The “great success” at the Danish-Swedish first edition will be followed up with a second event next October.

China’s Juneyao Airlines will open its first intercontinental route from Shanghai, to an airport in northern Europe.

Nordic business travellers are on the radar for the group, which is launching 44 new routes overall this winter and expanding frequencies.

Prices right across the Nordic region are far higher than elsewhere on the continent, whether for a hotel room or a beer.

The tour operator plans to allow Jet Time and Norwegian to carry out flights, closing its bases in Malmö, Oslo and Helsinki.

The first Nordic MICE Summit, to be held in Malmö, is due in early November. “We think we’ve hit the spot,” say the organisers.

Gebr Heinemann passes €4 billion in turnover as duty-free booms at airports.

A whole range of extra frequencies and routes are boosting HEL’s profile even further, including to Sweden, Norway and Iceland.

The emirate sees a record-breaking quarter for tourism, a result boosted by the Nordics.

The world’s best 20 cities for millennials are named – and none are Scandinavian.

‘The Nordics’ is launched as profile project aimed at positioning the region as a single entity.

More than 40 hotels in Europe will be added to Marriott’s new Moxy brand over the next three years.

Six Schengen zone countries plan to extend border controls by a further six months.

New single union stands up to SAS.

Only Germany’s and Singapore’s passports do it better