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With the recovery of the travel industry, the focus of Via Hansa & Borealis in the Nordic countries has been very much on the Arctic areas. Recently a larger group of the company’s Product Designers, Creative Directors, Tour Directors and Sales & Operations Managers went on an expedition of almost two weeks touring Swedish and Finnish Lapland.

Via Hansa & Borealis will as usual be participating the USTOA Annual Marketplace 2021, which takes place at the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Diego, California. The convention this year will gather over 1000 delegates on site and is one of the big events of the US travel industry, where the top US operators meet their suppliers from around the world.

Denmark has recently become the example of how a successful Covid-19 vaccination program is the path back to normality. Most of the population is now vaccinated and the Danish authorities have gradually over the last months lifted all restrictions on social life in Denmark. Hotels, restaurants, bars, museums, shops, malls and public transportation etc. are working normally and accessible to all.

Via Hansa & Borealis will not as usual be attending the WTM this year. We will instead be attending the Global European Marketplace 2021, organized by the European Tour Operators’ Association (ETOA), which takes place on-site at the InterContinental London, Friday October 29th,  and on-line on November 30th.

The NH Hotel Group recently opened the 5-star NH Collection Copenhagen. The hotel sits in a beautiful location next to the harbor in a building known as the ‘Desert Fortress’. The building was designed by modernist architect Palle Suenson in the 1950s and was initially built as the headquarters of Burmeister & Wain, the largest ship building company in Denmark.

We look forward to meeting our customers and suppliers at the yearly Norwegian Travel Workshop. Via Hansa & Borealis will be sharing the newly launched COVID-19 PROOF TRAVEL CONCEPT & made2FIT Winter 2021/2022 for the Nordic & Baltic Destinations. 

EUROPE CONNECT is virtual experience designed to engage North American travel professionals with Europe’s leading incoming companies. Via Hansa & Borealis is continued very engaged in the US market and will be taking part in this virtual workshop to meet and talk with tour operators and travel agencies from across the US.

Visit Denmark´s largest digital workshop is bringing buyers from France, Italy, the Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States in touch with suppliers from the Danish tourism industry. The workshop will take place over two days and showcase all the everyday wonders Denmark has to offer through networking and match-up meetings.

December 2020 saw the draw for the European qualifiers for the world championship in football in Qatar in 2022. Fifty-six national teams were divided into ten groups of five-six teams each. The qualifying matches will all be played in 2021 and the first matches will kick off on March 24th.

Carrying on the history of the Post & Telegraph Head Office dating back to 1912, Villa Copenhagen is the newest 5-star hotel in Copenhagen. This very impressive hotel features 390 elegant guest rooms and suites, a cosmopolitan brasserie, an all-day dining restaurant, bar and playroom, a glass-covered courtyard, a hidden roof garden...