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Amersfoort (NL), 12 October 2009; Golden Tulip Hospitality Group is proud to announce the latest addition to its Dutch hotel portfolio: the Golden Tulip Noordwijk Beach.

Golden Tulip Noordwijk Beach Hotel

Golden Tulip Hospitality Group and Golden Green hotels will strengthen their cooperation by signing a new franchise agreement. Golden Tulip Noordwijk Beach will be the fifth Golden Green, positioned on the market as Golden Tulip hotel. Other Golden Tulip hotels owned by Golden Green hotels are Golden Tulip Leiden Centre, Tulip Inn Leiden Centre, Golden Tulip Zoetermeer Center and Tulip Inn Zoetermeer Centre.

Golden Tulip Noordwijk Beach, a former Accor hotel, is centrally situated at the boulevard of Noordwijk, at 20 meter distance from the beach. The hotel has 82 rooms which will all be renovated by the beginning of 2010. Besides a restaurant and modern conference facilities, the hotel also features a beautiful indoor swimming pool with sauna, whirlpool and Jacuzzi.

Haike Blaauw, Senior Vice President Franchise Operations Golden Tulip, comments: “We are very pleased to welcome this new hotel to our group. This expansion symbolizes our successful relationship with Golden Green hotels. Golden Tulip Noordwijk Beach complements our existing portfolio, offering business and leisure guests yet another exciting destination in the Netherlands.”

Willem Gossens, Director of Operations Golden Green hotels, adds: “Golden Tulip Noordwijk Beach is the fifth hotel for which we have signed a franchise agreement with Golden Tulip. The success of Golden Tulip & Tulip Inn Zoetermeer Center and Golden Tulip & Tulip Inn Leiden Center has convinced us that branding this hotel as Golden Tulip hotel, will add value to the market and will result in an increase of turnover. Due to synergies with Golden Tulip in distribution, reservations and sales & marketing, the benefits for our five Golden Tulip hotels will be massive. Noordwijk welcomes the new Golden Tulip Noordwijk Beach, and is excited with the many opportunities of this hotel!”

About Golden Green Hotels
Golden Green Hotels is a dynamic company, founded in 1992 by Cor van Duijn. Today the group consists of 5 multi-branded hotels in the mid scale market segments, located in Leiden, Noordwijk and Zoetermeer.

The basic principle of this hotel management company is that the decisive ingredients for the satisfaction of the guests are the atmosphere and the service of a hotel. That is why these two aspects are of constant attention to the staff of the joining hotels.
Specific for the group its strategy is the ownership of both hotel properties and hotel operation. Further growth of the group is scheduled for 2010, which will be realized by increasing the room number of existing hotels and expansion of the portfolio with a new opening in the Leiden region.

About Golden Tulip Hospitality Group
With nearly 50 years experience as hotel franchisor, Golden Tulip Hospitality Group (www.goldentulip.com), with its head office in Amersfoort, Netherlands, is a worldwide hospitality company offering services in the mid- upper- and luxury scales to over 230 hotels representing 27.000 rooms in more than 40 countries.

The 3 brands present in Europe, the Middle East & Africa, the Asian Pacific Region and the Americas, promise International Standard of services and facilities throughout hotels which retrain their own unique flavours and personality.

Tulip Inn are three-star properties in convenient locations usually in city centres or close to major access routes. Each hotel benefits from its regional situation, but they all provide comfortable and functional accommodation along with friendly service. All hotels are designed to offer business and leisure travellers an exceptional value for money.

Golden Tulip are four-star properties by means of modern facilities, personal service and international standards of comfort. Each hotel offers its own individual character, whilst reflecting the flavours of its location. The hotels enjoy a perfect situation in business or leisure destination, aiming to exceed guest expectations.

Royal Tulip encompasses five-star properties offering the most elegant and luxurious facilities with a deluxe level of comfort and delicate service. Situated in gateway city centres and business districts, all hotels are equipped with ultra-modern amenities to ensure an exceptional stay. Royal Tulip hotels provide the discerning traveller with security, exclusivity and discrete excellence.

Since the signing of a commercial alliance with Louvre Hotels group, representing the Premiere Classe, Campanile, Kyriad and Kyriad prestige brands, the total portfolio combine 1072 hotels representing 83.000 rooms and covering all hotel categories, creating the 8th biggest hotel chain worldwide.

Noordwijk is a modern village in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, with a rich history . Situated at the seaside. It is the energetic heart of the famous bulb-growing region, with an eyecatching 13 km of fantastic sandy beaches. The village also boasts bustling boulevards, an old friendly town centre, rugged dunes and magnificent woodlands. It’s the best place to be for a relaxed break, a business meeting  or a wonderful holiday. This hospitable seaside resort with excellent restaurants  , events and a lively entertainment scene is never boring. Moreover the cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Leiden and the Hague are to be found within a 40km radius. There are plenty of options for a day out before returning to this delightful sea-side: Noordwijk is not only captivating, but tempts one to stay!

The municipality of Noordwijk consists of the communities Noordwijk aan Zee and Noordwijk-Binnen, separated by a narrow green belt. Besides its beaches, Noordwijk is also known for its bulb flower fields. It is located in an area called the “Dune and Bulb Region” (Duin- en Bollenstreek). Noordwijk is also the location of the headquarters for the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), part of the European Space Agency (ESA). ESA’s visitors’ centre Space Expo is a permanent space exhibition.

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