Radisson SAS to Build New Hotel in Nydalen, Norway

MINNETONKA, MN-Radisson Hotels & Resorts says its European development partner has a deal with Avantor ASA to build and manage a new hotel in Nydalen near Oslo, Norway. The 167-room Radisson SAS, which will be surrounded by a major business park under development, will be Nydalen’s first hotel.

Avantor, a self-styled developer of new townships, has helped develop theNydalen area, which will be a center for technology, communications and media and will have up to 15,000 workers when completed in 2006. The area will be connected to Oslo, which is 10 miles to the south, byan underground railway under construction that will include a stop at the hotel. The hotel will feature conference rooms, banquet facilities, restaurant, healthy club and recreation facilities.

Minnetonka, MN-based Radisson thought the area was an underserved market with great potential, says Jay Witzel, president of Radisson Hotels & Resorts. The new hotel will strengthen the brand image of Radisson in Norway, where it already has 19 hotels, he notes.