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GOLDEN TULIP WELCOMES A NEWLY BUILT HOTEL IN EINDHOVEN/LEENDE TO ITS DUTCH HOTEL PORTFOLIO |
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 Golden Tulip Hospitality and Westerhout Group strengthen their cooperation through the signing of the third franchise agreement for the newly build 89-room “Golden Tulip Jagershorst”.Amersfoort (NL)/Lausanne (CH), 23 August 2006 – Golden Tulip is proud to announce the signing of a franchise agreement for the Golden Tulip Jagershorst. The Golden Tulip Jagershorst will open its doors as per March 1st 2007. Golden Tulip Jagershorst is part of a construction and renovation project of the existing famous restaurant Jagershorst in Leende, just south of Eindhoven. The new hotels will feature 89 superior first class rooms and two new restaurants and a state of the art conference and meeting centre. The investment of the project amounts to over 11 million euros. The project is developed by the Westerhout Group. Golden Tulip Jagershorst will be ideally located south of Eindhoven in Leende’s woodland near the A2 motorway. In addition the hotel’s facilities will include; a swimming pool and a sauna, a wellness centre, free internet, top quality meeting facilities capable of accommodating up to 500 delegates. Mr. Hans Kennedie, Managing Director & C.E.O. of Golden Tulip Hotels, Inns & Resorts states: “Golden Tulip is delighted with this new addition to its Dutch hotel portfolio. We have been looking to have a hotel in the Eindhoven area, which is worldwide known for the main establishment of Philips electronics. We are confident that Golden Tulip will provide this new hotel the necessary tools and services to enter the Dutch hospitality industry successfully with an international recognition. We are also very pleased to bolster our relation with the Westerhout Group, this being their 3rd hotel with us in the south of The Netherlands.” Mr. Rob Smit, Director of the Westerhout Group adds: “We have been working with Golden Tulip for over 15 years and we look forward to this new cooperation. The Golden Tulip’s formula will provide this new hotel with a globally recognized brand, professional sales and marketing on both 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.” With this new addition the current Golden Tulip portfolio comprises 70 hotels in The Netherlands combining 5.900 rooms. About the Westerhout Group The Westerhout Group, with its head office in Weert, has two divisions; Westerhout Services for advice and facility management and Westerhout Hospitality, a full service hospitality organization with 12 properties in the South East of Brabant and Limburg. Among them are the Congress and Party center De Grote Hegge in Thorn, the Congress center Fortunato in Sittard, the two hotels the Golden Tulip Weert and the Tulip Inn Heerlen, and the Clubmet restaurants in Veldhoven, Leende, Weert, Sittard and Heerlen. Furthermore services include the F&B operation of the lobbies of the theatre De Schalm in Veldhoven and the Munttheater in Weert as well as the Bar Bistro Tropical at the public bath De IJzeren Man in Weert. For 2007 Westerhout Hospitality has developed an investment plan of 16 million euros for extending the organization with new hotels and restaurants. About Golden Tulip Hospitality Group Golden Tulip Hospitality Group (www.goldentulip.com), with its head office Lausanne, Switzerland, is a worldwide hospitality company with more than 780 hotels, 76.000 rooms in more than 50 countries. The Golden Tulip Hospitality Group franchises and manages hotels in Europe, the Middle East & Africa, the Asian Pacific Region and the Americas. In 2007, Hotels Magazine has ranked this company the 18th largest hotel chain. As a multi-brand hospitality firm, the Golden Tulip Hospitality Group offers services in the three, four and five star categories. The three-star concept is the Tulip Inn for the limited-service first-class category, the four-star category falls under the Golden Tulip brand for the Superior First-Class business and Resort hotels and the recently introduced five-star concept Royal Tulip. In addition Golden Tulip offers its services through its commercial alliance with TOP International, a German based hotel consortium. In the fall of 2006, Golden Tulip introduced BRANCHE, Restaurant, Bar and Lounge. This is a free standing restaurant chain, which will have establishments in most Golden Tulip Hotels and Tulip Inns operated by Golden Tulip. (For more information please visit www.brancherestaurants.com) For more information, please contact: Golden Tulip Hospitality Group Alexandra Alexandropoulou Corporate Communications Manager World Trade Center Avenue de Gratta - Paille 2 1000 Lausanne 30 Grey Switzerland Tel: +41 21 641 1947 Fax: +41 21 641 1945 Email:alexandra.alexandropoulou@goldentulip.com Westerhout Group Mr. Peter Helleman – Marketing Manager Westerhout Hospitality Tel: +31 475 564265 Fax: +31 475 563267 E-mail:phelleman@westerhout-groep.nl Website: www.westerhout-hospitality.nl |
