Van der Valk (hotel chain)

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Van der Valk Hotels & Restaurants

logo
legal form BV
founding 1939
Seat Netherlands
management Martin Matser
Branch Hotel and hospitality industry
Website www.vandervalk.de

Hotels of the Van der Valk chain in Germany

Van der Valk Hotels & Restaurants is the largest Dutch hotel chain . It originated in a café opened in Voorschoten in 1862 and today comprises 93 hotels. It is run by the fourth generation of the Van der Valk family. In Germany alone, the chain operates 14 hotels, which are coordinated by Van der Valk Deutschland GmbH . The hotel chain's logo is a stylized toucan .

In addition to the business with hotels , restaurants and holiday homes, the group also has two ski halls .

history

The first Van der Valk Hotel was founded in 1939 by the married couple Martien and Riet van der Valk on the basis of the café "De Gouden Leeuw", which they took over in 1929 . It was on a farm that Nicolaas van der Valk bought in 1862. The Van der Valk family took over the Avifauna bird park with hotel and restaurant in Alphen aan den Rijn in 1956 and ran it until 2012, when a foundation has been operating the bird park. After the Second World War, the company expanded through the activities of the children of the founding family. This was reinforced by Martien van der Valk's efforts that each of his children should run and run their own business. This philosophy is still being pursued today in a modified manner. The group has been structured as a franchise company since 2000 , but with the stipulation that every franchisee should be a descendant of the founder.

In 1986 the expansion to Germany began with the opening of the hotel in Moers.

The hotels and restaurants of the Van der Valk chain, according to their own statements, live from a warm, familiar atmosphere that results from the family structure of the company. The hotels themselves are mostly geared towards families.

deals

The hotels usually include restaurants that are not only aimed at hotel visitors. In addition, there are holiday homes at two locations in Germany, which are somewhat spread out and not far from the associated hotel complexes.

The individual branches each offer different arrangements independently of one another, which mostly include and convey tourist highlights in the vicinity. There are, among other things, packages aimed at families and couples, active and wellness offers as well as seasonal offers such as Easter, Christmas or special holidays. Many hotels also offer weddings. There are also special offers for business travelers and companies.

The Van-der-Valk Group also has other branches in Germany, such as the ski halls Alpincenter Bottrop and alpincenter Hamburg-Wittenburg and the water ski lift on Kiessee Neu Zachun .

Hotels in Germany

designation Location
Hotel Moers Moers
Hotel Gladbeck Gladbeck
Hotel Melle-Osnabruck Melle
Hotel Hamburg-Wittenburg Wittenburg
Landhotel Spornitz Spornitz
Hotel Hildesheim Hildesheim
Parkhotel Schloss Meisdorf Meisdorf
Castle Hotel Ballenstedt Ballenstedt
Golf hotel Serrahn Serrahn (Kuchelmiß)
Resort Linstow Linstow (Dobbin-Linstow)
Drewitz nature resort Nossentiner hut
Hotel Berlin Brandenburg Blankenfelde-Mahlow
Spreewald Parkhotel Niewitz
Airporthotel Düsseldorf Dusseldorf

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Van Der Valk International BV: Private Company Information In: bloomberg.com , accessed December 12, 2017.
  2. ↑ History - Hotel De Gouden Leeuw In: hoteldegoudenleeuw.nl , accessed on December 13, 2017.
  3. ↑ Barbara Goerlich: Hotel-Clan mit Herz - Allgemeine Hotel- und Gastronomie-Zeitung In: ahgz.de , March 24, 2007, accessed on December 14, 2017.
  4. ↑ Thomas Wittenschläger: Van der Valk is building new in Moers - and is investing millions. In: nrz.de. March 15, 2018, accessed March 16, 2018 .
  5. ↑ History of Van der Valk - hospitality for 150 years In: valk.com , accessed on December 12, 2017.
  6. ↑ Water ski lift at the Zachuner Badesee In: amt-hagenow-land.de , accessed on July 11, 2018.