Amersfoort (NL)/Lausanne (CH) | Golden Tulip is proud to announce the opening of the new Golden Tulip Antwerp Centre. The hotel is the first hotel in a line of hotels to be built in Belgium and Luxembourg in the coming five years.

Pictured from left to right are: Harry Heinrichs, Area Director Belgium/Luxemburg, Hans Kennedie, President Golden Tulip, Philip Heylen, Councilman City of Antwerp and Peter Nuiten, the hotel’s Manager.

Golden Tulip’s current Belgian hotel portfolio comprises of five hotels; the group aims to develop over 10 additional hotels by 2012 in locations such as Leuven, Gent, Bruges and Oostende.

Golden Tulip Antwerp Centre is a state of the art hotel located in the heart of the City, next to the world renowned diamond centre and the Central Station of Antwerp. As of December, the high speed train will be using the facilities at this Central Station, brining Amsterdam 1 hours and 15 minutes from Antwerp and Paris just over 2 hours.

The hotel’s facilities consist out of 170 luxurious rooms, suites and apartments. The hotel is suitable for business related activities with 13 multi-functional "Let's Meet Again" meeting rooms. The hotel will also feature a Jazz Lounge on the 12 floor, called the “The 12th Floor” Golden Tulip also opened its 5th BRANCHE Restaurant Bar & Lounge at this Golden Tulip.

A mega JAZZ event took place at “The 12th Floor” of the Golden Tulip Antwerp Centre for the soft opening of the hotel where 20 local and international musicians will perform in 7 different concerts; Belgian, Dutch, Luxembourgian, Greek, Israeli and South-African musicians united creating an unforgettable experience of Jazz and its genres. Some of the musicians performing in the four-day event were: Arne Van Coillie, Henk de Laat, Pascal Schumacher, Jef Neve, Pieter Vandergooten quartet, Ifrahin Stefanolopous, VanRompay trio, Fables of Fungus, Ivan Paduart and Tutu Puane.

BRANCHE Restaurant Bar & Lounge also opened its doors with the opening of the new hotel in Antwerp. BRANCHE Antwerp offers a unique concept designed to fulfil all your expectations and intending to make you feel at home, relax as in your own living room. All accompanied by the sounds of our unique light jazz and lounge music collection. The BRANCHE Antwerp will offer an extensive Jazz programme for the coming months.

Hans Kennedie, President & CEO of Golden Tulip Hospitality comments: “Strengthening our position in the Belgian market with this newly built Golden Tulip Antwerp Centre and the BRANCHE, Restaurant, Bar & Lounge is a natural move for a company such as Golden Tulip which is in constant growth. This new location in Antwerp will offer our customers the option of enjoying the international standards they are used to in a vibrant international location”.

Harry Heinrich, Area Director Belgium and Luxembourg of Golden Tulip Hospitality Group adds: “It is with great pleasure that we open this newly built hotel. This hotel is the fruit of a year’s work, where the best resources and manpower were joined to create this truly amazing hotel.”

Golden Tulip Hospitality currently five hotels in Belgium; Tulip Inn Antwerp Astoria, Golden Tulip De Medici Hotel, Golden Tulip Carlton Hotel Antwerp, Golden Tulip Bero Oostende and Golden Tulip Antwerp Centre.

About Golden Tulip Antwerp Centre

Golden Tulip Antwerp Centre () is located in the beating heart of Antwerp. Due to its perfect location nearby the central station the hotel is ideal for both business and leisure guests. Zoo Antwerp, the Keyserlei, the business district and the pleasant shopping street Meir are at a stone's throw of the hotel. A visit to the Diamond District will make your stay complete.

Golden Tulip Antwerp Centre possesses 163 standard rooms and 7 suites with modern facilities. Our five comfortable apartments are especially suitable for a long stay. The hotel also has business facilities. Conferences and business meetings can be held in one of our 13 multi-functional "Let's Meet Again" meeting rooms. Address: Lange Kievitstraat 125 in Antwerpen (Next to Antwerp central rail station).

About Branche Restaurant, Bar & Lounge

BRANCHE Restaurant, Bar & Lounge () is a comfortable restaurant, bar and lounge incorporated in one. BRANCHE offers a combination of modern and naturally designed atmosphere offering good quality food and drinks at competitive prices. Enjoy the informal and relaxed atmosphere whilst light jazz and lounge music plays in the background.

The name BRANCHE meaning nature is reflected in the interior, which uses natural colours and materials such as wood, leather and nibo stone. The name BRANCHE is also inspired by the diversity of the seasons and special attention is given to trees and their harvest. The food served at BRANCHE is natural, fresh and associated with the way the nature intended it to be.

The current BRANCHE portfolio comprises of five BRANCHE Restaurant, Bar & Lounge which are located in Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Loosdrecht, Amersfoort and Antwerp.

About the Golden Tulip Hospitality Group

Golden Tulip Hospitality Group (), with its head offices in Amersfoort, The Netherlands and Lausanne, Switzerland, is a worldwide hospitality company with more than 909 hotels, 81.000 rooms in more than 50 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.

Sione Götte
Director of Public Relations
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Golden Tulip