Category: Tourism
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Húsavík Cape Hotel and Saltvík Horse Farm selected for Development Project
Seven companies in travel and tourism in Northeast Iceland have been selected for the innovation and development project Ratsjáin. Two of the companies are from Húsavík, the Húsavík Cape Hotel and Saltvík Horse Farm. Other companies in the project are Akureyri Whale Watching, Arctic Trip, Snow Dogs, Kaffi kú and Háey. The project is hosted…
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Stay for free in Húsavík – but don’t forget your Snow Shovel!
The Húsavík Cottages at Kaldbakur, just south of the town, have a special offer on accommodation this weekend. And the offer is quite special to say the least. Three cottages are available for a free stay, but only if the guests are willing to shovel their way to the holiday homes. North Iceland has seen…
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People of Lake Mývatn celebrate first annual Winter Festival
The Mývatn Winter Festival will be held for the first time next month, from March 6 to 8. According to the festival’s website, the event will be one of a kind in Iceland, where people and animals compete in multiple non-traditional winter sports, mostly on the frozen lake. The competitions include Mývatn Open Horses on…
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The Diamond Circle road takes you to over 40 attractions in North Iceland
At a meeting at Lake Mývatn today, Visit North Iceland and the Húsavík Chamber of Commerce and Tourism announced a project to promote the scenic Diamond Circle route with a new logo, a map and a website. The Diamond Circle can best be described as a magnificent ring road of 250 kilometers, leading you through…
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Geosea awarded by Travel Industry Association
The new Geosea baths in Húsavík have been awarded the TIA Innovation Award for 2019. The award is given annually on November 11, this year presented by the President of Iceland to the chairman of Geosea. 32 projects were nominated this year. “We are extremely proud to accept this awards, and we feel it shows…
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WOW air in discussions with bond holders and creditors
Icelandic budget airline WOW air has entered into advance discussions with bond holders and creditors about converting debt into equity, according to a press release issued by the airline last night. “A majority of WOW air Bond Holders and other creditors of WOW air are in advance discussions with the aim of reaching an agreement…
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Most WOW flights on schedule today as Mogensen tries to save the airline
Almost all WOW air flights are on on schedule today as the CEO and founder Skúli Mogensen tries to save the airline from bankruptcy, following the dissolution of negotiations with Icelandair Group yesterday. All WOW air flights from Iceland today were on scheduled this morning except the flight to Gatwick Airport in London. That flight…
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The next two-day strike could cost tourism companies half a billion króna
The proposed two-day strikes of labor unions Efling and VR could cost tourism companies in Iceland up to half a billion króna, according to Jóhannes Þór Skúlason, director of the Icelandic Tourism Association. A new round of strikes has been announced for next Thursday, when employees of hotels and bus companies will stop work for two…
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Icelandair stock up 6% after Indigo Partners cancel WOW air negotiations
Shares in Icelandair Group rose by 5,8 percent yesterday, after the company announced that it had again started negotiations to acquire the Iceladic budget airline WOW air. The American private equity firm Indigo Partners, which has a controlling interest in the American Frontier Airlines and Chilean low-cost start-up JetSmart, announced this week that negotiations to…
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Landsvirkjun to finish construction of Þeistareykir road
Landsvirkjun, the national power company of Iceland, has announced that it will finish the construction of Þeistareykir road, connecting Húsavík and Lake Mývatn. The power company started the building of the road from Húsavík to service its new power station at Þeistareykir. “The new road will open more possibilities for tourism in the area, connecting…