Today someone told me that yesterday, June 20, 2007, A Small Hotel, 6 rooms only, opened its doors.
More to follow.
Category: Netherlands
The Hague: Summer Solstice Shopping Spree
The Hague has a new initiative: “Winkelnach” which means so much as the title of this post indicates. Tonight, June 21st, most shops in the City Center will stay open until midnight. The idea is that it has to become a same sort of happening as “Koninginnenach”, or Queen’s Night, the night before Queens Day when the Dutch celebrate the Queen’s birthday.
I will keep you posted.
New five star Grand Hotel Amrâth Amsterdam opened
Amrâth Exterior
On June 8, 2007, only a couple of months later than planned, the new five star Grand Hotel Amrâth Amsterdam opened in the beautiful historic Art Deco building, the “Scheepvaarthuis” (The Shipping Companies’ Building) once belonging to the rich Amsterdam shipping companies.
The shipping companies have long disappeared, and their ships no longer proudly sail the oceans of the world. But the Scheepvaarthuis still stands, completely intact, as a beautiful monument to those times.The romance of the sea and the building’s creators can still be seen and admired, given shape in authentic materials of the time.Within this space and ambiance, a grand five-star hotel is being created with all the respect due to the monumental beauty of the building. It is a new lease of life for the Scheepvaarthuis! The grandeur of the past is being combined with modern-day comfort and luxury – technically perfect and benignly comfortable. The guests are accommodated in the past as well as the present – in a unique artwork as well as the most
beautiful luxury hotel in modern-day Amsterdam.
So far the quote.
It has 160 rooms and 15 suites which will be available as of December 2007. It is located on walking distance of the Central Station and has some beautiful views on the Historic Shipping quarter with the still active Dutch Royal Marine basis (yes blocked out on Google Maps) and the
Dutch Historic Shipping Museum wit “Amsterdam” replica
Historic Shipping Museum of Amsterdam with its replica of the VOC (Dutch East India Company) trader “Amsterdam”. Alas, for the time being the shipping museum is closed due to an extensive renovation.
Last edited by GJE on December 5, 2011 at 5:09 pm
Dutch Eden Hotel Group is expanding rapidly
Lobby of Design Hotel Bergere in Maastricht
Recently Dutch privately owned Eden Hotel Group (E.H.G.), established in 1977, acquired four hotels:
- March 5, 2007 the Eden Crown Hotel in Eindhoven, 130 rooms.
- March 27, 2007 the Sofitel in The Hague which has been renamed into Hotel Eden Babylon, 143 rooms.
- June 1, 2007 the Holiday Inn in Eindhoven, which will keep its name, 200 rooms.
- July 1, 2007 Designhotel Bergere in Maastricht with 74 rooms and plans to expand to 109 rooms.
Dutch Design (14): Grijs (Grey)
Grijs Logo
I discovered Grijs, a nice Blog with a nice style about Dutch Design and more important in the English language. Started in January, 2007 by a Dutch lady and mainly about European design.