The Happier the Hotelier, The Happier the Guest
In april 2005, Anne and Jean-Luc discovered the old school and city hall of Denée.
They are seduced by the exceptional caracter of this house of 1863 : black stones on the ground, high ceilings, old oak stairs leading to a magnificent attic. From this autumn, they invite you to discover »La Classe.
La Classe is a new project of the owners of Les Duves, Anne and Jean-Luc Laloux.
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.
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.
Petra Mallant en Frank Iwema have created a very nice 4 suite city lodge in The Hague. 15th March 2006 is their official opening. Already they became a member of »Erfgoed Logies. Their site Residenz still needs some attention. Their name sounds like excellenz. I hope they will find some time in the near future to tell us about the making of Residenz.
After beautifully decorating Hotels as The Tuilerieen in Brugge, Recourt in Poperinge and The Orangerie in Brugge, all in Belgium , Pieter Porters opens in February, 2006 his own Three Suites Hotel in Antwerp in his interior design shop, under the name of House of Porters.
As Pieter is not very interested in Internet the website is not ready yet, but between 2nd december en 18nd December, 2005 clients and relations of Pieter can have a preview.
Happy Hotelier is impressed.