In 2010 Stockholm will get over 1,000 new hotel rooms, new conference facilities and larger exhibition grounds.
Hotel Skeppsholmen opened on October 26 on the verdant island of Skeppsholmen, next to the Museum of Modern Art. While other hotels look abroad for inspiration, this new hotel has chosen to use all the best that Sweden has to offer. The interior of the yellow house dating from the 1700s was decorated by the Swedish design trio Claesson-Koivisto-Rune.
Stockholmsmässan, Stockholm Exhibition & Congress Center is expanding its exhibition grounds by 10,000 m2, to 70,000 m2. The new exhibition space will open in December 2009.
The international Marriott chain plans to open a four-star Courtyard Hotel at Kungsholmen in Stockholm in February 2010. The hotel, which looks out over Rålambshov Park and Riddarfjärden, will offer 270 large rooms and conference facilities for meetings of up to 300 people.
Elite Hotel Marina Tower is situated in Saltsjöqvarn, an old mill from which there is a fantastic view of the harbor and the inner city. The hotel will have 187 rooms and plans to open in February 2010.
Hammarby Sjöstad is an exciting new district in Stockholm where the City has imposed tough environmental requirements on buildings, technical installations and the traffic environment, from day one. The new district will now get its first hotel - Hammarby Sjöstad Park Inn Hotel with some 177 rooms opens in February 2010.
In 2010 Stockholm will get a new hotel and conference center in the downtown area. The Stockholm Waterfront Congress Center, with capacity for 3,000 guests, and a Radisson Blue hotel, with 418 rooms, will be directly linked by train to the central station and will be located next to City Hall.
In winter of 2010-2011, Stockholm will get a contemporary five-star hotel. Nobis Hotel will open on Norrmalmstorg, with 200 rooms.
Scandic Stockholm, the flagship hotel of Scandic, will offer over 400 rooms, a gym, conference facilities, a restaurant and a bar. The Hotel is set to open in autumn 2011.
Recently opened are the charming Lydmar Hotel, with its view of the Royal Palace, and Story Hotel. Story is centrally located in Stockholm’s fashionable neighborhood, but offers lower prices thanks to a new hotel concept.
