16 Mar 2017Grímur Sæmundsson, chairman of the Icelandic Travel Industry Association, suggests all low-fare airlines that only offer commercial flights to Iceland over the summer, should land in Akureyri, North Iceland instead of Keflavik International Airport.
14 Mar 2017There will be drastic changes to the scene of the Hveravellir highland nature reserve, known for its hot springs, over the next few years. Old buildings will be demolished and new buildings, a hotel and other lodging facilities for up to 120 people, will rise on the boarder of the nature reserve.
30 Nov 2016Just over 2.2 million tourists are expected to come to Iceland in 2017, with ever more opting for a winter visit rather than during the high summer season.
29 Nov 2016By the end of this year, Icelanders are expected to have taken 524,000 international flight departures from Iceland since 1 January – a 16.4% increase on last year.
23 Nov 2016Garry Steffen, managing director of the newly opened Canopy Hilton Hotel in central Reykjavik believes that one way to control the influx of tourists to Iceland is to build luxury hotels and thus attract tourists who spend more money while on their visit.
23 Nov 2016Icelandic low-cost airline WOW air saw revenues of ISK 15.3 billion (approx. €127 million) in the third quarter of 2016 – this is 104% more than during the same period last year.
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16 Nov 2016Delta Air Lines is now operating its first ever winter schedule between Iceland’s Keflavik International Airport and New York John F. Kennedy International Airport.
12 Nov 2016Once you finished browsing Iceland Monitor’s wide selection of news, events and features, you might like to have a look at some other Iceland-related material from around the world that we shall be collecting for you weekly.
