The names of the first five star hotels in Iceland were announced last week. These are The Retreat Hotel - Blue Lagoon, a five Star Superior Hotel, and Hótel Grímsborgir, a five Star Hotel. This is a major, positive milestone for tourism in Iceland, since quality has been an important emphasis in recent years, both in government policies and the tourism sector in general.

The travel agency license of Iceland Advice ehf., kt. 490316-1240, Flatahrauni 31, 220 Hafnarfirði has been terminated following suspension of operations.

„Tourism in figures – October 2019“ have been published recently. This is one of the monthly publications of the Icelandic Tourism Board (ITB), a short compilation of the most recent statistics about tourism and tourists gathered by ITB as well as data from Statistics Iceland. The emphasis is on looking at data from recent years to find changes, that may have occured.