The Happier the Hotelier, The Happier the Guest
Thanks to Marlies of »Vakantiehuis Blogo I now know there are more promotions of sleeping and touring is an unusual car:
B&B »Lodewijk XV (yes, Louis the fifteenth) offers a bed in combination with a day’s driving a classic MG TD of 1953 or a MG TF of 1955 (see photo).
In October 2006 the opening of Grand Hotel Frans Hals is foreseen. Situated in the very citycentrum of Haarlem.
There will be 83 rooms in total, of which some luxury suites, a meeting room, a bar and a restaurant.
Frans Hals is named after a famous Dutch painter and will be operated under the Best Western label.
The Dutch Amrâth Hotels and Restaurants Group of companies who commissioned the hotel shows a remarkable piece of public relations on its website already:There are opening specials and a webcam showing the progress of the building and Google adwords are already working.
Each Hotel has a guestbook.
Hotel Spaander of Volendam, a major Dutch tourist attraction, celebrates its 125th anniversary.
Eddy Guyt who was commissioned to write about its history, found 7 guestbooks in the attic with a wealth of material.
Some famous signatures can now be found online.
Emma was the queen mother of Wilhelmina and Johan Cruijff is a famous Dutch football (soccer in US) player.
Besides, Leendert Spaander, the first owner, had the habit of having all sorts of artists from all over the world staying in his hotel and paying him in kind for the stay. So the hotel has an extensive artcollection of over 1200 works of art.
Source: Algemeen Dagblad, 1st April 2006.
The Spanish Stein Group of companies operates inter alia The College Hotel in Amsterdam. After a year it transferred ownership of The Dylan Hotel (former Blakes) to the Apollo Group of companies which was already one of the major financiers in the acquisition by Stein. Apollo is now renovating parts of the Dylan under supervision of FG Stijl, a Dutch designer group that is farming out in Hotel design. FG Style is also responsible for the famous Do und Co Hotel in Vienna.
Dylan’s Bar and lounge are to be restyled and there will be a new banqueting room with a glassroof.
Source: Theme:nl
Soon to be opened: this small new Hotel Kind of Blue in Maastricht. According to its website “To B” or “2be” means “B&B” (two b’s), nicely found.