ICEHOTEL awarded new sustainability certification
ICEHOTEL has been certified an eco hotel by the Nordic Swan Ecolabel, Scandinavia’s most comprehensive eco labelling programme. With a substantial portion of rooms melting away and being re-built out of ice and snow every year, it has proven a unique challenge for the certification team and ICEHOTEL. It has been a complex and intense […]
FCO Travel Advice Update: Sweden
Sweden The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has updated the travel advice for Sweden with an update to the Summary and Terrorism section – updated information and advice on the threat from terrorism in Sweden, reflecting an increased threat. The relevant extract of the advice is below for your reference: Summary Terrorists are very likely […]
Autumn Adventure to Northern Finland
Recently our Marketing and Business Development Director Adele (pictured above), took a few days out of the office where she joined a couple of other tour operators from Germany and Helsinki to visit Kilpisjärvi and surrounding areas in Northern Finland. Kilpisjärvi is in the far North of Finland and sits on the border of Sweden and […]
Greenland – The Last Arctic Wilderness
As part of our mission to add new and varied destinations I travelled to Greenland’s East coast to further relationships with some suppliers who offer FIT (holiday packages) as well as some suppliers who can offer more tours for our Schools. The trip started in Copenhagen as there are no flights to Greenland from the […]
Travelbee Arctic Direct shortlisted in The Telegraph Trade Awards 2018
Arctic Direct is proud to announce their inclusion in the 2018 Telegraph Trade Awards shortlist. The awards, brought to you by moneycorp, are a showcase of business talent from across the UK. Today’s announcement has seen entries shortlisted to just 40 British companies, selected as they showcase the fastest-growing and most successful small and medium […]
Best Glass Igloo Hotels In Finland
We offer a variety of Igloo Hotels for you to stay in and experience the Northern Lights from the comfort of your own bed. We’ve compiled a list of our favourites: 1. Glass Igloos Kakslauttanen, Finland This is the original glass igloo hotel resort and owing to it’s success across social media, is the most […]
Ice Hotel #29 (18/19) – Room Designs Released
The original Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden has this week announced the initial drafts from a selection of the new Art Suites which will feature in the 29th Ice Hotel Northern during the 2018/19 winter season – December 2018 – April 2019. You may want to get a good night’s sleep in a candy shop filled with […]
US president Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting in Helsinki
Helsinki 2018: Finland is likely to be in the news lots over the next few days when US president Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Helsinki on Monday, July 16. According to Reuters and Bloomberg, Finland has reinstated border controls for travelers from Schengen countries for four days during the summit […]
Whale Killing Tarnishes Iceland’s Reputation
It is with great sadness that we read this week about the Hvalur hf whaling company catching and killing what is believed to be an endangered blue whale in, what many conservationists are calling a “deplorable act”. Animal rights campaigners who photographed the whale’s carcass, say it was harpooned and killed off the west coast […]
Recipe: How to make Swedish redcurrant jelly
Wondering what to do with yourself this weekend? How about making some Hemgjord rödvinbärsgelé, homemade redcurrant jelly. I’m not going to lie, we pinched this article (Source) however it was just SO delicious we had to share it. The Local Se in turn pinched the recipe from John Duxbury, founder and editor of Swedish Food – […]
