Released on = April 4, 2007, 5:24 am

Press Release Author = Rocio Manzanares/Golden Tulip Hospitality Group

Industry = Marketing

Press Release Summary = Golden Tulip Hospitality is proud to announce that both
Golden Tulip Paterswolde Groningen and Golden Tulip Zaltbommel have been awarded as
best training location for 2007 in the Netherlands.

Press Release Body = The trade journal for Human Resources and Development, Business
in H.R.D., extends their recognition to a selection of best training locations in
The Netherlands. This year, Business in H.R.D., nominated over 50 locations. The
award was extended based on the feedback of the business relations, quality of the
product, location and customer services. The end evaluation was completed with a
mystery guest visit.

Golden Tulip Paterswolde-Groningen and Golden Tulip Zaltbommel attained the highest
number of votes. Furthermore, the hotels scored highly on the mystery guest visit as
well as in the quality of services rendered. The total average score provided both
hotels within the top five position as the best providers of meeting and training
locations in The Netherlands.

Hans Kennedie, President & C.E.O of Golden Tulip Hospitality comments: "I hereby
would like to congratulate the management and staff of both the Golden Tulip
Paterswolde-Groningen and the Golden Tulip Zaltbommel in attaining this fantastic
recognition. Golden Tulip Hotels, Inns & Resorts is one of the key players in the
meeting and conference market in the Netherlands. It is fantastic to see how two
Golden Tulip hotels have become leaders in hospitality. This award is a recognition
of the outstanding services and meeting facilities that both hotels provide."

Angēlique Klar, General Manager of Golden Tulip Zaltbommel adds: "Since the
opening of the hotel we aim at continuously improving our products. This has been
achieved by picking up on pro-active feedback signals of our guests as well as
through the continuous perfectioning of our services. This strategy has shown its
results through this recognition and I would like to thank the whole staff within
the organization for their input and dedication."

Herman van der Poel, Hotel Manager of Golden Tulip Paterswolde-Groningen explains:
"The hotel was taken over by Golden Tulip in 2006 allowing us to expand our
possibilities and offer the best service and meeting facilities in the country. The
professionalism and service-oriented staff have made it possible to receive this
recognition. I would like to compliment and thank all staff members of the hotel."

Golden Tulip will set both hotels as examples for all other hotels within the chain.
A separate course will be set-up providing all hotels the best tools and services
offering a homogeneous and high quality product.

About Golden Tulip Paterswolde-Groningen

Golden Tulip Paterswolde-Groningen is situated on the banks of \'lake Paterswolde\',
with the lively city of Groningen nearby. The hotel is the ideal base for business
meetings, training sessions, for family gatherings or weekend trips.

All 65 rooms have a bathroom with bath and/or shower, toilet and hairdryer. The
spacious rooms are equipped with air-conditioning, free coffee and tea making
facilities, mini-bar, radio, television, telephone and a safe.
For both exercise and relaxation you can use the Health Club with indoor pool,
sauna, steam bath and fitness facilities. For an additional fee you can use the
solarium. In the brasserie and the restaurant you can have a drink and a delicious
meal. The hotel offers 13 meeting rooms Parking is free of charge.

About Golden Tulip Zaltbommel

A four star hotel in the heart of the Netherlands, at a perfect location. Golden
Tulip Zaltbommel is situated directly off the A2 motorway between Utrecht and Den
Bosch. The hotel is situated between the rivers the Maas and the Waal on the
northern edge of the Bommelerwaard. It is an ideal address for business and leisure
visitors. The hotel also offers a cinema, an indoor swimming pool, fitness room and
Turkish bath, which are free for the hotel guests.
Golden Tulip Zaltbommel has a Conference Centre with 21 meeting rooms and a
State-of-the-Art Auditorium. This characterises the hotel as one of the best and
largest meeting specialists in the Netherlands. Containing a seperate entrance, a
wide range of relaxing areas for coffee breaks and with individual attention by our
banquet host, Golden Tulip Zaltbommel clearly differs itself from its competition.

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 828A
Fax: +31 33 2544 816