Scan Magazine | Issue 65 | June 2014

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Scan Magazine | Conference of the Month | Norway

what we do and we work extremely hard to make sure our clients are happy with the finished product,” says Dahl. Feed your mind The Scandic Hotels believe in being a platform for new ideas and positive growth. However, good ideas are not always born in the meeting room, which is why the hotel has created the perfect arena for guests to meet, talk and share experiences: the hotel restaurant. For the last few years, the Scandic Hotels have been working with Jamie Oliver, the English food genius with a passion for good and healthy food. In collaboration with him, Scandic Hotel Forus provides its guests with healthy food experiences throughout the day, starting with the organic breakfast buffet offering a range of healthy choices to ensure a good start to everyone’s day. Guests can choose between different conference packages, but one of the most popular deals is the day package, which includes a morning and afternoon refreshment buffet, a big lunch buffet and coffee and tea throughout the day. The morning refreshment buffet is a perfect alternative for those who might have missed breakfast due to an early morning workout or simply from hitting the snooze

button one too many times. This buffet is sure to keep the mind focused until lunch time, when guests are offered a range of delicious dishes, starting with a Jamie Oliver soup, which comes with various toppings such as aioli, rustic chilli pepper, bacon, toasted spiced seeds, and tortilla chips. After the soup, guests can help themselves to a range of hot and cold dishes from the very impressive lunch buffet.

dioxide emissions. This also applies when hosting conferences at Scandic Stavanger Forus. Small measures make a big difference, and by using FSC labelled pens and Swan eco-labelled paper and serving chilled and filtered water instead of bottled water, Scandic Stavanger Forus wants to contribute to a more sustainable future.

Knowing that your concentration often slips in the afternoon, the hotel staff prepare an afternoon refreshment buffet to brighten up the rest of the day. This little pick-me-up consists of cakes and fresh fruit layered with a range of toppings such as toasted coconut and crushed berries. After a day of meetings and presentations, nothing is better than gathering for dinner and drinks while discussing the day’s event with your peers. Some might want to order from the à la carte menu in the hotel restaurant, but another option is to book a closed dinner in one of the private rooms. Taking environmental issues seriously The Scandic Hotels chain has been tackling environmental issues since 1993 with eco-labelled hotels, organic breakfasts, and minimal use of chemicals and carbon

For more information, please visit: www.scandichotels.no/stavanger

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