News Overview:
- SAF Annual Meeting April 6
- Food 2006 - Nordic Competition
- SAF Conference on Tourism and Power Utilization
- News from SAF Members
Ongoing are the preparations for the SAF Annual Meeting which will be held at Hótel Loftleiðir April 6. The main theme of the meeting is "What sells Iceland?" and a speech will be given by Mr Hermann Harladsson director of OMD Nordic on the subject. The Annual Meeting will be followed by a Trade Fair on April 7 at Hótel Loftleiðir where buyers and sellers on the Icelandic market get a chance to meet up for discussions and exchange information. SAF memebers will have the opportunity to present their products and services to all the main travel agents in Iceland. Mr Gunnar Eklund regional manager for Icelandair in the USA will give a speech on "Destination Iceland - from America" at lunch time on how to market Iceland in the States. Icelandair will present the "Pioneer in Tourism" award for the first time at the end of the trade fair. Photo: Chairman Jón Karl Ólafsson at last year´s Annual meeting.
Food 2006 - Nordic Competition. A competiion for Nordic students in cooking and serving will be held in Fífan March 31 and April 1. SAF and MATVÍS are responsilbe for the organiseation of the competition in cooperation with the Hotel-and Education Association. The main object of the competition is to organise and encourage students to improve their standards and to encourage an exchange between the relevant countries.
SAF Conference on Tourism and Power Utilisation at Grand Hotel Reykjavík March 23. The conference highlighted tourism in power utilisation of hydro-geothermal energies. Three ministers Mr Sturla Böðvarsson Minister of Tourism and Communications, Valgerður Sverrisdóttir Minister of Industries and Sigríður Anna Þórðardóttir Minister of The Environment attended the conference and gave speeches on the subject among several other speakers. Among subjects discussed were the masterplans on utilisation of geothermal energies as well as new ideas on a National Park in Fjallabak were presented. Panel discussions followed and were attended by Sigríður Anna Þórðardóttir and Valgerður Sverrisdóttir.
News from SAF Members
Radisson SAS1919 gets an invitation to participate in a cooperation with Virtuosos -an international chain of luxury tourism . Virtuoso is a net of over 7.000 specialists in the field of touristm worldwide, it provides information and assistance to all main tour operators and travel agents of luxury tourism in marketing and promotion.This is the first Radisson SAS hotel in the world to get an ivitation to join Virtuoso. www.radissonsas.com
Hótel Glymur in Hvalfjörður has reopened after the hotel has undergone extensive renovation. The hotel now offers excellent conference facilities and all rooms on the second floor of the hotel have now been converted into sweets. Hótel Glymur is a participant in the marketing project "All senses" for companies working in tourism in