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Nobina wins traffic contract in Oslo worth NOK 1.5 billion

1/27/2012 10:02 AM EST  -   Nobina AB
Nobina wins one of Norway's largest traffic tenders ever and takes over the bus traffic in Oslo West with approximately 78 buses and 230 employees. The contract is valid for seven years, is worth around NOK 1.5 billion increasing Nobina’s Norwegian contract portfolio by approximately 30 percent. The contract has an option of three extension years. The new agreement also involves Oslo’s largest investment ever in...
Cheap Hotels Zleeping Hotels
 

Zleeping Hotels is now launched in three new countries after initial success

1/10/2012 12:00 AM EST  -   Zleeping Hotels
Zleeping Hotels (owned by Braganza), a hotel booking portal online, is about to conquer Norway, Denmark and Finland. After great success in Sweden, Spain and England the company is now expanding. The portal provides access to over 30,000 hotels at more than 1,500 destinations and is totally integrated in social media. This year another seven countries are...
Transparency and authenticity explain the success
A...
Svein Arild Steen-Mevold
 

Scandic opens yet another hotel in Norway

12/12/2011 2:00 AM EST  -   Scandic
Scandic and the Øgreid Eiendom have signed a contract to build a new hotel in the centre of Stavanger. The hotel will open in 2013.
The architectural unique hotel will get a prime location, close to the heart of Stavanger. The hotel will have 210 rooms, including rooms for disabled guests. At street level there will be a restaurant, lobby bar and meeting rooms. There will be meeting facilities for the total of...

Byggmax opens in Moss in spring 2012

12/9/2011 3:00 AM EST  -   BYGGmax
Byggmax will open a new store on Varnaveien 30 in Moss in spring 2012. The store will employ five people, and two seasonal employees. Byggmax has opened 19 stores in Norway since its first store was established in the country in 2007.
- For a long time we have wanted to establish a store in Moss, and now we have found a good location for Byggmax. Our stores in Sarpsborg, Fredrikstad and Ski are doing well, so...

Byggmax opens in Askim in spring 2012

12/8/2011 3:00 AM EST  -   BYGGmax
Byggmax will open a new store on Torget 12 in Askim in spring 2012. The store will employ five people, and two seasonal employees. Byggmax has opened 19 stores in Norway since its first store was established in the country in 2007.
- For a long time we have wanted to establish a store in Askim, and now we have found a good location for Byggmax, not in the absolute centre, but where a lot of people pass by. Our...
Samples maps over protected areas in the Arctic region
 

New maps over protected areas of the Arctic countries

12/6/2011 4:34 AM EST  -   Nordpil
New report from Arctic Council with maps by Nordpil
The Arctic represents a part of the world that has, so far, seen little human impact, but is threatened by mining, oil and gas development, and climate change - to name just a few possible stresses.

The Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) is a working program of the...

Denmark is the leading Nordic market for online purchasing says new report

11/9/2011 10:01 AM EST  -   Reportbuyer
Report Buyer, the online destination for business intelligence for major industry sectors, has added a new report.
The report “Scandinavia B2C E-Commerce Report 2011” provides an in depth analysis of B2C E-Commerce in Scandinavia. The report provides revenues and competitors, and also covers internet users and online customers. The report covers Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark.

In 2010, Denmark was the...
Future ISR, Future Network Capabilities
 

Quantity of C4ISR assets isn’t the issue; sharing and using data to facilitate N...

10/27/2011 5:57 AM EST  -   WBR
With so many nations and multiple C4ISR assets in theatre, how do you achieve a ‘common operational picture’ and Network Enabled Capability?
This is the current issue facing leaders of joint ISR and multinational C4ISR programs right now. ISR programs including Afghan Mission Network (AMN), MAJIIC 2, Empire Challenge, NATO AGS & AEW&C are all aiming for interoperability and information superiority.

Leaders of...
Visit Norway
 

INNOVATION NORWAY AND SAS LAUNCH MYNORWAYTRIP.COM TO SPOTLIGHT INSPIRING TRAVEL ...

10/25/2011 9:00 AM EST  -   The International Office
Online Campaign MyNorwayTrip.com allows users to create and share an Imaginary Trip to Norway and a Chance to win products from Norwegian Knitwear retailer Dale of Norway
New York, NY (October 25, 2011) - Innovation Norway Americas today announced the launch of www.MyNorwayTrip.com, a joint effort with Scandinavian Airlines. The campaign site allows users to create and share their...

Humanists and Atheists Hold World Congress in Oslo

8/3/2011 5:10 AM EST  -   British Humanist Association Press Room
Terrorist attacks add new significance to topic of peace
Despite damage from the recent bombing in Norway, secular activists from more than 50 countries will meet in Oslo, August 12 to 14, to discuss how to build a more peaceful world. The International Humanist and Ethical Union’s (IHEU) Eighteenth World Congress, on the theme of “Humanism and Peace” (www.human.no/oslo2011), will...