{"id":11043,"date":"2024-10-04T10:52:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T10:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klak.is\/?p=11043"},"modified":"2024-10-07T12:45:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T12:45:11","slug":"faxaflohafnir-is-a-new-sponsor-of-startup-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/faxafloahafnir-eru-nyr-bakhjarl-startup-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Faxafl\u00f3hafnir is a new sponsor of Startup Tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_5065-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Gunnar and Asta Sollilja\" class=\"wp-image-11044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_5065-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_5065-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_5065-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_5065-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_5065-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_5065-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Gunnar Tryggvason, Port Manager of Faxafl\u00f3ahafn and \u00c1sta S\u00f3llilja Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir, Managing Director of KLAK Icelandic Startups, recently signed a cooperation agreement on the support of Faxafl\u00f3ahafn with the business accelerator Startup Tourism, which has been awakened from hibernation and will start next October 28.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">With the agreement, Faxafl\u00f3hafnir supports the development of Icelandic tourism, while the accelerator is intended to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship in the field of tourism, strengthen the foundations of new companies, increase the number of recreational opportunities, promote technological advancement in tourism and promote the distribution of tourists from all over the country, all year round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>&quot;The history of Faxafl\u00f3a ports spans over a hundred years of development at Faxafl\u00f3a and is at the same time intertwined with societal changes in Iceland as a leading port. Major changes have taken place in the operations of the Faxafl\u00f3a ports in the last decade, where activities related to tourism now account for around a quarter of the port&#039;s income - therefore it is important that the port promotes innovation in that sector to ensure continued development for the benefit of society&quot;. &nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Says Gunnar Tryggvason, port manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>&quot;KLAK supports startups in Iceland by offering business accelerators, such as Startup Tourism, to entrepreneurs free of charge. This would only be possible with the help of powerful sponsors such as Faxafl\u00f3hafn. We are very happy to have the company with us in this project&quot;. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It is reported by \u00c1stu S\u00f3llilja Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir, managing director of KLAK-Icelandic Startups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gunnar Tryggvason, hafnarstj\u00f3ri Faxafl\u00f3ahafna og \u00c1sta S\u00f3llilja Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir, framkv\u00e6mdastj\u00f3ri KLAK Icelandic Startups, undirritu\u00f0u n\u00fdveri\u00f0 samstarfssamning um stu\u00f0ning Faxafl\u00f3ahafna vi\u00f0 vi\u00f0skiptahra\u00f0alinn Startup Tourism sem hefur veri\u00f0 vakinn af dvala og hefst 28. okt\u00f3ber n\u00e6stkomandi.&nbsp; Me\u00f0 samningnum sty\u00f0ja Faxafl\u00f3ahafnir vi\u00f0 fram\u00fer\u00f3un \u00ed \u00edslenskri fer\u00f0a\u00fej\u00f3nustu en hra\u00f0linum er \u00e6tla\u00f0 a\u00f0 hvetja til n\u00fdsk\u00f6punar og frumkv\u00f6\u00f0lastarfs \u00e1 svi\u00f0i fer\u00f0a\u00fej\u00f3nustu, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":11044,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_project":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1185],"tags":[1240,197,1242,1106,1241,1243,160,110,1192],"project":[],"birta":[],"class_list":["post-11043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-startup-tourism","tag-faxafloafnir","tag-faxafloahafnir","tag-faxafloi","tag-ferdathjonusta","tag-gunnar-tryggvason-hafnarstjori","tag-islenskri-ferdathjonustu","tag-klak-icelandic-startups-2","tag-sprotafyrirtaeki","tag-startup-tourism"],"acf":{"tengd_verkefni":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11043"},{"taxonomy":"project","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project?post=11043"},{"taxonomy":"birta","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/birta?post=11043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}