Ro Sommernes assists Nordic Choice Hospitality Group

Ro Sommernes has advised Nordic Choice Hospitality Group in connection with its aqcuisition of Kämp Collection Hotels, the leading luxury and lifestyle hotel group in Finland. The most famous hotel in the group internationally is the legendary Hotel Kämp, established in 1887.

Kämp Collection Hotels includes many of the most famous hotels and restaurants in Helsinki. There are 10 hotels with 1 406 hotel rooms in the group as well as 17 restaurants & bars and two spas. The eleventh hotel, a tower hotel in Keilaniemenranta in Espoo, will open in 2023. The other hotels belonging to the Kämp Collection Hotels are Hotel Kämp, Hotel St. George, Klaus K Hotel, Hotel Haven, Hotel Lilla Roberts, Hotel Fabian, and four GLO hotels.

“Both Finland and Helsinki have become very lucrative travel destinations, and we’ve seen consistent growth in the local travel industry. Being a Nordic player with great growth potential we feel that Nordic Choice Hospitality Group is a great fit to be the new owner of Kämp Collection Hotels. Our values are very similar and the guests and employees are at the heart of the operations for both of us. We can ensure that the quality of operations will keep rising even higher, and we can develop and expand operations of the hotels even further,” says Petter A. Stordalen, the founder of Nordic Choice Hospitality Group.

The Ro Sommernes team consisted of Erik Sandtrø and Trond Kvisgaard from our firm's transaction team.