There are plans by the Rezidor Hotel Group to expand their Park Inn brand across the globe over the following three years with new launches in Poland, Norway, Dubai and Tunisia announced recently.

Norway will be seventh hotel for Park Inn and will be located in Steinkjer, in Nord-Trøndelag county. It will house 110 rooms and is due to open in 2011. Featuring an all day restaurant and meeting spaces it will be situated next to a water spa, water park and a gallery which will exhibit the work of Jakob Weidemann who is a well known Norwegian abstract artist from the 1950’s modernistic art movement. This new Park Inn will appeal to both leisure and business travelers.

The chief executive and president of Rezidor, Kurt Ritter, said that the group saw Norway as one of the biggest markets. He went on to say:

“With almost 6,000 rooms in operation, the country accounts for 10 per cent of our existing portfolio.”

The Park Inn Wroclaw will have 206 rooms and will be opened in 2012 which will coincide with Poland hosting the UEFA European Football Championship. This is the second Park Inn located in Poland. The other is situated in Krakow and opened early this year. When Park Inn Wroclaw opens it will be the closest hotel to Mikolaj Kopernik International Airport featuring a lobby bar, restaurant and conference facilities for business travelers.

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