Category Finland

Islanti ja Reykjavik valittiin Lonely Planetin Matkaoppaan äänestyksessä ‘Parhaiksi matkakohteiksi’ 2012

Islanti ja sen pääkaupunki Reykjavik on äänestetty Lonely Planetin Best in Travel 2012  parhaiksi matkakohteiksi maa- ja kaupunkikategorioissa. Äänestäjinä toimivat Lonely Planetin lukijat.

Lonely Planet on maailman suurin matkaoppaiden ja digitaalisen median julkaisija.Kyseiseen vuosittaiseen lukijoiden Paras matkakohde -äänestykseen otti osaa 3000 lukijaa ja henkilöstön jäsentä. Äänien laskun jälkeen suosituimmaksi vuoden 2012 matkakohteeksi maakategoriassa osoittautui Islanti ja kaupunkikategoriassa Reykjavik. Read more

Icelandair avaa lennot Denveriin

Denver on yhtiön yhdeksäs kohde USA:ssa, lennot Denverille alkavat toukokuussa 2012.

Uusi ympärivuotinen reitti lennetään neljästi viikossa – maanantai, keskiviikko, perjantai ja sunnuntai. Lennot sopivat yhteen Helsingin reitin kanssa joka operoidaan päivittäin kesäkaudella 2012.  Lentoaika Helsingistä, sisältäen koneenvaihdon Keflavikissa on 12.10 minuuttia ja on nopein yhteys Suomesta Coloradon pääkaupunkiin Denveriin. Read more

NIB loan to Pohjola to improve housing sector’s environmental impact

The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and Finland’s Pohjola Bank plc have signed an agreement for a loan programme, totalling EUR 50 million, earmarked for improving energy efficiency and wastewater treatment in the housing sector and industrial buildings.

Pohjola Bank will open a credit facility for housing companies, SMEs and large corporations in Finland. Subloans will, for instance, finance improvements in the treatment of wastewater from public-use facilities, improved fertiliser and manure handling or building renovation with the purpose of improving buildings’ energy efficiency.

“This loan programme is an example of how NIB in cooperation with an intermediary bank can reach out to smaller-scale projects improving direct impact on the environment. Better waste management and energy efficiency will positively affect both the environment and the standard of living,” says Johnny Åkerholm, NIB President and CEO. Read more

Islannin tulivuoren toiminta hidastuu: Icelandair-lentoyhtiön lennot jatkuvat

Islannin yliopiston geomorfologisti Bjorn Oddsson on todennut, että Islannin tulivuoren Grimsvotnin toiminta hidastuu. Hän on myös todennut, että tulivuoren toiminnan hidastuminen on nopeaa. Icelandair ei täten ennusta muita keskeytyksiä tulivuorenpurkauksesta johtuen.

Islanti on vulkaaninen saari ja sen moderni infrastruktuuri sekä hätäpalvelut on suunniteltu tulivuorenpurkaukset huomioon ottaen. Islannin säännöllisistä maanjäristyksistä ja tulivuorenpurkauksista huolimatta kukaan ei lähes koskaan vahingoitu ja liikenneyhteyksien viiveet ovat yleensä minimaaliset. Read more

POLYGLOT: on the way to Turku

NISI MASA – the European network of young cinema is launching POLYGLOT: on the way to Turku, beginning with an online video contest on the theme of multilingualism.

18 winners will be invited to participate in an itinerant documentary filmmaking workshop in the archipelago of Turku (Finland) to celebrate its status as European Capital of Culture in 2011!
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Luxury Adventure, all-inclusive private travel in the Nordics

Luxury Adventures is a family-run tour operator specializing in all-inclusive private travel in Iceland, Greenland, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Sweden.

We operate our own a) private lodge accommodation b) private glacier/highland camps c) vehicles of great variety from standard sized cars to super jeeps/SUVs and buses  for self-drive and full-service with driver/guides in many  languages d) hiking/glaicer equipment e) high class atv/quad bikes. Read more

Copernicus opens new international business office in Valencia, Spain

”This was a natural progression for the business after our success in the UK and Northern Europe. We have already created a platform across the UK, Scandinavia, The Netherlands and Germany which has opened a network of opportunities for our clients.

This first phase of expansion into Southern Europe will add a further dimension to the possibilities we are able to generate for our clients in respect of international trade ‘ explained Colin Fell, Group Managing Director. ”Already we have had approaches from interested parties which may lead to our services being available in France, Portugal and Italy in 2nd quarter 2010, along with enquiries from government bodies in the USA and UAE to explore how we can best assist them in developing or facilitating international growth in selective target markets. This in itself is a fantastic endorsement of the growing strength of the Copernicus brand and is fair recognition of the quality of the individual consultants carrying out the tasks and projects on behalf of our clients. Read more

Pi2 Square Technologies becomes Google Apps Reseller

Pi2 Square Technologies , a provider of Google Consulting and IT solutions, today announced that it has teamed with Google, to bring Google Apps online applications to its client base Worldwide.

The company states that it foresees business in all verticals, adopting the Software as a Service (SaaS) in ever increasing numbers. The economic, security, reliability and delivery of SaaS can ensure companies the real competitive advantages compared to any SaaS from other competitors. Read more

Per Høiby blir adm. direktør i rådgivningsselskapet FIRST HOUSE

Per Høiby (47) blir adm. direktør i rådgivningsselskapet FIRST HOUSE. Han kommer fra stillingen som adm. direktør i JKL Oslo. Høiby har ledet svenskeide JKLs Oslo-kontor i tre år, og har bidratt til JKLs positive vekst og resultatutvikling. Det norske rådgivningsselskapet FIRST HOUSE er under etablering og skal særlig satse på finansiell kommunikasjon, politisk kommunikasjon og næringsutvikling.

- Vi ser frem til å få Per Høiby på laget. Han har bevist gjennom å skape resultater i JKL at han er flink til å lede kompetansebedrifter og skape gode og effektive selskapsstrukturer, sier styreleder Bjørn Richard Johansen i en kommentar. Read more

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