W Amsterdam has announced Torill Wijnen as the W Insider following a nation-wide search. During a face-to-face casting session in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam-born Torill was handpicked from hundreds of candidates, who all applied for the sought-after position at the hotel. She will take up herposition from September when W Amsterdam officially opens in the heart of Amsterdam.
In a recent meeting citizenM Hotels' Commercial Director Lennert De Jong was elected to succed Christian Boerger as chair of the HSMAI Europe Revenue Management Board, accompanied by IDeaS Revenue Solutions' Senior Manager Paul Van Meerendonk as vice chair.
Marriott International's Courtyard by Marriott brand has opened two new properties in Europe; Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Gdynia, Poland. Both properties will operate under a franchise agreement with Scandinavian Hospitality Management and will showcase the brand's new European design, which focuses on blending technology and style.
The article presents an update on the hotel market in Amsterdam, discussing trends in tourism, hotel/hostel performance, and new supply along with investment characteristics and future challenges. Hotel developments in Amsterdam can be categorised into two distinct areas: the historic city centre and the areas outside the city centre. The former is tightly controlled in terms of hotel development and the government has only granted planning consent for five new hotel developments in the past eight years (Andaz, Art'otel, Waldorf Astoria, W, Hyatt Regency). We understand that except for 'new and unique' hotel concepts such as the Palace of Justice (luxury), which adds major value to the hotel offer, no new city centre schemes will obtain permission in the medium term.
Facilitating global living and working for the travelling professional, Zoku, which is Japanese for family, tribe, or clan, will disrupt and create a new category in the hotel industry - a home-office hybrid, also suitable for long stays, with the services of a hotel and the social buzz of a thriving neighbourhood. Designed in collaboration with Concrete, the award-winning interior design and architecture agency, Zoku will be a relaxed place to live, work and socialise with like-minded people while getting wired into the city.
After being market leader in their own region for over 15 years, and having installed over 1 million hotel locks in 65 countries, it's time for the next step for Hotek Hospitality Group from The Netherlands. Hotek will attend HITEC 2015 in Austin, Texas and present their RFID Upgrade Kits for magnetic card systems to the US market. These upgrade kits are easy to install, and transform outdated magnetic card locks (from several brands) into up-to-date RFID access control systems.
Amsterdam and Vienna hotels recorded increases in gross operating profit per available room (GOPPAR) of 6.4% and 11.9% respectively in March, confirming positive performance for the first quarter of the year according to the latest data from HotStats.
After a competitive tender procedure, NH Hotel Group's project 'nhow Amsterdam RAI' has been chosen as the winning hotel concept by The City of Amsterdam and Amsterdam RAI. The new building will be the largest hotel in the Benelux and will be located at the Amsterdam RAI complex, one of the largest exhibition and conference centers in the Netherlands. NH Hotel Group expands to eleven hotels in Amsterdam and will add an icon of 91 meters to the Amsterdam skyline.
A ten-year study of pricing and revenues in over 4,000 European hotels finds that pricing strategy drives revenue, when hotels are compared to their competitive set. The study, published by the Center for Hospitality Research (CHR), found that hotels that maintained average daily room rates (ADR) somewhat higher than the hotels in their competitive set recorded consistently higher revenue per available room (RevPAR), again compared with their competitor hotels. The study, "Competitive Hotel Pricing in Europe: An Exploration of Strategic Positioning," by Cathy Enz, Linda Canina, and Jean-Pierre van der Rest, is available at no charge from the CHR, at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration (SHA). The price positioning effect was stronger for branded hotels but was also found in independent properties. Additionally, contrary to the findings of a study of U.S. hotels, maintaining a consistent relative price over time (as compared to having a fluctuating price) did not significantly affect revenue performance for these European hotels, controlling for hotel type and location.
Amsterdam, the financial and cultural capital of The Netherlands, is the country's largest city in terms of population. It is also by far the most visited city in the country as well as the fifth most visited city in Europe. Amsterdam has one of the most well-preserved cultural heritages in Europe and is renowned for its historical buildings, its variety of museums and its UNESCO listed network of canals. Over the past decade, Amsterdam has become one of the most popular urban leisure destinations in Europe.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. has announced the appointment of Igor Buercher as General Manager for W Amsterdam hotel, as the iconic brand prepares to debut its unique style of modern luxury in the Dutch capital this autumn. Buercher has recently joined W Amsterdam from the landmark Sheraton Stockholm Hotel, where he has been General Manager since 2013, and brings with him a wealth of experience having been part of the Starwood team for the past 19 years. Swiss-born Buercher’s Starwood career began in 1996 at the Sheraton New York, and he has since held numerous positions within the company across two continents, including leadership roles in New York, London, Greece and Azerbaijan. Opening hotels is not new to Igor; prior to his role in Stockholm, he was responsible for pre-opening operations for Sheraton Bursa and Aloft Bursa in Turkey.
Each Jaz in the City hotel will reflect a city's unique lifestyle, drawing upon the local music and cultural scenes, bringing artists and their works into the hotel. Galleries and guestrooms will feature rotating art exhibits, and public areas will be set to a soundtrack of local rhythms with impromptu pop-up performances by home-grown musicians. The pretence-free lounge bars will provide opportunities for guests to clink drinks with the city's citizens, and the restaurants will feature flavours that combine global sensibilities with local specialities. Jaz in the City will give guests all the tools they need to immerse themselves in a destination, with savvy staff that are always ready to provide tips on cool clubs and exciting exhibitions.
The InterCityHotel Enschede is situated next to the city's main railway station. The good connections it enjoys with the Dutch and German transport networks will make it an ideal location for business and leisure travellers alike. It offers 126 rooms from the latest InterCityHotel generation, each at least 25m² in size, as well as a restaurant and Bistro Lounge. As is usual with InterCityHotel, the cost of overnight accommodation includes the so-called FreeCityTicket, which enables guests to use local public transport free of charge. The hotel has been designed by the Dutch architectural firm of Dick van Gameren. The building extends over eleven storeys above ground. Its unusual structure dictates that the main entrance, the reception, the lobby and the Bistro Lounge are all located on the second floor. Project development was by Van Wijnen Holding N.V., one of the leading property development companies in the Netherlands. Puneet Chhatwal, CEO of Steigenberger Hotels AG, stated: "The opening of the first InterCityHotel in the Netherlands means that this Steigenberger subsidiary now has a presence in three European countries. Expansion is also continuing at an international level. We will be opening the first InterCityHotel in Qingdao, China, before the end of the year, and further properties are planned for 2016 in Dubai and 2017 in Rotterdam."
PAR Springer-Miller Systems, Inc. (PSMS) — a wholly owned subsidiary of PAR Technology Corporation (NYSE:PAR) and the leading provider of next generation cloud based hospitality management systems, today announces that Freetime Hospitality as its exclusive distributor of their hospitality Guest Experience Management (GEM) technology solutions in the Netherlands.
Both cities were amongst the best performing markets in Europe in December, achieving impressive year-on-year growth in gross operating profit per available room (GOPPAR) by 38.6% and 34.2% respectively, according to the latest data from HotStats.
Autograph Collection has added a new Netherlands-based hotel to its portfolio: Hotel van Oranje in Noordwijk. The hotel complements Autograph Collection's continually growing portfolio of upscale and independent hotels as the collection expands across Europe and beyond.
Every year, the hotel experts and analysts at Horwath HTL worldwide produce a series of mini-country reports exclusively for The Hotel Yearbook. Each report focuses on just two things: first, a quick snapshot of the country’s current economic and hotel market situation, and second, the outlook for the year ahead, highlighting specific events that are anticipated to have an impact on the health of the country’s hotel business.
Airbnb will start collecting taxes from property owners in Amsterdam, following complaints from hoteliers in the city. In an agreement signed between the home sharing pioneer and city officials, Airbnb hosts will pay a tourist tax which will then be passed on to the authorities. Local hotels had previously complained how some hosts were not collecting the standard tourist tax from guests, in the same way that hotels, hostels and B&Bs did with their own customers.
Leading access control provider SALTO Systems will be turning up the heat with its new mobile hospitality technology at Horecava 2015, taking place form 12-15 January at the RAI International Exhibition & Conference Centre in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) today announced plans to expand the highly anticipated W Amsterdam with the addition of a second building as part of the cutting-edge hotel project. Originally conceived as a single-building property set in a former Telephone Exchange ('Exchange' building) on Dam Square, W Amsterdam, slated for an autumn 2015 debut, will now include the adjacent former KAS Bank building on Spuistraat 172.