With its announced acquisition today of rival Nordic Light and Nordic Sea, totaling 542 rooms, Choice Hotels Scandinavia emerges as the largest hotel operator in Stockholm.
Terms and price of the acquisition were not disclosed.
The chain already owns Stockholm's two largest hotels, the 532-room Clarion Hotel Stockholm and the558-room Clarion Hotel Sign.
Choice Hotels Scandinavia AS is Scandinavia's largest hotel chain with more than 165 hotels and more than 9,200 employees.
"The company has great confidence in future opportunities for the Nordic Hotels brand," says Choice Hotels Scandinavia CEO Torgeir Silseth.
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