigious environmental prize - the IMEX Green Meetings Award - for its environmentally aware meeting product.

Scandic has decided to stop selling bottled water in its restaurants and during conferences. The hotel chain calculates that this move will cut fossil carbon dioxide emissions by 160 tonnes per year. Scandic currently sells around 1.2 million litres of water, equating to 3.6 million 33cl bottles, every year.

Scandic and the Norwegian property company Öyer Invest A/S have joined forces in the building of a new 400-room hotel in Kista, on the outskirts of Stockholm. The new hotel is planned to open in autumn 2009 and is a further link in the hotel chain's growth strategy.