“Nowhere else can you get a conference as in Greenland. It’s totally different. You will experience the grandeur of nature. Look how small and vulnerable you are and how dependent you are on the weather. You cannot compare it with anything else, when you have tried to drive a dogsled or go on the ice cap with others. Experiencing extreme things changes the guest,”says Erik Bjerregaard, Managing Director, Hotel Arctic, Ilulissat, Greenland. “We would like to puncture the myth, that a conference on Greenland is expensive. It is the same price as in Scandinavia, and then added to airline ticket, “says Jørgen S. Bay-Kastrup, CEO, Hotel Hans Egede, Nuuk, Greenland. Both Erik Bjerregaard and Jorgen S. Bay-Kastrup agree that there is great potential for conferences and MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Events) on Greenland, and now they have published a joint brochure with complete package / conference trips From Copenhagen.
”We are seeing increasing demand for MICE. You’ve tried the warm places. Now the trend is moving toward the north, where you can get a whole new experience. It is exotic to be out in nature. 10 km out on the mountain without contact to the internet and telephone, where you can enjoy the tranquility and where there is time to talk with each other. Although some are frustrated that they are not in contact with the outside world, “says Jørgen S. Bay-Kastrup, Hotel Hans Egede in the capital Nuuk. “The hotel has 156 rooms, 20 apartments and 20 conference and meeting rooms. Hotel Hans Egede are four star, but sets new standard for meetings, seminars, conferences and events with the most modern, 5-star seminar and conference centre in the country.
The premises of HHE Conference & Events are entirely unique, large and bright – and subtly designed for seminar and conference purposes. Several of the rooms have a magnificent view of mountains and the fiord, and our facilities provide the perfect setting for day meetings, seminars and conferences with up to 350 participants.”
“We have conferences for both guests from Greenland and international. Most from Denmark, but also f. Ex. 10 guests from Russia, which has come to hold a strategy meeting. Conference guests are here on average 4 to 5 days “says Jørgen S. Bay Kastrup. Security
“Hotel Arctic is the world’s most northerly 4 star hotel with a 5 star conference centre and facilities for up to 120 people. It is right on the edge of the Ilulissat Ice Fjord, a wonder of the world which is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. From the conference room, you look out onto the colossal icebergs,” says Erik Bjerregaard. Hotel Arctic, Ilulissat,
The hotel is 600 km north of Nuuk.
Hotel Arctic has 76 rooms and 9 suites. In addition the hotel has 5 Aluminium “Igloos” built right on the edge of the coast and connected to the hotel by a 75-metre boardwalk.
Both the Hotel Arctic and Hotel Hans Egede has two of Greenland’s best restaurants, Restaurant Ulo and Sarfalik serving Greenlandic cuisine, such as musk-ox, reindeer, Greenland halibut, Arctic hare, ptarmigan, wolfish, mussels, sea urchins and redfish.
Herbs are collected in the fells. Sheep sorrel, knot weed, mountain sorrel, lousewort, northern marsh yellow cress, common mouse ear and knotted spearwort.
“Conference participants also looks after the safety and Greenland is a peaceful country, “says Erik Bjerregaard, who has had many conferences on the environment with prominent politicians from around the world.
