Stayokay
Stayokay Foundation | |
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Legal form: | commerciële stichting |
Purpose: | Accommodation company |
Chair: | CEM Lemmens |
Managing directors: | Marijke Schreiner |
Consist: | since 1929 |
Balance sheet total: | 9,322,667 (as of December 31, 2014 ) |
Number of employees: | 1,058 (as of December 31, 2014) |
Seat: | Amsterdam |
Website: | www.stayokay.com |
Stayokay is a Dutch hostel chain organized as a foundation (stichting) .
History and offer
Stayokay was founded in 1929 as the Nederlandse Jeugdherbergcentrale (NJHC; "Dutch Youth Hostel Center"). The current name comes from 2003, since then the chain has also been talking about hostels instead of youth hostels . The main office is located at Stayokay Amsterdam Zeeburg in the Indische Buurt . In addition to backpackers (especially in Amsterdam), the organization is aimed at families and groups. Some of the hostels also offer conference rooms. The accommodation offer includes multi-bed rooms and private rooms, all rooms have a shower and toilet.
Stayokay has been part of Hostelling International , an international network of more than 4000 hostels worldwide , since 1932 . In 2009 the Rotterdam branch was integrated into the cube houses . The Stayokay Heemskerk with Assumburg Castle and the Stayokay Domburg with Westhove Castle offer further special locations.
In 2008 Stayokay was the first Dutch hotel chain to receive the European Ecolabel . In 2016, Stayokay was also awarded the Triodos Hart-Hoofdprijs for sustainability by Triodos Bank .
List of hostels
There are now 25 Stayokay hostels in the Netherlands:
- Ameland
- Amsterdam Stadsdoelen
- Amsterdam Vondelpark
- Amsterdam Zeeburg
- Apeldoorn
- Arnhem
- Bergen op Zoom
- The hague
- Domburg
- Dordrecht
- Egmond
- Gorssel
- Haarlem
- Heeg
- Heemskerk
- Maastricht
- Noordwijk
- Rotterdam
- Scheemda
- Sneek
- Soest
- Terschelling
- Texel
- Utrecht-Bunnik
- Utrecht Center
Web links
supporting documents
- ↑ a b Jaarverslag 2014. (PDF) Stichting Stayokay, accessed on October 15, 2016 (Dutch).
- ↑ Marijke Schreiner van Stayokay: “De meest duurzame hotelketen van Nederland has been”. In: SMK.nl. February 9, 2015, accessed October 15, 2016 (Dutch).
- ↑ Winnaar Hart-Hoofdprijs confessed! Triodos Bank, 2016, accessed October 15, 2016 (Dutch).