Clarion Hotel Helsinki awarded the title of Finland's Leading Business Hotel 2025 in the renowned World Travel Awards. This is the hotel's 3rd overall victory in the competition. General Manager Esko Rebstock thanks the staff and highlights continuous commitment to quality and a first-class customer experience.
Hotel Haven, located in the heart of Helsinki, has once again been recognised at one of the world’s most prestigious travel industry awards, the World Travel Awards (WTA). The hotel secured the coveted Finland's Leading Boutique Hotel 2025 title, reinforcing its position as Finland's most exquisite boutique hotel.
Today, Strawberry is opening the doors to the very first hotel in its new Stopover chain – a completely new concept of modern roadside hotels located along Sweden’s major highways. Stopover Falkenberg is now officially open, and it has also been confirmed that the next hotel will be built in Mariestad, with a planned opening in 2026.
Quality Hotel Sveitsi has been named Finland’s Leading Resort by World Travel Awards™. The hotel recognition is a testament to its high-quality and diverse range of services and experiences. Located in the Sveitsi Nature Park in Hyvinkää, the resort offers a comprehensive selection of indoor and outdoor activities, high-quality restaurant services, and excellent facilities for meetings and events.
With a shared ambition to develop Gotland, Strawberry and Gotlandsbolaget are embarking on a collaboration. In the summer of 2026, Quality Hotel will take over Gotlandsbolaget's hotel in Visby, currently operated as a Scandic franchise. Following this, the focus is on several collaborative projects that will contribute to further building an attractive Gotland.
One of Jönköping's most popular hotels, Vox Hotel, is expanding. Together with property owner Fastighets AB Regio, the hotel will add 76 new rooms, bringing its total capacity to 219 rooms.
The latest phase of the refurbishment project of Hotel Kämp has been completed. The hotel’s new extension, located in the building known as the Helander House, adds 22 high-end rooms and suites. The design blends the elegance of historical interiors with the modern needs of today’s hotel guests. This extension is part of a larger refurbishment project set to be fully completed by 2026.
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In the heart of central Malmö, Strawberry will open its absolute smallest hotel in Sweden at the end of the year. Home Hotel Baltzar will not only offer 45 newly renovated hotel rooms, but the jewel in the crown is the four 45 square meter tower suites with views over Malmö's rooftops.
Reitan Retail becomes one of three owners of Spenn. Together with founding companies Norwegian and Strawberry, Reitan Retail will continue developing Spenn into the largest loyalty currency in the Nordics.
Spenn will be owned equally by the three companies, and will offer an attractive combination of retail, air travel and accommodation. Surveys show that groceries, fuel and chargi
Strawberry strengthens its team in Tromsø with Scandic Grand Tromsø, which will become the sixth hotel in the Arctic City for the hotel company. What will become Quality Hotel Grand Tromsø in December, is located in the city center and has 176 guest rooms, including several family rooms, five meeting rooms, a bar, café, and restaurant. The hotel is owned and operated by the Nordic Group.
With an ambitious goal of being emission-neutral in its own operations by 2030, Strawberry has now entered into a sustainability-linked loan agreement with DNB where the interest rate is controlled by the hotel company's climate accounts. Strawberry Hospitality Group has recently refinanced a loan of NOK 2.8 billion with DNB and tied the margin determination to the company's sustainability work.
Strawberry is proud to present the chef competition – "Strawberry Chef of the Year." This is the first edition of the annual competition, open to all chefs within the group, with the aim of celebrating, inspiring, and developing culinary talents.
