Deputy minister requires Stordalen boycott

On Tuesday this week, Lisbeth Berg-Hansen (Ap) who was the Minister of Fisheries and Coastal (Ap) had a lodge expertise that made a distinction for her.

Lodge Stordalen wished NOK 200 further for early check-in.

“A brand new, distinctive lodge expertise. She checked in on the Consolation lodge in Oslo at 12 midday saying the room is prepared, however in order for you it now it prices NOK 200 extra,” she writes. on Fb.

– Speculative and small

– I do know check-in is at 3pm, however the standard factor is if you end up out a little bit early they’re glad on the reception if they will say “your room is free” , stated the 61-year-old in Nettavisen.

On this case she didn’t give in and requested if there was one other use for the empty room till 3pm No.

– That is speculative and trivial! I feel it’s each silly and petty to cost clients who nonetheless depart so many 1000’s of kroner at Stordalen accommodations.

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– By no means skilled it earlier than

Berg-Hansen shouldn’t be unkind in his criticism of the lodge chain’s proprietor, Petter Stordalen, who “loves Mondays and is in any other case loud and darkish”.

– He is aware of we pays. Most of us do, she tells Nettavisen and says she needs this “client battle”.

Berg-Hansen herself is listed with a fortune of 186 million in 2022, in keeping with tax data The tens of millions have gone into farming corporations within the north, the place she is a component proprietor.

– He will not keep at Peter’s lodge anymore

– I can in fact pay NOK 200 extra, however it is a matter of precept, she says enthusiastically.

On Fb, she requires a boycott and debate:

“I’ve stayed in lots of accommodations in my life, however I’ve by no means skilled this earlier than, and I do know now that I cannot keep in Petter Stordalen accommodations once more. Not as a result of I am unable to afford NOK 200 extra, however I would moderately give that cash to somebody who wants it greater than Petter Stordalen. Begin the dialogue.”

– Rejecting an early test?

– So now you wish to boycott Stordalen accommodations?

– Sure, there are such a lot of different accommodations! It is a unhealthy method to deal with our clients, I’ll take this struggle, she says.

Berg-Hansen hoped for “payback time” early the following morning:

– I checked out at 7 am and I could not assist myself, I requested if I might get a refund as a result of I left the room so early, says Berg-Hansen.

She did not get that.

Nettavisen was early in touch with the Stordalen machine for Petter Stordalen’s opinion on the matter.

Strawberry: – Frequent utilization

It would not reply itself, although Strawberry’s Director of Communications, Bettina Flatland, solutions us as follows:

– It’s true that early check-in and late check-out are extra providers that the visitor can select to pay for, and it is a frequent observe within the lodge business.

Flatland says you may pay out of the “extra fee”:

– However, if you’re a member of the loyalty program for Strawberry, you will get advantages that present free early check-in and late check-out when rooms can be found on the accommodations, Flatland tells Nettavisen .

However – regular and regular?

Bristol: – Do not pay further

Nettavisen checked with Thon-hotel Bristol in Oslo to check:

– Now we have check-in at 3pm to ensure the rooms are prepared. But when your room is offered at 12 o’clock, or at 8 o’clock, you will get it – with out paying something extra, the receptionist tells Nettavisen.

Lisbeth Berg-Hansen has been minister of fisheries, secretary of state within the Prime Minister’s workplace, vice chairman of NHO to call just a few. Now she works as senior marketing consultant at Kruse Larsen.