 | |
| Company type | Privately held company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Hospitality |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Headquarters | |
Area served | Norway, Sweden, Denmark Belgium and the Netherlands |
Key people | Olav Thon, CEO |
| Website | Thonhotels.com |
Thon Hotels (formerly known as Rainbow Hotels) is a Norwegian-based hotel chain. It is currently the 3rd largest hotel chain in Norway with 93 hotels in Norway, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands.
The Thon Hotel chain was established in 1989. Thon Hotels is part of the Olav Thon Group (Olav Thon Gruppen) which in turn is owned by the Olav Thon Foundation (Olav Thon Stiftelsen). The Norwegian philanthrophist and property investor, Olav Thon bought Hotel Bristol in Oslo in 1974. In 1983 Thon bought his second hotel, before he founded Rainbow Hotel in 1989, which included 10 hotels. Over the next couple of decades, the hotel chain grew in numbers, and Thon extended his hotel business to Brussels in 1995 when he bought two hotels in the Belgium capital. Rainbow Hotels were rebranded to Thon Hotels in 2005. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The company has been criticized for banning Pride flags during Pride Month. The main union representative at the company Ann Kristin Sletvold said she was "shocked" over the ban, and said it was "the wrong signal" only a year after a terrorist attack on Pride. [5] [6] After intense backlash, the company reversed its decision. [7]
Olav Bjaaland was a Norwegian ski champion and polar explorer. In 1911, he was one of the first five men to reach the South Pole as part of Amundsen's South Pole expedition.
Leif Høegh was a Norwegian shipowner. He founded the international shipping company known as Leif Höegh & Co in 1927.
Olav Thon is a Norwegian real estate developer. His Olav Thon Group is Norway's largest private real estate company, with 450 properties, including 60 hotels.
Bergen Storsenter is the largest shopping centre in central Bergen, Norway, with a turnover of 1,024 billion Norwegian krone in 2002.
Sandvika Storsenter is a super-regional mall located in Sandvika outside of Oslo, Norway. It is owned by the Olav Thon Group which in turn is owned by the Olav Thon Foundation.
Ski Storsenter is a shopping mall located at Ski in Akershus county, Norway. In 2002 it had a turnover of 1,186 billion Norwegian kroner. It opened in 1995, and has today 145 stores on three floors. The builder and operator is the Olav Thon Group which is owned by the Olav Thon Foundation.
Strømmen Storsenter is a Norwegian shopping centre located in Strømmen, just outside of Oslo, Norway.
Olav Dalgard was a Norwegian literary and art historian, filmmaker, author and educator.
Events in the year 1954 in Norway.
Norges Kommunistblad was a daily newspaper published in Oslo, Norway.
Events in the year 1994 in Norway.
Stein Winge was a Norwegian stage producer, theatre director and International Emmy-Nominated actor.
Olav Selvaag was a Norwegian engineer and residential contractor, known for his innovative approach to designing and building affordable housing during the later half of the twentieth century. He was largely responsible for the post–World War II development of the neighborhoods Veitvet and Vestli at Groruddalen and Rykkinn at Bærum in Oslo, Norway.
Conrad Christian Parnemann Langaard was a Norwegian businessman. He was the founder of the tobacco company, Conrad Langaard A/S.
Asbjørn Herteig was a Norwegian archeologist. He was the first curator at the Bryggen Museum and affiliated with the University of Bergen.
The Olav Thon Foundation is a Norwegian foundation and as such the biggest in Norway.
Lars Mathias Hille Esmark was a Norwegian civil servant and business person in the tourist industry.
Petter Henriksen is a Norwegian musician and publisher.
Events in the year 2021 in Norway.
The Pride Shooting in Oslo occurred on 25 June 2022, when two people were killed and twenty-one people were wounded in a mass shooting in Oslo, Norway. Police declared the incident as an "act of Islamist terrorism". The target may have been the Oslo LGBTQ pride event, which was hosted by the local branch of the Norwegian Organisation for Sexual and Gender Diversity.
