Press Releases

Scandic Hamburg Emporio wins the Top Hotel Opening Award 2012 in the First Class category

May 15, 2013 15:34 BST Scandic Hotels Scandic Hamburg Emporio was among the winners of the Top Hotel Opening Awards 2012, honouring the best hotel openings of the year in the Luxury, First Class, Budget and Exceptional categories. Partner to the award is the Stuttgart Trade Fair, with its fair Intergastra.

Raising money and awareness of dementia

May 14, 2013 10:49 BST Bury Council A wide range of activities has been organised in Bury to mark Dementia Awareness Week (20-25 May).

National Day shows that spinal cord injury needn’t stop you getting the most out of life.

May 10, 2013 14:52 BST Aspire On Friday 17th May, Spinal Injuries Together, a grouping of the UK’s five major spinal cord injury charities, will be raising awareness of the life-changing effects of spinal cord injury through national Spinal Cord Injuries Day. In the UK alone, someone is told they may never walk again Every Eight Hours.

Scandic stands its ground as the best hotel chain on sustainability

May 07, 2013 06:55 BST Scandic Hotels For the third year in a row, Scandic has been voted the most sustainable hotel chain by the 9,000 Swedish consumers who participated in Sustainable Brands*, the annual survey that ranks how companies work on environmental and social responsibility. In total across all sectors Scandic comes in 16th place out of 228.

Aspire Sports Quiz Dinner London 2013

May 03, 2013 11:52 BST Aspire The 14th annual Sports Quiz Dinner in London was marked by the warmest day of the year and a fantastic atmosphere at the long-favoured venue, Lord’s Cricket Ground. Over 650 guests enjoyed a drinks reception and sumptuous three course dinner whilst battling it out over the legendary Sports Quiz, hosted by Aspire President and renowned sports presenter, John Inverdale.

Gotland’s biggest hotel becomes a Scandic

May 02, 2013 07:00 BST Scandic Hotels On 14 June Gotland’s biggest hotel – Visby HamnHotell – will become Scandic’s first hotel on the popular Swedish island. The comprehensive refurbishment and extension of the hotel has been completed and it is now time for a name change. The new Scandic Visby will be offering this summer’s guests 214 rooms, many with sea views and a balcony or terrace.

Shortfalls in care system deny spinal cord injured people their independence

Apr 21, 2013 14:30 BST Aspire Nearly 40% of people with spinal cord injury (SCI) feel that their care needs are not being met by relevant UK authorities, according to a research report by the spinal cord injury charity, Aspire. Survey participants reported that only their very basic needs are fulfilled and that care packages do not allow people to live independently.

Fast track to Bruce Springsteen with the industry’s biggest frequent guest programme

Apr 17, 2013 08:00 BST Scandic Hotels Scandic Friends, the Nordic hotel industry’s biggest frequent guest programme, has seen member numbers grow to around 930,000 since its launch in 2008. This autumn the programme is on track to exceed a million members. The most popular way to spend points is on reward nights at Scandic, but also with partners such as the Finnish hotel chain Lapland Hotels.

Mar 22, 2013 14:23 GMT Bury Council Customers, carers and service providers have been working together to change the future of services for people with learning disabilities.

Mar 20, 2013 08:07 GMT Scandic Hotels To achieve a sustainable society, Scandic CEO Anders Ehrling issues a challenge to the whole Nordic hotel industry as part of Earth Hour on 23 March. The challenge is to get the industry to replace its old filament bulbs with low-energy bulbs or LEDs.