I've always thought that Scandinavia, in general, could do some better marketing to raise its tourism profile within the U.S. It seems it could be a more popular destination.
I don't think they care or do even want American tourists in their countries. Scandinavians have a lot more money than Americans and everything is more expensive than in the US, so why should they bother?
You can see some cities and countries where the tourism kills the environment (Galapagos and Easter Islands, some places in Egypt etc.) - so I think its more than understandable to not marketing tourism in some cases.
Well but I think a Hyatt Hotel in Oslo, Copenhagen or Stockholm wouldn't be so bad. I would be very happy and I don't think the rates would be higher than in for example Istanbul. An Andaz/Park in Oslo or Stockholm, a Regency or Place in Copenhagen (or even Helsinki) maybe. I don't think there is a market for Grand Hyatt in Scandinavia.
I was really sad to see Hyatt dissapear from Spain, they won't return obviously. Hope they will open more properties in Europe though. Only 22 at the moment...sad.