Center Hotels in Reykjavik a home away from home

Posted on June 25, 2009 by AElliott

There are few things more important to a successful trip than comfortable and convenient lodgings, which is why Reykjavik’s Center Hotels are the favoured choice of thousands.

When hunting for Reykjavik hotels keep an eye out for comfort and practicality; but don’t forget the importance of location either. There are plenty of out-of-the-way accommodation options in Reykjavik, but do you really want to rely on buses and taxis when you could be staying right in the middle of the city and free of restrictions? Reykjavik taxis are notoriously expensive and can be extremely hard to come by on Friday and Saturday evenings. Continue reading →

Reykjavik hotel chain introduces city Center delights

Posted on June 8, 2009 by AElliott

Hotels in central Reykjavik are the best way of experiencing the true taste of the city in style and comfort: no expensive taxi rides, no waiting for buses in the rain and the opportunity to stay out as late as you like.

Reykjavik Center Hotels are a collection of high quality hotels right in the heart of Reykjavik city centre and are proving a popular choice as excellent airline deals and a favourable exchange rate are making Iceland a more affordable destination than ever. Continue reading →

Iceland celebrates Festival of the Sea this weekend

Posted on June 5, 2009 by AElliott

This weekend towns across Iceland will celebrate Seamen’s Day with festivals and fun events for all the family. In the Reykjavik capital region, the Seamen’s Day celebrations are called the Festival of the Sea.

One of Iceland’s biggest Seamen’s Day celebrations takes place in the south western town of Grindavik, where the four day-long programme of events includes art exhibitions, fairground rides, competitions and live music – including Bubbi Morthens and Friends, one of Iceland’s most loved musicians. Continue reading →

ICELANDAIR ANNONCE L’OUVERTURE DE SA LIGNE VERS SEATTLE

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Lenka

Icelandair annonce l’ouverture d’un nouveau vol entre Reykjavik en Islande et Seattle dans l’Etat de Washington aux Etats-Unis, à partir du 22 juillet 2009.

Les vols décolleront de Reykjavik à 17h00 les lundis, mercredis, vendredis et samedis pour une arrivée prévue à 16h45 à Seattle. Par ailleurs, Icelandair coopèrera avec la compagnie Alaska Airlines afin de proposer des correspondances vers la côte ouest des Etats-Unis, incluant notamment San Francisco, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Anchorage et San Diego.

Les vols partiront de Seattle à 15h30 les mardis, jeudis, samedis et dimanches et arriveront à Reykjavik à 06h45 le lendemain matin assurant ainsi des correspondances immédiates vers Paris et dix des principales capitales européennes.

Le Boeing 757 d’Icelandair équipé de 183 sièges propose trois classes de voyage, la classe affaires Saga Class, l’Economy Comfort et la classe Economy, ainsi qu’un système de divertissement dernier cri pour chaque passager.

Dans le contexte actuel, cette ouverture de ligne peut paraître surprenante mais Icelandair est connu pour ses initiatives à contre courant, qui souligne la force et la diversité de la compagnie. Par notre activité sur un certain nombre de marchés en Europe et en Amérique du Nord, nous offrons de fantastiques opportunités de transport aérien entre l’Islande et le reste du monde, même si aujourd’hui la compagnie concentre ses efforts sur le tourisme à destination de l’Islande.

Pour répondre à cette demande croissante pour cet été, outre son vol quotidien au départ de Paris, Icelandair double sa fréquence les lundis, mercredis et vendredis et rajoute trois vols supplémentaires les samedis 4 – 11 et 18 juillet. La compagnie augmente ainsi sa capacité pour offrir jusqu’à 11 vols hebdomadaires.

Aujourd’hui le réseau d’Icelandair s’étend sur 25 destinations internationales dont 6 à destination de l’Amérique du Nord et 18 à destination de l’Europe. Tout son réseau est basé sur la position géographique centrale de l’Islande entre l’Europe et l’Amérique du Nord.

Icelandair transporte environ 1.5 million de passagers par an, ce qui représente plus de 5 fois la population islandaise.

La compagnie nationale a été fondée en 1937. A ce jour, elle est la seule compagnie en activité à traverser l’Atlantique depuis un si grand nombre d’années. Icelandair est membre de l’IATA depuis 1950, membre de l’AEA depuis 1957 et de l’International Flight Safety Foundation depuis 1966. La sécurité, les horaires adaptés, des temps de vol limités, la ponctualité et le service à la clientèle ont contribués à la bonne réputation d’Icelandair.

A propos d’Icelandair
Icelandair est une des compagnies qui s’est développée le plus rapidement dans l’industrie du tourisme et de l’aviation. La compagnie dessert 23 destinations vers l’Amérique du Nord et l’Europe. A partir du mois d’avril, Icelandair opère jusqu’à 11 vols hebdomadaires au départ de Paris en B757-200 et B757-300.

Contact presse:
Anne-Marie Pécheur
Cellet Marketing & RP France
21 rue Ernest Cognacq – 92300 Levallois Perret
Tel: 01 41 05 49 81
Email: anne-marie@cellet.fr

New Seattle route announced by Icelandair

Posted on March 25, 2009 by AElliott

A new scheduled service connecting London Heathrow with Seattle-Tacoma will be launched by Icelandair on 22nd July 2009. As all flights connect in Reykjavik, passengers will have the option of an Icelandic stop over at no extra cost.

Iceland’s biggest airline is to fly four times a week (on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays) leaving London at 13.00 and arriving at 16.45 in Seattle. Working in co-operation with Alaska Airlines, this early arrival allows for a host of onward connections to destinations in the western United States and Canada, including: Anchorage, Calgary, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and Vancouver. Returning flights depart Seattle on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 15.30, arriving in London at 11.45 the following day. Flights to Seattle will also be available from Manchester, but will require an overnight stopover in Iceland.

Flights to Seattle will be covered by 183-seat Boeing 757 planes with Saga Business Class, Economy Comfort Class and Economy Class seating. Passengers will enjoy new leather-upholstered seats with state-of-the-art personalised entertainment systems.

Known as an aviation pioneer, Icelandair still uses its mid-Atlantic hub in Iceland to connect Europe with North America; so despite the current economic climate, the Seattle service is considered an opportunity to provide customers with a new destination and cost-effective way to travel to the western United States and Canada. “One could say the launch of the Seattle service smells like Viking spirit,” said Hjorvar Saeberg Hognason, General Manager – UK & Ireland. “With its accessible nature, active lifestyle and music scene, Seattle is a very similar destination to Iceland. We believe both are growing destinations waiting to be explored. And with the option of the Iceland stopover, we hope that passengers will consider combining Seattle and Iceland to make a unique holiday.”

Icelandair has a 70 year history and is proud to be among the world’s longest established airlines. The airline has been a member of IATA since 1950, a member of AEA since 1957 and the International Flight Safety Foundation since 1966. Today, Icelandair’s route network is composed of 25 international gateways including London Heathrow and Manchester in the UK. In addition to Seattle, Icelandair also provides service to Reykjavik, Iceland and six North American gateways: Boston, Halifax, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York City, Orlando and Toronto.

Visit www.icelandair.co.uk for further information.

Practical promotes corporate travel to Iceland by going to Germany

Posted on March 14, 2009 by AElliott

The popular corporate travel agency, Practical has announced its plan to attend IMEX – one of the world’s biggest exhibitions for incentive travel, meetings and events companies. IMEX will be held this May in Frankfurt.

Practical is among Iceland’s biggest incentive travel, group travel, event management and teambuilding experts; and has worked with companies of all sizes from around the world in creating unique and effective events.

As a fully licensed travel agency, Practical is an expert provider of group travel in Iceland. Because it always maintains close communication with every customer, Practical can arrange group travel for almost any size and type of organisation and specialises in being a convenient single point of contact – organising the entire trip from beginning to end. Not just Practical; but simple too!

Incentive travel is also an increasingly important tool for companies in maintaining and encouraging custom: a simple action-packed trip can promote loyalty and brand understanding, as well as encourage difficult potential customers. After all, a simple ‘thank you’ goes just as far in business as it does anywhere.

Loyalty isn’t just to be encouraged in customers. Practical’s teambuilding in Iceland helps promote loyalty and unity among staff members too. A happy and unified workforce does more and better work, earning the company more money. But as such an infrequent and potentially expensive event, teambuilding needs to be memorable and effective enough to have a long term effect – and Practical believes Iceland is the most memorable place on Earth.

Event management is Practical’s other major skill – with the company responsible for some of Iceland’s most impressive and successful product launches and corporate parties. The company has also run a variety of events for international companies; and not only in Iceland. Practical’s personal touch, expert staff and huge list of partners means it can create almost any sort of event, any size, anywhere.

All of Practical’s group travel, incentive travel, teambuilding and event management services can be read or downloaded online in the company’s beautifully-presented new .pdf brochure, here.

As Iceland’s premier group travel agency, Practical is proud to be a part of the IMEX expo of global corporate travel, incentive and event management agencies in Frankfurt from 26th-28th May.

For more information on group travel to Iceland, or any of the other services offered by Practical, please visit www.practical.is/homepage

World class harbour in middle of the Atlantic

Posted on March 7, 2009 by ARienstra

Hafnarfjordur Harbour in the south west of Iceland is a well-equipped and professionally managed port in one of the world’s most strategic shipping locations. Clear of ice all year round, it offers a full range of services from bauxite sucking to cruise ship berthing.

With transatlantic shipping as important as ever and the increasing options in Arctic transport and hydrocarbon exploration, Iceland is an essential waypoint in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean with top quality service ports to match.

Hafnarfjordur is a seaside town in the south west of the country with one of Iceland’s biggest ports.

Hafnarfjordur specialises in handling containers, bulk, breakbulk, fish, general cargo, oil and repair facilities.

Hafnarfjordur is also a popular cruise ship destination. It is helped in this respect by being a pretty and interesting town close to the capital Reykjavik, as well as just an ideal sea port.

Cruise liners benefit from Hafnarfjordur’s sheltered and peaceful harbour, with a draught of 8-10 metres for ships up to 300-350 metres in length. Cruise passengers also love the fact that the centre of the town is in easy walking distance from the ship.

The Port of Hafnarfjordur has two different dock facilities four kilometres apart. The Straumsvik site is next to the Icelandic Aluminium Co Ltd (ISAL) smelter and Gasfelagid Liquefied Propane Gas depot. The main berth there is therefore equipped with a suction unit for unloading bauxite.

The Hafnarfjordur docks site has a great variety of facilities, including for dry, cool and refrigerated cargo; oil unloading; 24 hour bunkering and mobile cranes to lift up to 150 tonnes.

For further information about Hafnarfjordur Harbour and its ever increasing services, as well as its increasing importance, visit their website: www.portofhafnarfjordur.is

Highlight at Nordic Fashion Biennale: Icelandic Design Days

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Lenka

Highlights at the NORDIC FASHION BIENNALE, taking place in Reykjavik from 26th to 29th March, include the Icelandic Design Days, during which the Nordic House will be filled with Icelandic fashion design, exhibits and parties.

The Icelandic Fashion Council will present three different shows on Icelandic fashion design.

7 windows: Installation in office-space.

Participating designers are: Andersen & Lauth, BIRNA, ELM, Farmers Market, Hanna, Mundi, NIKITA .

Documentary and photo-exhibition

27th March: Design market at Biennale Bar, in the Nordic House: Meet all the young and hot designers from Iceland in a party to remember. Here music and fashion come together to make candy for the eyes and ears. There will be tempting wares in the marketplace, great drinks at the Biennale Bar and music you won’t be able to resist dancing along to.

26th March: Peter Ingwersen from the label Noir talks about “How to build a brand”

29th March: Re-inventing the west-Nordic: Conference about west-Nordic fashion, regional branding and creative industries. Key-speakers are Tom Fleming and Nneka Ugboma.

Design Cinema from 18:00-20:00 on 26, 27 and 28th March

Namedrop:

Labels

GuðrunogGuðrun, Barbara i Gongini, STEiNUNN, Spaksmannspjarir, Ásta Creative Clothes, Nauja Lynge Lyngesen, The Naked Ape, Andersen & Lauth, ELM, Mundi, Hanna, Nikita, BIRNA, Farmers Market, Kron by KronKron, Védís Jónsdóttir, Aurum, Anna Kristine Bæk, Isaksen Design, Lennert Design, Else Møller

Talks

Peter Jensen, Karl Aspelund, Kristine Jensen, Eva Kruse, Charlie Strand, Trendland, Karin Stenmar, Malin Eriksson, Anna Thorpe, Kristín Vala Ragnarsdóttir, Tom Fleming, Nneka Ugboma, Peter Ingwersen

Bands

Somtime, Retró Stefson, Pikknikk, Hjaltalín, FM Belfast, Borko

How to get more Iceland rental car for your money

Posted on March 4, 2009 by AElliott

Car rental in Iceland is often expensive. And when it is cheap, it is usually because the cars are old or of low quality. But if you look hard enough, there is a company which offers top-end new cars for hire in Iceland at rock bottom prices.

Reykjavik Rent a Car is quickly gaining a deserved reputation as the best car hire company for budget conscious travellers in Iceland to choose. The rapidly expanding company runs a comprehensive fleet of high specification nearly new vehicles and hires them out at unbeatable prices.

Despite offering such competitive car rental in Iceland, Reykjavik Rent a Car still offers an excellent level of service because it remains a family run business which interacts personally with its customers. They’re friendly too!

The company has highly economical two-seater Smart cars to hire, as well as small cars for up to five people.

Reykjavik Rent a Car really specialises in four wheel drive cars though. Because Iceland’s roads can be so challenging and exciting to motor on, visiting drivers generally prefer the security of hiring a car designed to deal with the demanding terrain. Clichés about using the right tools for the job spring to mind.

As well as offering 4×4 off-road vehicles for the same price as other competitors hire out Volkswagen Polos, Reykjavik Rent a Car also offers an impressive 15 percent discount to anyone hiring their Iceland rental car for seven days or longer.

Reykjavik Rent a Car rental cars can be picked up at the airport, or conveniently delivered to addresses in Reykjavik – although those wishing to pay the company’s offices a visit are also very welcome to pick up their cars in person.

For further information on how to drive round Iceland in a high quality, low price hire car, visit www.reykjavikrentacar.is.

Ericsson‘s Allen McCaskill – keynote speaker at RIMC 2009 in Reykjavik

Posted on February 19, 2009 by Lenka

Senior Director of Media for Ericsson Worldwide and Head of UK TV & Media Practice with 20+ years of experience in leading commercial digital development is one of the keynote speakers at the upcoming Reykjavik Internet Marketing Conference this March. Allen McCaskill has got excellent consultancy experience with commercial acumen from proposition development to successful delivery, predominately from within the broadcast, media, mobile and internet sectors.

Allen is going to focus especially on what are the key issues facing those using the Internet and other new media as marketing tools and how we can embrace the opportunities and overstep the technology barriers facing traditional marketers when adding the opportunities of the new media landscape.

With strong business development, account and commercial management experience Allen is underpinned by more than a decade of managing large multi-disciplined teams including sales, accounts, software developers, information architects, marketing and PR etc.

McCaskill has operated at Board level with accountability for full budgetary control, strategic sales/business development, personnel management and senior-level corporate consultancy development. This is accompanied by a strong entrepreneurial spirit tied to a deep technical knowledge of the design, development and production of sophisticated digital tools, products and services.

The Reykjavik Internet Marketing Conference is coming up on March 20th and is organised by Nordic eMarketing and Arvakur. For more information about the conference visit www.rimc.is/en.

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