Tag Archives: Spitsbergen Travel
Briefs from Svalbardposten for the week of Jan. 24, 2017
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Briefs from Svalbardposten for the week of July 12, 2016

Private companies question Store Norske’s tourism plans
Store Norske’s plans to develop Svea as a tourist destination in cooperation with Spitsbergen Travel are raising concerns among other local tourism companies and officials, who say the government-owned company should not be allowed to offer subsidized activities that compete with private companies.
Briefs from Svalbardposten for the week of Nov. 24, 2015

Major city center overhaul to include library, new offices
Longyearbyen’s main municipal building is scheduled to get a complete overhaul by next Christmas, with the information desk and city library moving to the ground floor just past a new entrance at the cafe in Kulturhuset, more and smaller government offices on the second floor of the building, and a new electrical system.