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New Legislation Bans Hospitality Business In Residential Housing
New legislation bans owners of hospitality businesses from renting out long-term accommodation defined as residential housing. The Icelandic government announced the law on their website, May 3. Real estate owners can still lease out their homes for a maximum of 90 days…
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Over 7 Million Overnight Stays Registered In Iceland
Registered overnight stays in the first nine months of the year equalled 7,144,438. This is the first time that the number exceeds seven million, reports Vísir. [su_pullquote]Iceland Airwaves returns to Reykjavík! Get prepared by pre-ordering our Airwaves Goodie Bag! It contains everything…
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Overnight Stays Tripled Between Years
Overnight stays at Icelandic accommodations were almost three times higher in May than at the same time last year. This change is mainly due to foreign tourists, but Icelanders have spent a considerable amount of time staying in hotels and other guesthouses,…
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New Data Reveals Scale Of Summer Slump For Icelandic Tourism Sector
The COVID-19 pandemic and consequent international travel restrictions have had a devastating impact on Iceland’s large tourism sector, a fact recent data published by Statistics Iceland throws into sharp relief. The number of passengers arriving at Keflavik Airport this June fell by…
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Dogs To Be Welcomed At Seven Hotels This Summer
Seven hotels in Iceland have received an exemption from the Ministry of the Environment, and now allow dogs in certain areas. Chain hotels in Reykholt, Stykkishólmur, Patreksfjörður, Húsavík, Fáskúðsfjörður, Öræfasveit, and the Grand Hotel in Reykjavík will now allow the furry four-legged…
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Best of South Iceland 2019: Best Accommodation
South Iceland contains many of the most popular sights, sites and destinations in the country—and much of Iceland’s best accommodation. Close to Reykjavík is the Reykjanes Peninsula, with the Blue Lagoon, Keflavík Airport, and many wild spots and charming villages; over the…
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Union Declares “Cease Fire”, Strikes In Iceland Postponed
The basic framework for a wage agreement between several Icelandic labour unions and management means the ongoing strikes are postponed for now. As such, scheduled hotel worker strikes are on hold for the time being, and the last bus drivers’ strike will…
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Great Escapes: Six Of The Best Hotels For A Cosy Iceland Getaway
For all of the wild frontiers and glorious nature Iceland has to offer, not every trip has to involve a waterfall freezing your face off. Sometimes, you just want to rock up to a nice hotel, check into a cosy room, take…
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Bookings Decrease, Hotels Increasing In Reykjavik
The number of hotels in Reykjavík is expected to increase significantly over the next two years. Meanwhile, the number of hotel bookings decreased this year. As such, property developers are already starting to re-think their strategies. RÚV reports that some 200 hotel…
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Hotel Contractors And Reykjavik City Council At Odds Over Where To Build
Reykjavík City Council receives a new application for building a hotel every week, RÚV reports. While the city has strict regulations over where hotels may be built and how, hotel contractors have been pressuring City Council to change these regulations. Sigurbjörg Ósk…
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Reykjavík Pretty Much Fully Booked For New Years
Hope you already booked your room for New Years Eve in Reykjavík, because Iceland’s capital is more or less out of hotel rooms for that holiday. Iceland, and Reykjavík in particular, has been ranking on lists for ideal destinations to ring in…
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Good Night, Sleep Tight, Prepare Yourself For The Bed Bug Bites
Crank up the temperature on your washing machine and get used to the idea of vacuuming every day, because bed bugs have made it to Iceland. Whilst these little bloodsuckers have been terrorising most of Europe and the US forever, until now,…
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Mývatn Being Slowly Destroyed By Tourism
Hotel owners around Mývatn and the Laxá river area profit from the location, at the expense of the preservation of one of Iceland’s most precious natural wonders, a detailed investigative report from RÚV reveals. Grapevine has repeatedly reported on the environmental problems…
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Reykjavík Most Expensive European Capital For Christmas Vacation
No European capital is more expensive for booking hotel accommodation over Christmas holidays than Reykjavík, surpassing even London and Paris. According to a press release from hotel search engine TravelMyth, Reykjavík tops the list in terms of which European capitals have the…
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For & Against: A Limit On Downtown Hotels
FOR: Recently, Reykjavík mayor Dagur B. Eggertsson said that city council was looking into the idea of putting a cap on just how many hotels can be built downtown. No one was happier than I was to read this, but not without…
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Mayor Considering Downtown Hotel Upper Limit
Reykjavík mayor Dagur B. Eggertsson says the possibility of setting an upper limit on the number of hotels along Laugavegur and Hverfisgata is being considered, in addition to special provisions for AirBnB rentals. RÚV reports that Dagur was interviewed by radio station…
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Travel Agencies Ensuring Accommodation Years In Advance
Icelandic hotel owners are feeling the pressure from foreign travel agencies who want to book accommodations even further ahead than they did before. This makes it harder for newer travel agencies to get started in Iceland. RÚV reports that travel agencies have…
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Court Makes Historic Ruling On Guest Accommodation
A new Supreme Court ruling has given more power to Icelandic residents when it comes to guest accommodation. RÚV reports that the Supreme Court has ruled that a structure housing multiple residents – such as an apartment building – needs the permission…
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The Mysterious Pull Of Djúpavík
It’s late spring and the mountains of the Westfjords are still covered in snow after a harsh winter. The undulating, unpaved coastal road to Strandir is a challenging drive at this time of year, with steep slopes, the risk of landslides, and…
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December Hotel Stays Up 36% From Last Year
Hotel stays for just the month of December last year were up 36% from the same time last year, data from Statistics Iceland shows. According to their findings, a total of 181,900 nights in hotels were booked in December 2015 alone. 2,815,900…
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East Iceland Hotel Owners Displeased With Airbnb Hostings
Hotel owners in Egilsstaðir have a number of objections to illegal guest accommodations offered in the town through Airbnb. RÚV reports that while there are numerous registered hotels and guesthouses in Egilsstaðir, there are many more posts for accommodation in the town…
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Hundreds Of New Hotel Rooms Cropping Up
About 325 new hotel rooms are popping up on Reykjavík’s main street of Laugavegur. Kjarninn reports that the increase includes expanding three hotels and building two new ones, all along a single street in downtown Reykjavík. The three hotels being expanded are…
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Police Raid Illegal Tourist Accommodations
Police are already starting to crack down on black market rentals of houses and apartments for tourists. MBL reports that the Reykjavík Area Police, in conjunction with the Directorate of Internal Revenue, have closed four establishments illegally renting out accommodation to tourists.…