GOLDEN TULIP ADDS SEA SIDE RESORT NOORDWIJK: AS ITS LATEST ADDITION TO ITS DUTCH HOTEL PORTFOLIO

Amersfoort (NL/Lausanne (CH), 7 October 2007; Golden Tulip Hospitality is proud to announce its latest addition to its Dutch hotel management portfolio, the 41 room Golden Tulip Noordwijk De Duinen.

The Golden Tulip Noordwijk De Duinen is beautifully situated right behind the dunes of the renowned sea-side resort of Noordwijk. It is located in a rustic area, on the edge of beautiful woods and dune fields in the centre of the so-called bulb region. At only several minutes from the beach, golf courses and Noordwijk city centre, the hotel offers both business and leisure guests the perfect location to plan business opportunities as well as relaxing weekends.

Golden Tulip will expand the hotel to 71 rooms, which are scheduled to open by April 1st, 2008.

Further facilities include:

- Seven meeting rooms accommodating over 250 delegates
- One restaurant and two bars
- Two beautiful south facing terraces

The hotel has already been renovated and the meeting conference centre will be converted to Golden Tulip’s “Let’s Meet Again” conference and meeting program.

Hans Kennedie, president & C.E.O. of Golden Tulip Hospitality states: “We are very pleased to welcome this new hotel to our group. The city of Noordwijk has been on our wish list for a long time and we believe that the location of this lovely hotel is making it so unique. Golden Tulip Noordwijk De Duinen complements our existing portfolio offering business and leisure guests yet another exciting destination within the Netherlands. The hotel will undergo an expansion and will continue to benefit as a conference centre at the sea side.”

Golden Tulip currently franchises and manages 81 hotels in the Netherlands with over 7500 rooms in 57 cities.

About Golden Tulip Hospitality Group

Golden Tulip Hospitality Group (www.goldentulip.com), 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.

In the fall of 2006, Golden Tulip introduced BRANCHE, Restaurant, Bar and Lounge. This is a free standing restaurant chain, which will have establishments in most Golden Tulip Hotels and Tulip Inns operated by Golden Tulip. (For more information please visit www.brancherestaurants.com)

For more information, please contact:
Golden Tulip Hospitality Group
Ms. Rocio Manzanares –
Corporate Communication Manager
Stationsplein 26
3818 LE Amersfoort
Tel: +31 33 2544 828
Fax: +31 33 2544 816
E-Mail: rocio.manzanares@goldentuliptop.com
Web: www.goldentulip.com