To celebrate Travel News’ yearly gala event, Grand Travel Award, Christina, Victoria, Helene and Natalie participated in Travel News Studio, a seminar with inspiring talks from industry leaders and other personalities of the travel industry, and the following gala evening, the Grand Travel Award ceremony, at the Grand Hotel in Stockholm.

The day started with inspiring seminar presentations focusing on travel industry trends, the future of travel, the Swedish economy and growth.

The lineup of speakers and guests consisted of: Mattijs ten Brink, CEO at Sunweb; Johanna Danielsson, CEO at Kairos Future; Andreas Wallström at Swedbank; Björn Ulvaues, hotel owner and musical icon from the legendary ABBA, also known as ‘ABBA-Björn’; and Bjørn Kjos, founder of the airline Norwegian.

After the seminar, the event continued with an award ceremony, honoring the best of the best in the Swedish travel industry and within different sectors, everything from airlines, hotels, cruise companies and domestic products. After the ceremony, the evening continued with dinner, mingling and party in probably the most beautiful venue of the city, the Winter Garden at the Grand Hotel.