Sept 15 (Reuters) - Scandic Hotels Group AB SHOTE.ST :
* SCANDIC COMMENTS ON CURRENT MARKET SITUATION - POSITIVE
DEVELOPMENT DURING SUMMER & PROMISING START TO THE AUTUMN
* EXPECTS OCCUPANCY TO REACH AT LEAST 50 PERCENT IN
SEPTEMBER
* OCCUPANCY RATE WAS APPROXIMATELY 58.5 PERCENT IN JULY AND
53.5
PERCENT IN AUGUST
* SINCE END OF Q2, DEMAND HAS GROWN IN ALL OF SCANDIC'S
MARKETS
* GREATEST INCREASE HAS BEEN IN LARGER CITIES, EVEN IF
GENERAL
OCCUPANCY LEVELS AT SCANDIC'S BIG CITY HOTELS ARE STILL CLEARLY
LOWER THAN BEFORE START OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC
* DURING FIRST WEEKS OF SEPTEMBER, SCANDIC'S OCCUPANCY HAS
REMAINED ABOVE 50 PERCENT
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