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Thon Hotels
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryHospitality
Founded1989
Headquarters
Oslo, Norway
Area served
Norway, Sweden, Denmark Belgium and the Netherlands
Key people
Olav Thon, CEO
WebsiteThonhotels.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 50-odd hotels in Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands.

History

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]

Controversy

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]

  • Thon Hotel Vika Atrium at Vika
    Thon Hotel Vika Atrium at Vika
  • Thon Hotel Opera in Oslo
    Thon Hotel Opera in Oslo
  • Thon Hotel Kristiansund at Innlandet
    Thon Hotel Kristiansund at Innlandet
  • Thon Hotel Høyers in Skien
    Thon Hotel Høyers in Skien
  • Thon Hotel in Bergen
    Thon Hotel in Bergen

References

  1. ^ "Hotel Bristol". Kulturminnesøk. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. ^ "Om Olav Thon Gruppen". Olav Thon Gruppen. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  3. ^ "Olav Thon Gruppen". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  4. ^ Jon Gunnar Arntzen. "Olav Thon Stiftelsen". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  5. ^ "Thon Hotels med forbud mot å heise Pride-flagg". VG. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Thon Hotels forbyr regnbueflagget: – Jeg ble rett og slett sjokkert" [Thon Hotels bans Pride flags: – I was shocked]. TV2. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Thon Hotels opphever forbudet mot å heise pride-flagget". VG. Retrieved 7 June 2023.

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