Released on = April 17, 2007, 6:28 am

Press Release Author = Rocio Manzanares/Golden Tulip Hospitality Group

Industry = Marketing

Press Release Summary = The long awaited opening of Golden Tulip Resort Dibba took
successfully place and was hosted by The Ministry of Tourism and represented by two
ministers, undersecretaries, governors and directors.

Press Release Body = Amersfoort (NL)/Lausanne (CH), 17 April 2007- Golden Tulip
Hospitality is proud to announce the opening of its 5th hotel in Oman: The Golden
Tulip Resort Dibba.

The Golden Tulip Resort Dibba is ideally located on the east coast of the Musandam
Peninsula, 20 kilometers from Fujairah on the Indian Ocean and with a driving
distance of 90 minutes from Dubai. The hotel offers 54 rooms and suites, tastefully
decorated and all with sea view.

The hotel provides two bars and restaurants, a sea view conference room, swimming
pool and Jacuzzi, fitness centre, two tennis courts, children's playground, kids
club and in the near future a mini golf and water sport facilities.

Hans Kennedie, President & C.E.O of Golden Tulip Hospitality Group, comments: "It's
with a great pleasure that we celebrated the opening of Golden Tulip Resort Dibba.
By adding the hotel as fifth to our portfolio, makes Golden Tulip the brand of
choice and the largest management operator in Oman."

Amine E. Moukarzel, Senior Vice President & Managing Director, states:
"Please join me to congratulate our team in Oman and the General Manager with the
successful opening of the hotel. I would like to thank the Ministry of Tourism
headed by her Excellency Dr. Rajiha Bin Ali Al Amiri, the minister of Tourism and
the government owned hotels committee for their unparallel support and leadership
headed by H.E. the undersecretary and having Golden Tulip drive to promote the
tourism industry worldwide as well as our commitment to the hospitality industry in
the Sultanate of Oman with our Omanization drive and endeavors to quality and to
training and development of Omani nationals."

With the opening of the Golden Tulip Resort Dibba the current hotel portfolio in the
Middle East comprises of 31 hotels with over 5000 rooms in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan,
Oman, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

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: press@goldentulip.com