Rezidor Announces New Hotels in Oslo

BRUSSELS, December 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

The Rezidor Hotel Group, one of the fastest growing hotel companies worldwide, has announced two new hotels in Oslo: The Radisson Blu Hotel, Oslo Alna with 135 rooms and the Park Inn by Radisson Oslo Alna with 208 rooms will be located in adjacent towers, with shared facilities and management. Their opening is scheduled for Q3 2013. Both properties are owned by Norwegian-based Wenaasgruppen, which is one of Rezidor's most important development partners.

Kurt Ritter, president and CEO of Rezidor, said: "We are delighted to further strengthen our trustful relationship with Lars Wenaas and his team.  The two new hotels bring our portfolio in Oslo to 10 properties with 2,800 rooms in operation and under development. The signing of these hotels is in accordance with our strategy  to  achieve  market  depth  in  key  cities  of  our  home  markets,  through  multiple properties."

The new hotels are located in a highly visible location along the E6, the main road connecting Oslo with the airport. The site is 10km east of downtown and 40km from the airport, making it a convenient destination for corporate travellers and meetings & events. Radisson Blu is Rezidor's core upper-upscale brand and the most preferred brand for business travellers in the Nordics. Park Inn by Radisson is a young and dynamic mid-market brand which aims to offer great value for money. Besides 123 respectively 202 modern rooms, the new hotels will offer shared facilities such as a restaurant and  bar, 1,200m sq.   of conference space, a fitness centre and parking.

Rezidor is the premier and most important hotel operator in Norway: The group's portfolio in the country now totals 29 hotels and 7,000 rooms in operation or under development and extends the full length of Norway from the Radisson Blu Polar Hotel, Spitsbergen in the north (near the North Pole and considered the world's most northern full service hotel) to the Radisson Blu Caledonien Hotel in Kristiansand in the south.

About The Rezidor Hotel Group

The Rezidor Hotel Group is one of the fastest growing hotel companies in the world. The group features a portfolio of more than 415 hotels in operation and under development with 90,000 rooms in over 60 countries.

Rezidor operates the brands Radisson Blu Hotels & Resorts and Park Inn by Radisson in Europe, Middle East and Africa, along with the Club Carlson loyalty programme for frequent hotel guests. Under a worldwide licence agreement with the iconic Italian fashion house Missoni, Rezidor also operates and develops the new lifestyle brand Hotel Missoni.

In particular, Rezidor has a wide range of hotels in Europe, including hotels in Berlin, as well as hotel Salzburg, Nice hotel, hotel Malta and hotels Dresden.

In  November  2006,  Rezidor  was  listed  on  the  Stockholm  Stock  Exchange.  Carlson, a  privately  held,  global hospitality and travel company, based in Minneapolis (USA), is the majority shareholder.

The Corporate office of the Rezidor Hotel Group is based in Brussels, Belgium. For more information on Rezidor, visit http://www.rezidor.com

PR Contact:
Christine Reiter,
Senior Director Corporate Communication,
The Rezidor Hotel Group
Avenue Du Bourget 44
B-1130 Brüssel
Belgien
+32-2-702-9331
http://www.radissonblu.com/

SOURCE The Rezidor Hotel Group