In times of financial strains we sometimes see cut backs and postponements of various cultural projects around the world. In light of this it is nice to see that the Icelandic Music scene is still buzzing with activity and bands and artists like Ólafur Arnalds, Kimono, Sunna Gunnlaugs, Steed Lord, Hjaltalín and many more are [...]
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Don’t miss the Tiger Lillies at the Opera
28 March, 2009 – 01:45
The famous founders of the Brechtian Punk Cabaret style of music will be in Reykjavik performing for the Reykjavik Art Festival in May. Their concert at the opera house is just one of many, many happenings in Reykjavik during the festival days. The list of artists that will perform includes famous names such as the [...]
Reykjavik Blues Festival April 4th – 9th
26 March, 2009 – 21:44
Are you coming to Reykjavik in early april? If so may we suggest that you check out the annual Reykjavík Blues Festival.
The festival offers a colorful program of blues, performed by Icelandic as well as international artists. The Reykjavík Blues Festival hosts international guests directly from the heartlands of the blues, Mississippi and Chicago and [...]
Icelandair makes Iceland even more accessible for the US market…
25 March, 2009 – 16:35
…and of course vice versa!
Icelandair today announced that they will start flying 4 times a week between Keflavik and Seattle on the American west coast. This new service will commence on July 22nd 2009. Not only will this open up a new market for Iceland as a destination, it will also make the trip from [...]
Imagine Peace Tower
24 March, 2009 – 12:59
Tomorrow is the second last day to catch a glimpse of the Imagine Peace Tower being alight. By then it has been lit for the week of spring Equinox. The equinox is when the day and night are equally long and from that time onwards the days gets longer and longer until the midnight sun.
The [...]
Come celebrate the light
12 February, 2009 – 13:33
It’s time for the Reykjavik Winter Light Festival for the 8th consecutive year. The festival celebrates the return of the light as well as the winter by offering its attendees theatre plays, street performances, dance, visual arts and much more. Best of all might be, in these times, that all events are free of charge. [...]
Mid-Atlantic
7 February, 2009 – 10:56
For those of you who work in the hospitality trade with the Icelandic market knows that there are, besides the big trade shows, two workshops/trade shows that has much more focus on Iceland at the West Nordic market. Vestnorden that takes place in September each year, and Mid-Atlantic in early February.
After FITUR in Madrid it [...]
Second day at FITUR
29 January, 2009 – 06:31
The, arguably, third most important trade show in Europe – FITUR 2009 – is on its way. As I’m writing this we have just arrived to the stand for the second day. The first day was good and productive. Although many travel-, and hotel companies decided late to give the FITUR a miss the turn [...]
Meet with CenterHotels at the Trade Shows across Europe
27 January, 2009 – 07:30
We will have representatives present at the following Trade Shows the coming months.
28 Jan – 1 Feb – FITUR 2009 (in Madrid, Span)
5-8 of Feb – Mid-Atlantic 2009 (in Reykjavik, Iceland)
11-15 of March – ITB 2009 (in Berlin, Germany)
19-22 of March – TUR 2009 (in Gothenburg, Sweden)
3-4 of April – Út i Heim 2009 [...]
Centerhotel Plaza is growing
16 January, 2009 – 12:10
This time last year we were busy incorporating the Hotel Plaza into our portfolio of hotels as our latest addition. Plaza remains very much in focus this year due to the current project of adding 77 rooms to the current 104 rooms.
Yes, that’s right CenterHotels continues to grow and add even more rooms to the [...]
