The Park Inn Stavanger underwent an extensive renovation of the lobby, the restaurant and the bar. The hotel offers 208 rooms, besides the comfort you will find in the standard rooms, the business friendly rooms also offer a comfortable working area and a dataport. Other facilities include saunas on the top floor, as well as a car park. A sports and fitness club as well as a golf course are to be found close by the hotel.

Fredrik Korallus, Senior Vice President & COO Franchised operations comments: “I am excited about the opening of our twenty third hotel and the introduction of Park Inn in Norway. This underlines the continuous growth we pursue with Park Inn”.

The hotel’s meeting facilities include 11 functionally equipped meeting rooms, accommodating up to 280 people, all with natural daylight and air-conditioning.

Evans, 49, who is a French-British dual national, brings extensive experience in all areas of sales and marketing and of the air transport sector to his new position. As Executive Vice President Passenger Sales, he will be charged with ensuring the business unit’s further expansion and focused development.

Oliver Evans was appointed Head of Swiss WorldCargo in December 2002. He came to SWISS from BAX Global, where he was serving as Vice President Global Sales Europe, Middle East & Africa. An experienced business-to-business sales executive, he had previously held various positions around the world for KLM from 1987 to 2001, culminating in his appointment as Vice President Strategy & Alliances for KLM Cargo. He is a fluent speaker of French, English, German, Dutch and Italian.

Whether it’s Christmas parties, New Year celebrations or visiting friends and family, let Holiday Inn take the stress out of finding somewhere to stay. Not only will you get a fantastic value room rate, but the option to upgrade to an Executive room from just £15.

With hotels throughout the UK and Ireland you can be sure to stay out and have a fabulous time over the festive period – finishing it off with a good night’s sleep and a delicious breakfast in the morning. With Leisure Clubs in over 70 hotels and further savings to be made as kids stay free**, this Christmas is bound to be more special than ever.

*Rate is based on a standard room between the dates of 12 December 2025 to 4 January 2004.
**Up to 2 children aged 17 or under stay free when sharing a room with up to 2 adults.

02.12.2025
New Crown Plaza Hotel at Brussels Airport
InterContinental Hotels Group has opened its new contemporary Crowne Plaza Brussels Airport hotel. Situated within the new Corporate Village development, a stone’s throw away from Brussels Airport, the 315 room hotel is one of the most prestigious in the Benelux region.

Crowne Plaza Brussels Airport is part of one of the biggest and most impressive property developments in Belgium. The Corporate Village, consisting of over 70,632m2 (760,000 sq ft) of office space, is home to many national and international companies.

The hotel has been designed around a central atrium with the six floors connected by internal panoramic lifts. Featuring timeless materials and warm colours conceived by Houben Design, the hotel sets a precedent for properties in the Benelux region with a unique steel and glass staircase.

Crowne Plaza Brussels Airport also boasts a business centre and multi-functional conference facilities. These include 16 meeting rooms with natural daylight, dedicated Crowne Meetings Directors, the latest audio visual equipment, enhanced staging capabilities, teleconferencing and interpreter services, and excellent in-house catering facilities. Business travellers will further benefit from wireless high speed internet access, in-room computer connections, air-conditioning, express check-in and check-out and the hotel’s extensive meetings facilities.

All rooms have air conditioning, in-house digital movies, a mini bar, coffee and tea facilities and an in-room safe. The sixth floor of the hotel is home to a variety of suites, including the Presidential Suite and Club rooms. These rooms also feature an espresso machine, trouser press and DVD player. Additional facilities at the hotel include a fitness room, saunas, steam bath, jogging track and a surrounding three hectares of parkland.

If guests are still looking for more, both leisure and business travellers will enjoy the hotel’s proximity to a golf course, Technopolis, one of Benelux’s leading interactive museums, Kinepolis cinema and Brussels Expo exhibition hall. The city centre of Brussels, with museums such as Horta and Brel and the Museum of Modern Art, is a short distance away. The hotel also has a comprehensive concierge and guest relations services, 24-hour room service and a free shuttle bus to and from Brussels airport. During the weekend a free shuttle bus takes guests to and from Brussels city centre.

Situated just 1.5 miles from the airport and 15 minutes from the centre of Brussels, the Crowne Plaza Brussels Airport is ideally located for both business and leisure travellers. The hotel’s location is further enhanced with the European Commission, NATO and head quarters of many international companies being just a short journey away.

SWISS in Europe is faring even better than planned. As early as two months since its launch, the programme has lifted revenue per available seat-kilometre to 3.2 per cent higher than the same month last year. A year-on-year improvement had not been expected here until 2004.

The lower fares offered prompted yield (revenue per revenue seat-kilometre) to fall 11 per cent in October. But the increased traffic volume – seat load factor was up 16 per cent – is already sufficient to offset the decline.

SWISS’s permanently low fares on its European flights are proving highly popular: the CHF 100 million threshold in revenue earned from online bookings for the year was passed a few days ago.