Scandic Hotels has signed an agreement for a new 220-room hotel in Ski, outside of Oslo, Norway, which is scheduled to open in 2026.
Housed in a 15-storey mixed-use building, the hotel will include meeting facilities and a rooftop bar with panoramic views of Ski, which is set to become a transport hub when the new high-speed Follo railway line (Follobanen) opens in December.
The hotel will be centrally located beside the new Follobanen railway, which is expected to cut travel time between Ski and Oslo by half, from 22 to 11 minutes.
Head of Scandic Hotels Norway, Asle Prestegard, said the agreement “will strengthen our position in the region surrounding Oslo, which is undergoing rapid development, and at the same time create an exciting new meeting place for people who live and work in the city”.
“We see great potential for hotels at public transport hubs,” added Morten Austestad, development director at Bane NOR Eiendom, the real estate arm of Norway's state-owned railway company. “Together with Scandic, we are developing a hotel that will have a high environmental performance and we’re extremely happy that Ski is being added to the list of cities where we’re establishing hotels.”
Like most Scandic hotels, the property will be eco-certified according to Nordic Ecolabel’s new, tougher environmental requirements, which include the use eco-labelled products and chemicals, 100 per cent renewable electricity, the absence of single-use disposables, reduced water consumption, a climate-friendly menu and reduced food waste. It will also be built in accordance with BREEAM’s environmental and technical standard.
Scandic is the largest Nordic hotel operator with more than 280 hotels in operation and under development in more than 130 destinations. The company currently operates 19 hotels with a total of 4,211 rooms in and around Oslo.