Our FIRST quarterly newsletter of 2010,
Full of inspiring ideas, new locations & venues,…
Wishing you a great read!
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| A BLOOMING EXPERIENCE IN BEAUTIFUL BERGEN |
Imagine a hotel with a cozy personal touch that almost feels like home… add a splash of art and playful design to it… mix it with comfort and easiness and drop that in the middle of the dunes somewhere near Bergen – Welcome to blooming - source of inspiration!
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Check out the Harbour Club Rotterdam
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The SS Rotterdam has returned
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The Zamen group, known in the Netherlands for its trendy beach pavilions, clubs and restaurants is about to open a brand new club. You can be sure that it will be the RTM’s hotspot in no time. Harbour Club is located in the yacht club of RTM & will be THE location for business drinks, dinner parties and... inspiring events.
www.theharbourclub.nl |
The legendary Steamer SS Rotterdam is back! The largest passenger ship ever built in The Netherlands and pride of the Holland America Line is ready to be rediscovered…
The ship has recently re-opened its ‘gangways’ for the public : sleep, dine, drink or just pass for some shopping & a cup of coffee.
www.opderotterdam.com |
| SETTING SAIL FOR AMSTERDAM |
 2010 is the year of Water Sensations for Amsterdam & its surroundings. The city was founded on water and water still plays a major part in daily life. Throughout the year, Amsterdam will organize a number of events linked to this theme.
www.amsterdamwatersensations.nl
Speaking of water – you may want to mark in your agenda Sail 2010. This huge public event will submerge Amsterdam from Aug 19 to 23 into a real nautical atmosphere. More than 600 ships – large, tall, small, historical, new – make their way to the city from Ijmuiden via the North-Sea Canal.
The impressive fleet is backed by an extensive cultural & sportive program. Along with the thousands of boats on the water and the fireworks in the evening, Sail is an event not to miss!
www.sail2010.nl
Want to experience Sail 2010 in a unique way?
Check out the possibilities for an exclusive tailor-made group event!
www.sailevenementen.nl
 Ever thought of the amount of energy you produce by dancing?
Picture a club full of hundreds of partygoers all getting their groove on and ’sustainability’ is probably not the first word that comes to mind.
Rotterdam based Club WATT bills itself as the ‘very first Sustainable Dance Club in the world’ but what’s really interesting is their use of the Sustainable Dance Floor, which turns the movement and weight of dancers into energy.
And if that wasn’t enough fun for you, the floor lights up ‘a la disco inferno’ to show how much energy is being generated:
In the meantime, the sustainable dance floor has become a portable item, so for your next event, order a sustainable dance floor, pull out the plugs and start dancing!
Contact Jaap van den Braak at info@sustainabledanceclub.com
www.sustainabledanceclub.com
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 Mark Kuipers
- Pure C, Sergio Hermans new restaurant located in Cadzand, Zeeland opens March 15.
- We all know Beluga, but who has heard of Beluga Nxt Door?
- De Echoput, a culinary heaven near Apeldoorn opens brasserie Flavours.
- Sofitel Grand Amsterdam opens Bridges, an excellent fish restaurant with Raw Bar!
- Looking for catering with a twist? The Colour Kitchen mixes it all with open mindedness.
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| GET IN TOUCH WITH HOLLAND |
The Holland Showcases are the perfect two-day opportunity to discover the MICE destination Holland. Each Showcase programme consists of: workshop with Dutch MICE industry on Friday, educative city discovery on Saturday, including venue site inspections, informal networking moments during lunch, dinner and evening programme.
Discover Amsterdam, The Hague and Noordwijk on May 28 – 30 2010!
(combinable with IMEX) More information? Or care to join us? Contact An Van de Steen or register online
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- This Spring (June according to the official website) Hilton will open a brand new hotel downtown The Hague, 183 rooms, 11 meeting rooms, executive lounge, private lounge with terrace looking over the historical citycenter & 10 full service apartments.
- Hilton is also reported to work on a plan to open a hotel in the city of Maastricht. The hotel would be located in an existing building with an additional 15 level tower. The hotel would offer around 200 rooms, meeting space, wellness and 2 restaurants and a bar. (source : Limburgse Courant) As soon as we get more details, you will be the first to know.
- As of 10 February, Rotterdam Airport is officially baptized to Rotterdam – The Hague airport. The name change should enforce the awareness of the vicinity of the airport.
- Lloyd Hotel is opening a new hotel The Exchange on Damrak, Amsterdam in 2011. The hotel is part of a beautifying project of Damrak as the ‘red carpet’ entrance of Amsterdam.
- Van der Valk hotels is working on a differentiation plan for its properties. The newer 4 star+ properties, often more oriented towards a business clientele clearly differ from the older traditional hotels.
- Novotel Amsterdam Center has just finished refurbishing its 610 rooms. Now the public areas of the hotel are being re-styled. The refurbishment will enable ‘meet & sleep’ for 450 guests and seated meetings for up to 1000 guests. All the f&b outlets as well as the gym will be revamped and a luxurious wellness is being added. The metamorphosis will be completed in Spring 2010.
 Did you know that…
- Holland has the highest concentration of museums in the world, with 42 museums in Amsterdam alone?
- Amsterdam is the European city with the most bridges? The city center counts 600 of them to link the different city parts between the 160 canals.
- There are twice as many bikes as cars and more than 15.000 km of bike paths throughout the country. |
Hannah Anthonysz
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