For more than 115 years Hurtigruten have been a part of the coastal areas of Norway. With their experience in polar areas, the company have become an international travel industry company with an unique product. Hurtigruten HQ is based in Narvik, far north of the polar circle. The company employs 1800 people and operates 11 vessels that currently make no less than 24 000 port calls along the Norwegian coast every year.
Says Dag-Arne Wensel, CPO of Hurtigruten ASA: - We're well under way with an extensive restructuring to create profitability. More guests are a sign that we're succeeding in the areas we have prioritised. The financial platform which has now been established gives us a good foundation for efforts to build a focused and profitable tourism company. Using Contiki Enterprise Contract Management will help us streamlining procurement processes and ensure compliance across all of the company's agreements, sourcing and contract processes, as well as reducing spend.
Says Reidar Hauge, CEO of CMA Contiki: "We are very pleased with Hurtigrutens decision of implementing Contiki Enterprise Contract Management. We look forward to a close collaboration with Hurtigruten and we are also looking forward to enabling them to increase efficiency and to improve profitability with Contiki."
About Hurtigruten ASA:
Hurtigruten pursues travel and transport activities in Norway and abroad. The company is best known as the operator of the Hurtigruten shipping service along the Norwegian coast from Bergen to Kirkenes. Cruise activities have also been built up in the Antarctic and around Svalbard and Greenland in recent years.
History:
SS Vesteraalen set sail for the first time from Brattøra in Trondheim at 08.30 on Sunday 2 July 1893. Sixty-seven hours later, at 03.30 on 5 July, captain Richard With berthed this steamer in Hammerfest - 30 minutes ahead of his advertised arrival time. The Hurtigruten coastal express had been launched. Huge developments have occurred over the 115 years during which it has served the Norwegian coast. What was in reality a hazardous expedition in 1893 is today a tourist attraction, and Hurtigruten has become one of Norway's very strongest international brands.
