Marriott to grow in Scandinavia

[Dan]

http://www.aftenposten.no/english/bu...cle2224707.ece

Seems like they will probably build several new hotels in Scandinavia in the coming years... wonder where they will choose to build in Stockholm!

I do hope the designs are better than the Oslo Airport one shown there though. :P I was never too fond either of the Marriott in Copenhagen, but the hotel itself (for guests) is fantastic. :P

[Þróndeimr]

I hear many new "big" hotel chains comming up here recently, we're getting more attractive i guess. Hopefully they will build some nice hotels, by far better than the one on that rendering of Oslo Airport hotel.

[muster]

The renders dont look good. Hopefully it will be better in real life

Here are four of the hotels to be constructed in Norway:

Mariott Oslo Airport Gardermoen




Kristiansund Airport




Trysil skiresort




Hemsedal skiresort





And it seems this is the one in Kungsholmen Stockholm

[Dan]

Thanks! I actually like the Trysil one, and the next one might not be so bad depending on how they do it. The Stockholm one isn't bad either... is that the only one they're planning in Stockholm, do you know?

[IceCheese]

This news fits well with todays story of the shortage in hotel-beds in Oslo. Aftenposten Aften reported that when comparing growth in stayings in Oslo vs. rest of Norway, Oslo should have at least 125 000 more than the have now. While there were virtualy no growth in hotel-stayings in Oslo from 2006 to 2007, surrounding regions in Akershus experienced growth on up to 10 percent, but are now also closing up to their full capasity around the high-seasons.

[Boscorelli]

They have already started on that project in Stockholm, in november last year, although it's mostly digging at the moment I suppose, havn't been there to have a look.
The whole project is supposed to be ready in november 2009.

[Ringil]

Originally Posted by Boscorelli

They have already started on that project in Stockholm, in november last year, although it's mostly digging at the moment I suppose, havn't been there to have a look.
The whole project is supposed to be ready in november 2009.

I and the Swede went past it some 2 weeks ago. It's growing

[safta20]

Originally Posted by Boscorelli

They have already started on that project in Stockholm, in november last year, although it's mostly digging at the moment I suppose, havn't been there to have a look.
The whole project is supposed to be ready in november 2009.

They have built about 3-4 floors of the hotel already...

[staff]

So maybe the Stockholm one will be opened before the Malmö one then?

Isn't there even a single Hilton in Norway?

[AW]

And no pictures? Weak guys, seriously weak..

[Swede]

Originally Posted by Ringil

I and the Swede went past it some 2 weeks ago. It's growing

Originally Posted by AW

And no pictures? Weak guys, seriously weak..

Yeah, wtf Ringil? you had a camera with you. didn't you take any pics of this site, or was it already too dark right then?

[Ringil]

Originally Posted by Swede

Yeah, wtf Ringil? you had a camera with you. didn't you take any pics of this site, or was it already too dark right then?

I forgot to I think I was too busy talking to you about styrofoam

[Dan]

The Malmö one from the picture in the article seems like they're just slapping their name on a current (and quite nice) building, no? So I presume it opens somewhat soon?

[staff]

Originally Posted by Dan1113

The Malmö one from the picture in the article seems like they're just slapping their name on a current (and quite nice) building, no? So I presume it opens somewhat soon?

Nah, that building will need complete refurbishment. It currently holds a food court (typ Hötorgshallen) and I can only imagine that it's pretty 'greasy' behind the scenes, so to speak. Marriott will remodel the building completely on the inside, and I think they won't be able to move in until 2009.

[Chilenofuturista]

I like the Stockholm proposal, but please make it taller.

[Dan]

Ah, ok. It'll definitely be a nice, cosy hotel though, I bet. Nice addition to the city.

[Swede]

Yeah, styroform as a building material... not that intuative.

but here's an update from Inspirit

Originally Posted by Inspirit

Snöflingan

The block lies directly between Thorildsplan and Fridhemsplan subway stations

today's pics




more information here:
skanska.se
stockholm.se

[Muthai]

Does anyone know if there's any other cities that's topical for a new Marriott?

[staff]

I posted this in the Malmö Projects thread, but I might as well post it here.

For those of you who don't read Swedish; a large exhibition centre is planned in the northern Malmö suburb Burlöv, and connected to this project will be a 700 room (!) Marriott hotel. This is on top of Malmö's current hotel expansion from 3000 to 4000 rooms in the next couple of years, includnig another Marriott Renaissance 5 star hotel on Lilla Torg in downtown.

http://www.restauratoren.se/zino.aspx?articleID=14369

Marriott och Malmömässan vill öppna i Burlöv
2008-02-21 foto: Erik Skogh

Marriott och Malmömässan ska slå sina påsar ihop. Redan 2010 tänker man sig kunna ta emot möten med upp till 10000 deltagare i skånska Burlöv.

Skåne är högprioriterat när hotellkedjan Marriott expanderar i Sverige. Malmö saluhall var först ut, nu avslöjas nästa steg. Ett Marriott i Burlövs kommun, strategiskt placerat där E6:an och E22:an korsar varandra, mitt emellan Malmö och Lund.

Bakom projektet står Planbo Bostad, en del av norska Faktor Eiendom som genom Scandinavian Hospitality Group äger rättigheterna att utveckla och på franchisebasis driva Marriotthotell i Sverige, Norge och Finland.
Siktet i Burlöv är inställt på ett hotell med 700 rum.

– Vi kallar anläggningen för Portalen till Europa, berättar Frode S Hagen, vd för Planbo Bostad, entusiastiskt.

Redan för ett år sedan fastnade man för Burlöv. Tillsammans med kommunen började visionen om en helt ny stadsdel att ta form med hotell, badanläggning, bostäder och kontor. Sedan dess har ytterligare pusselbitar fallit på plats. En ny tågstation planeras vilket ger väsentligt bättre förbindelser, inte minst till Köpenhamn. Före jul hängde dessutom Malmömässan på. Inget kontrakt är skrivet än men ett gemensamt förslag har tagits fram. Det utgår från en mässhall på cirka 20000 kvadratmeter i kombination med ett kongresscentrum på minst 5000 kvadratmeter.

Anläggningen ska kunna ta möten med upp till 10 000 deltagare och blir en direkt konkurrent till både Malmö arena och ett eventuellt kongresscenter
i Malmö city.

– När vi fick mässan på plats, som ju är en »running business«, så ville Marriott satsa än större, säger Frode S Hagen.

Hotellets 700 rum kommer dock att byggas i två etapper. Vilket av Marriotts varumärken det blir frågan om är ännu inte bestämt. Vid stora evenemang kan fler få del av kakan.

– Vi ska etablera satellithotell för att kunna fylla upp hotellkapaciteten, säger Frode S Hagen.

På den aktuella tomten ligger i dag anrika Kronetorps gård. Byggnaden ska bevaras och användas för utställningar, konserter med mera. Där planeras också en restaurang av högre kaliber.

Frode S Hagen hoppas på en godkänd detaljplan under 2008, byggstart våren 2009 och hotell och mässa på plats 2010.

Overview rendering from a previous article in SkD;



The background of all this is that Malmö's current exhibition halls which also has a large congress centre will move out of Västra Hamnen in the next years to make room for more residential and commecial developments. A new combined concert hall and congress centre will be built downtown close to Malmö C, and a exhibition halls were planned to be built in Hyllie. Although, it looks like Burlöv will be the site instead.

[Dan]

Very small picture of the hotel but it seems like it could be nice. 700 rooms though? Wow... that would beat Stockholm. Is there really enough of a demand in Malmö to warrant such a huge hotel?