Posted on 18 March 2010. Tags: Business location, Business Tourism, Conference Location, Hotels in Copenhagen, Hotels in Denmark, Incentive Programs
According to the latest business and
conference location rankings set by the Economist Intelligence Unit, Denmark has been named as the leading destination to conduct business and travel.
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Posted in Business, Denmark, General, International, Leisure, Travel
Posted on 18 March 2010. Tags: crime, Iceland, satellite, telelvision
It is suspected that sabotage was the reason for the loss of power to a microwave communications centre in Reykjavik early this morning.
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Posted in Business, Energy, General, Iceland, Leisure, MBL, Society
Posted on 18 March 2010. Tags: film, hollywood, Iceland, jar city, myrin, opinion
The second in a regular series of columns by Chay Lemoine: Hollywood takes on Iceland Continue Reading
Posted in Art, Culture, Environment, General, Iceland, Leisure, MBL, United States
Posted on 17 March 2010. Tags: Scandinavian music, South By Southwest, SXSW, SXSW 2010
This year’s SXSW festival in Austin, Texas is set to promote Scandinavian music, with around fifty different Scandinavian artists and musicians showcasing in front of countless music lovers and journalists.
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Posted in Culture, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, General, Greenland, Iceland, International, Leisure, Music, Norway, Scandinavia, Sweden, United States
Posted on 17 March 2010. Tags: ireland, Norway, oslo, st. patrick's Day
The Oslo Caledonian Pipe Band (OCPB) was the main attraction in this year’s St Patrick’s Day parade in the Norwegian capital city.
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Posted in Culture, General, International, Leisure, Lifestyle, MBL, Music, Norway
Posted on 15 March 2010. Tags: art, attendance, gallery, museum, Reykjavik
The attendance record at Reykjavik Art Museum was broken last year when the number of museum visitors for the first time exceeded two hundred thousand, with the overall number of visitors in 2009 reaching a total of two hundred and twenty thousand.
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Posted in Art, Culture, General, Iceland, Leisure, MBL
Posted on 09 March 2010. Tags: Adventure Tours Iceland, Advertising Location, Film Location, Iceland Glacier, James Bond Iceland, Location Management, Vatnajokull national park, Vatnajokull Travel
Iceland’s Vatnajokull glacier national park is synonymous with unique advertising and film
location management settings. The Jokulsarlon lagoon has previously been used as a thrilling backdrop for box office smash hits ‘A View to a Kill’ and ‘Die Another Die’, as part of the James Bond series.
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Posted in Culture, General, Iceland, International, Leisure, Travel
Posted on 09 March 2010. Tags: internet, social networking, Sweden, work
A new survey has revealed that a mere seven percent of Swedish businesses have a formal social media policy which covers how staff can access websites such as Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook during work hours.
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Posted in Business, General, International, Leisure, MBL, Sweden, Technology
Posted on 08 March 2010. Tags: Airport in Iceland, Iceland, Iceland Airport, Iceland Economy, keflavik international airport
Keflavik International
Airport in Iceland is preparing for expansive incoming flight traffic within the next few months, due to the increased attention brought to the country by the current economical dispute.
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Posted in General, Iceland, International, Leisure, Travel
Posted on 05 March 2010. Tags: flights to Iceland, Iceland Airline, Iceland Tourism, Icelandair, Icelandic Banking Collapse
Iceland’s leading airline, Icelandair, has seen an increase in foreign sales over the past year, despite the ongoing media debate about the Icelandic economy.
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Posted in General, Iceland, Leisure, Travel