Lonely Planet, a leading global travel guide, published their fifth annual collection of the world’s best destinations in the last quarter of 2009. The guidebook; “Best in Travel 2010” presented Iceland at the top of their list for 2010 for the best value places to visit.
Lonely Planet also announced Iceland as a top summer travel [...]
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Iceland, a perfect getaway for August
29 July, 2010 – 14:14
keðjaReykjavik
23 July, 2010 – 11:36
keðja is 6 international dance encounters that have been taking place in the Nordic-Baltic countries from 2008 to 2010. keðjaReykjavik is the last one and takes place in Reykjavik, 8th – 11th of October 2010. Previous encounters have been held in Vilnius, Lithuania, Copenhagen, Denmark, Kuopio, Finland, Oslo, Norway and Umeå, Sweden. keðja is for [...]
Cannes, Venice… and Reykjavik!
19 July, 2010 – 13:39
The 7th annual Reykjavik International Film Festival (RIFF) will be held from September 23rd to October 3rd this year. It’s not only a regular event in Reykjavik’s cultural calendar but also one of the biggest and most popular cultural festival in Iceland. It’s an event that draws attention from media all over the world and [...]
CenterHotels Facebook Giveaway Game
9 July, 2010 – 14:18
It’s time for the 2nd round of our Facebook Giveaway Game.
Up for grabs this time is 1 nights stay at CenterHotel Arnarhvoll. Included is a free entry to our spa and a room with a spectacular view! The gift certificate can be used from the 1st of August subject to availability at Arnarhvoll.
What you have to do [...]
Iceland Inspires
1 July, 2010 – 10:00
Tonight is the Inspired by Iceland concert. This is an open air concert held in Reykjavik’s Music Pavillion Park (Hljómskálagarðurinn) at 8pm (GMT).
“Iceland Inspires” is a free concert and will be streamed live around the world on inspiredbyiceland.com
The live stream will also feature specially pre filmed songs on stunning locations around Iceland.
The line-up can be [...]
Project Iceland – 65 days on the road
25 June, 2010 – 10:08
Photographer, Brian Rueb has been a photographer for almost 19 years. Three years ago he decided to combine writing, which had been his side job, with photographing.
He had always been mesmerized by Iceland, the music, the people and especially the environment but had never had the chance to photograph this fascinating little [...]
Expedia® Insiders’ Select™
22 June, 2010 – 10:37
We are honored to announce that CenterHotel Thingholt and CenterHotel Skjaldbreið received the Expedia® Insiders’ Select™ awards for 2010.
Through reviewing more than 114,000 hotels and resorts, Expedia picks out their list of top hotels in terms of value and quality, as determined by their experts and millions of customers.
Insiders’ Select methodology:
Traveler Opinions
+ Value
+ Expedia [...]
Maria and Alex were inspired by Iceland and stayed at CenterHotel Thingholt
8 June, 2010 – 10:37
This May bank holiday weekend Alex and I went to Iceland. We had booked the holiday break long time ago before the volcano ash cloud hit the news and we were very curious to see what all the fuss was all about plus we always like the Nordic countries and their peculiar inhabitants. For starters [...]
Review from WGSN about CenterHotel Thingholt
8 June, 2010 – 10:33
The stylish and central Thingholt takes elements of the Icelandic landscape and cleverly works them into the hotel’s design. The look is sleek and modern, combining black, white and chrome with cowskin rugs, salmon-skin wall tiles and leather flooring.
Read the full review.
Iceland considered a safe country to visit
19 May, 2010 – 13:42
It might surprise people that despite volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, Iceland is considered one of the safest choices for travelling. On tourism-review.com, Iceland is among the ten safest countries in the world but the results from that assessment are based on low crime rate and low prisoner rate per capita.
Icelandic Tourist Board points out two travel [...]
