Happy Hotelier

Willem visited the Kruisheren hotel in Maastricht and got a tour. He labeled it: Probably the most beautiful Dutch hotel.
Brief history
The large complex of buildings served as a monastery and church for the Order of Crutched Friars since its establishment in 1438. During the French Revolution, it served as barracks and arsenal. Early last century, […]

In May Job Cohen, the mayor of Amsterdam has officially opened the totally renovated »Eden Rembrandt Square Hotel. It has a 4 star Dutch hotel classification and 166 rooms and suites. Brasserie Flo is its restaurant, which shortly after its opening got high notes from Johannes van Dam, the Amsterdam restaurant reviewer. The dark brown/light […]

Vollenhove is world famous for its »Royal Huisman shipyard where the world’s largest schooners (see photo of »Athena) and cutters are being built and/or refit.

The »Vintagegroup offers accomodation in “Stadshavezate Plattenburg” (a sort of city palace) in Vollenhove in combination with a vintage Triumph or Lotus, or a vintage 1955 Van der Stadt […]

»Bourgogne Suite(s?) in Maastricht offers 4 suites. They opened end 2005 and are opulently decorated. They don’t offer cabrio’s, new nor vintage, but have a motoryacht available to sightsee and potter over the Maas river.

Thanks to Marlies of »Vakantiehuis Blogo I now know there are more promotions of sleeping and touring is an unusual car:
B&B »Lodewijk XV (yes, Louis the fifteenth) offers a bed in combination with a day’s driving a classic MG TD of 1953 or a MG TF of 1955 (see photo).

More and more hotel rooms and suites can be bid for on auction sites. Her is a link to »Luxury Links where you can place a bid on very expensive suites and rooms (or simply very up market properties). Block popups in your browser, because otherwise you get too many of those pop- eh hickups!

The informed Traveler is a blog written by employees of Five Start Alliance.
The Blog gives interesting information. Read with me and see for your good self whether they prove to be a little unbiased, i.e. also write about something else than Fife Star Alliance accomodations.

In april 2005, Anne and Jean-Luc discovered the old school and city hall of Denée.
They are seduced by the exceptional caracter of this house of 1863 : black stones on the ground, high ceilings, old oak stairs leading to a magnificent attic. From this autumn, they invite you to discover »La Classe.

La Classe is […]

The people behind Downtown BXL started something new in Brussels next door: La Casa BXL: a trendy Riad in Brussels?

In October 2006 the opening of Grand Hotel Frans Hals is foreseen. Situated in the very citycentrum of Haarlem.
There will be 83 rooms in total, of which some luxury suites, a meeting room, a bar and a restaurant.
Frans Hals is named after a famous Dutch painter and will be operated under the Best Western label.
The […]

I hate pottering like cattle in a mass behind a guide.
Two young entrepreneurial guys have a solution. Recently they set up a website, Audio City Tours, where, against a small fee, you can download an MP3 file, that guides your walk through Amsterdam. Two tours are available for the moment: An Old Amsterdam Tour and […]