Claire Van Eeghen

Eden Hotels expands its management. Claire van Eeghen will start this week, on 19 October, as Chief Operation Officer (COO) and in that capacity will be operationally responsible for the hotel group. This new development is in line with Eden Hotels' intended growth strategy, which focuses not only on Dutch cities but also abroad. Van Eeghen studied commercial economics and business economics and previously worked as Director Customer Service Europe at Air France and KLM Cargo. She will be the third board member of the hotel group next to General Manager Léon Dijkstra and Financial Director Joost Peeperkorn.

Commercial and customer service experience Van Eeghen sets to work with the objective of further improving Eden Hotels' customer and quality experience. She has broad commercial and customer service experience, of which the last fourteen years have been with KLM. In her new role at Eden Hotels she manages the General Managers of the hotels and the heads of the expertise teams. In addition to operational management, Van Eeghen will also be responsible for human resources, brand experience, commerce, quality and operations / purchasing. Joost Peeperkorn will be in charge of finance and ICT and will also focus on financing options for further growth of the hotel group.