NEWS

NRK: Norge sier nei til amerikansk grensekontroll på norsk jord

Category: Airline / Travel

Med amerikanske grensevakter på Oslo Lufthavn Gardermoen kunne USA-turen blitt enklere, og flyplassen blitt et mer attraktivt knutepunkt. Nå har regjeringen skrinlagt prosjektet. For flypassasjerer til USA kan den amerikanske grensekontrollen være tidkrevende og slitsom. Derfor begynte Norge i mai 2017 å forhandle med amerikanske myndigheter om en fremskutt grensekontroll på Gardermoen. Les hele saken […]

Source: NRK

Published: April 25, 2026

Stay safe – and make your meeting extraordinary at Grand Hotel!

Category: Airline / Travel

Grand Hotel Oslo is very pleased to announce that its doors are opening again, and the hotel’s staff is looking forward to welcoming you. Located in the heart of Oslo, equipped with great facilities and a wide array of meeting rooms, salons and banquet halls, the hotel has everything is in place for a tailor-made […]

Source: Grand Hotel

Published: June 9, 2020

MAREX: BV, DNV GL Launch Infection-Prevention Certifications for Cruise Ships

Category: Airline / Travel

Two leading class societies are helping the passenger vessel sector restore operations by rolling out new certifications for infection prevention measures. Class has played a key role in certifying safety since the Age of Sail, and many class societies have diversified into certification for shoreside sectors as well – like healthcare and hospitality. Both DNV […]

Source: MAREX

Published: April 6, 2020

CNN: The Arctic explorers locked down in a tiny hut in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago

Category: Airline / Travel

(CNN) — When Hilde Falun Strom and Sunniva Sorby began a long-planned expedition in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard last September, their main goal was to encourage conversation around climate change in the polar regions. After spending close to nine months collecting data and samples for researchers in remote Basembu, situated 140 kilometers from the “nearest […]

Source: CNN

Forbes: How Norway’s Travel Industry Is Coping Amid Coronavirus Lockdown

Category: Airline / Travel

Tourism in Norway had been booming for a decade. Overnight stays in 2019 increased for the sixth successive year, hitting a new record of 35.2 million guest nights—a figure that excludes private rentals such as AirBnB and the ever increasing number of day visits from cruise ship passengers. Almost 170,000 people work in the tourism sector in […]

Source: Forbes

Published: March 3, 2020