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Company Notes (I C E L A N D A I R
Icelandair’s staff and their families had a rip-roaring time at the Nauthólsvík geot-
hermal beach recently. Children of all ages were entertained by bands, clowns
and an incredible parachute show. Afterwards, Icelandair executives and man-
agers hosted a barbecue, flipping burgers beneath the warm evening sun.
Icelandair and STAFF, Icelandair’s staff association, joined hands for this family fun
day, maintaining the great team spirit that characterises Icelandair’s employees.
Leaving Icelandair after a combined total of 140 years, Davíd Vilhelmsson,
Regional Manager EasternEurope, Yves Bertino, Regional Manager Belgium &
Netherlands, Mike Skillman, Supervisor Reservation and Ticketing in France, and
Harald Rytz, Manager of Administration in Scandinavia, received high praise at
their farewell gathering from Sigurdur Helgason, Icelandair’s President and CEO,
and Steinn Logi Björnsson, SVP Sales and Marketing. During the ceremony, the
men were honoured for their outstanding commitment and hard work, main-
taining the marketing strength of Icelandair’s offices abroad. For years they have
been a part of the Icelandair marketing and sales team, marketing Iceland as a
travel destination to the rest of the world.
Recently, the prestigious Swedish travel magazine Alt om RESOR listed Iceland as the eighth
greatest tourist destination in the world.The editors assembled a large panel of experts to vote
on their favourite destinations and the results were clear: New York was voted the best travel
destination in the World, and Iceland came in incredibly at eighth place. Far behind Iceland were
places such as Mallorca,Venice, Bali, Bangkok – and just below Iceland, in the tenth spot, came
the French Riviera!
The ten best travel destinations in the world according to Alt om RESOR:
1. New York 2. Paris 3. London 4. Barcelona 5. Rome 6. Stockholm 7. Florence
8. Iceland 9. Istanbul 10.The French Riviera
Thousands of music fans along with hundreds of music journalists gathered in Iceland last
October (16-19) for the fourth annual IcelandAirwaves music festival, held in Reykjavík, which
featured some of the world’s top musical talent, such as Fat Boy Slim and The Hives, as well as
Iceland’s rising stars. Since its inception back in 1999, IcelandAirwaves, founded by Icelandair, has
showcased international groups while promoting the local talent to an international audience.
Today, IcelandAirwaves is the country’s largest music festival. Icelandair remains committed to
lending its support to cultural, sports and educational events both in Iceland and abroad.
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Sigurdur Helgason CEO, Yves Bertino,
Mike Skillman, Harald Rytz, Davíd Vilhelmsson
and his wife Ursula Vilhelmsson, and
Steinn Logi Björnsson SVP.
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A Fantastic Family Festival
Icelandair was recently chosen as the first runner-up for the ‘Best Single Special Purpose Video
Award’, presented by The World Airline Entertainment Association. We are proud to add this
title to our list of achievements since last year Icelandair was the winner in the category of ‘Best
Instructional Video’.Whether it is a special purpose video or your own personal DVD player
with a library of films to choose from, Icelandair emphasises quality and variety in our in-flight
entertainment programme, and we will continue to develop our products to make your flight
as convenient and enjoyable as possible.
A Video Hit
IcelandAirwaves Rocks Reykjavík R o c k
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