December 2003 - As per April 1st 2004, the current
Richard�s hotels will convert to the Tulip Inn brand. The Tulip Inn Hilversum
is a 58-room first class hotel located in a charming residential area nearby
the city centre of Hilversum and the Mediapark. The hotel offers a restaurant
and business centre.
| The Tulip Inn
Garderen comprises 64 elegant rooms and 15 spacious meeting rooms. The
hotel is located in the Veluwe region in the midst of extensive woodlands,
moor lands, sand drifts and picturesque villages. The hotel also offers
an attractive restaurant and grand café.
Richard Roeland and Richard van de Velde, owners
of the hotels, state: �We identified the Tulip Inn franchise in our search
for a strong partner for our hotels. The franchise formula provides our
hotels with an globally recognized brand, professional sales and marketing
on both |
Tulip Inn Garderen
Oud Milligenseweg 62
3886 MJ Garderen, Netherlands |
a regional and international scale and a tightly
knit network of hotels cooperating with each other, whilst still allowing
our properties to maintain their own character.�
Hans Kennedie, president and ceo of Golden Tulip
comments: �We are extremely happy to welcome these two excellent hotels
to our group. The Tulip Inn Hilversum adds an important new destination
to our portfolio whilst the Tulip Inn Garderen complements our existing
Veluwe portfolio very well.�
Following the signing of the franchise agreements,
the current Golden Tulip portfolio comprises 67 hotels in The Netherlands
combining 5.481 rooms, thus strengthening the Golden Tulip�s ranking as
the largest hotel company in the Netherlands in terms of number of rooms.
Golden Tulip Hotels, Inns & Resorts is a privately
owned franchise company with its head office based in Amersfoort, the Netherlands.
Through its commercial alliance with TOP International Hotels, the German
based hotel consortium, the Golden Tulip Top Hospitality Group comprises
over 43,000 rooms in approximately 390 hotels across 41 countries, with
the majority of hotels being located in urban destinations across Europe,
the Middle East & Africa. |
