Released on = March 28, 2007, 2:02 am

Press Release Author = Rocio Manzanares/Golden Tulip Hospitality Group

Industry = Marketing

Press Release Summary = With over 250 business partners, local authorities, Golden
Tulip executive team and staff, the new Golden Tulip Rotterdam-Centre's doors where
officially re-opened by the Mayor of Rotterdam Mr. Opstelten.

Press Release Body = Lausanne (CH)/Amersfoort (NL) 28 March 2007; Golden Tulip is
proud to announce the opening of the newly designed Golden Tulip Rotterdam-Centre.
The hotel furthermore expanded to 263 rooms becoming the largest hotel in Rotterdam.

Located in the centre of Holland's second largest city, Rotterdam, the hotel offers
state of art and luxurious suites with spectacular views over the water and the city
skyline.

The Golden Tulip Rotterdam-Centre offers services and facilities catering both
business traveler and trendy weekend guests. The hotel offers luxury suites with
design furniture to its guests, with a private sauna, whirlpool, flat screen
television, free wireless internet and a laptop safe. Especially for the business
guests all rooms are provided with a generous desk with a luxury armchair and good
lightning to work.

Hans van Schaick, general manager of Golden Tulip Rotterdam-Centre comments: "We are
extremely proud of the final result. The location is fantastic and we offer our
guests beautiful design-rooms, a fine restaurant located on the waterfront and a
cozy bar/brasserie. Our congress and banqueting room on the 16th floor offers an
incredible view over the city of Rotterdam. The hotel is perfectly synchronized with
the modern style of Rotterdam."

Hans Kennedie, president & C.E.O of Golden Tulip Hospitality states:
"We are extremely proud to celebrate the opening of this fantastically renewed
hotel. The Golden Tulip Rotterdam-Centre is perfectly situated with a fantastic view
over the Leuvehaven, the Maas and the Erasmusbridge."

Golden Tulip Hotels, Inns & Resorts is the largest hospitality provider in The
Netherlands with 75 hotels across the entire country.

About the Golden Tulip Rotterdam-Centre

Golden Tulip Rotterdam-Centre is uniquely located at the bank of the Maas and at the
foot of the Erasmus Bridge. This unique situation on the waterfront makes it ideal
for a few days together away-from-it-all, for a meeting, for a meal or a reunion
with family or friends, for organizing a party or a longer business stay in a
professional ambiance. Golden Tulip Rotterdam-Centre offers you a magnificent view
over the Maas and the Rotterdam skyline.

All attractions, museums, shops and entertainment are within walking distance. Our
next-door neighbours are the Spido boat-tour company, the Harbour Museum and the
Maritime Museum.

The hotel is perfectly situated for access to the metro. The metro station is right
in front of the hotel and provides you with rapid access and connection to the most
important conference centres, such as Ahoy, the WTC and the Doelen. In addition
there is a dock for party ships. You can park your car opposite the hotel in the
parking garage \"Erasmusbridge\".


About the Golden Tulip Hospitality Group

Golden Tulip Hospitality Group with its head offices in Amersfoort, The Netherlands
and Lausanne, Switzerland, is a worldwide hospitality company with more than 630
hotels, 58.000 rooms in more than 49 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.



Web Site = http://www.goldentulip.com

Contact Details = Golden Tulip Hospitality Group
Ms. Rocio Manzanares
Corporate Communication Manager
Tel: +31 33 2544 828
Fax: +31 33 2544 816
E-Mail: rocio.manzanares@goldentuliptop.com
Web: www.goldentulip.com