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Press Room

5TH FEBRUARY 2007

GOLDEN TULIP ACCRA RECEIVES AWARD FOR BEST HOTEL IN GHANA

GOLDEN TULIP ACCRA RECEIVES AWARD FOR BEST HOTEL IN GHANAThe Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) has unveiled the Golden Tulip Accra to be the number one hospitality facility in the country

Amersfoort (NL) / Lausanne (CH)/Accra (GH) 05 February 2007; Golden Tulip Hospitality is proud to announce Golden Tulip Accra’s recognition as leading hotel in Ghana.

The award was presented at the Ghana Club 100: 2005 Memberships Listing and Awards Ceremony held at the Accra International Conference Centre.

Hans Kennedie, president and CEO of Golden Tulip Hospitality, comments: “We are extremely pleased with this important recognition in the Ghanaian Business Sector. I would like to congratulate all Golden Tulip Accra staff for this achievement and thank them for their ongoing dedication.”

Herbert Friese, General Manager of Golden Tulip Accra and Vice President of Golden Tulip West Africa adds: “Golden Tulip Accra has worked energetically for the past years and receiving third party recognition proves to us that we are on the right track.”

The Golden Tulip Accra is a modern African style 4-star superior first class hotel and has 234 rooms including suites, apartments and chalets. Hotel facilities and services include a serene, safe and appealing environment, food and beverage variety, multifarious recreational outlets, special events and a tradition of genuine friendliness and courtesy by professional staff. This makes Golden Tulip Accra the ideal hotel whether for business or leisure. The Golden Tulip Accra is owned by GLAHCO Hotels & Tourism Development Company Ltd.

For more information on Golden Tulip Accra please visit http://www.goldentulipaccra.com

About the Golden Tulip Hospitality Group
Golden Tulip Hospitality Group (www.goldentulip.com), with its head offices in Amersfoort, The Netherlands and Lausanne, Switzerland, is a worldwide hospitality company with more than 630 hotels, 58.000 rooms in more than 49 countries. The Golden Tulip Hospitality Group franchises and manages hotels in Europe, the Middle East & Africa, the Asian Pacific Region and the Americas. In 2006, 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 two, three, four and five star categories. On the two-star side Golden Tulip has an alliance with the French B&B hotel chain. 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 on the 45 years of existence of Golden Tulip please visit http://www.goldentulip.com/45years

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Golden Tulip Hospitality Group
Alexandra Alexandropoulou
Corporate Communications Manager
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Tel: +41 21 641 1957
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Email:alexandra.alexandropoulou@goldentulip.com
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