Released on = March 7, 2007, 12:59 am

Press Release Author = Golden Tulip Hospitality Group

Industry = Marketing

Press Release Summary = Over 300 business partners, hoteliers, investors and special
guests joined the Golden Tulip's Executive Team to celebrate the opening of the
Golden Tulip Hamburg Aviation, the first BRANCHE Restaurant, Bar & Lounge and
the first Let's Meet Again in Germany


Press Release Body = Amersfoort (NL)/Lausanne (CH), 06 March 2007 - The Official
Opening reception took place on Thursday March 1st at the Golden Tulip Hamburg
Aviation. With over 300 business partners, colleagues and special guests, Mr. Hans
Kennedie, President & C.E.O. of Golden Tulip welcomed all the attendees and thanked
all the business partners and staff involved in the hotel development.
Further speeches were delivered by: Mr. Bonz, Staatsrat for Economic Affairs of the
City of Hamburg, Mr. Frank H. Albrecht, Chairman of Supervisory Board of AVW and Mr.
Ulrich Krehan, Vice President Site Management Hamburg of Airbus Industries, all
addressing the importance of the arrival of this hotel for the trade and business of
Hamburg.

A symbolic key handover ceremony took place in which Mr. Albrecht handed over the
keys of the hotel to Mr. Kees van Maaswaal, C.O.O. of Golden Tulip and Mr. Jan
Patrick Kreuger, Hotel Manager of Golden Tulip Hamburg Aviation.

Through this celebration Golden Tulip celebrated the opening of three unique brands
that together form the Golden Tulip Hotel formula:
·Golden Tulip Hamburg Aviation
·BRANCHE Restaurant, Bar & Lounge
·Let\'s Meet Again

Hans Kennedie, President & C.E.O. of Golden Tulip Hospitality, states: "it is with
great excitement that we celebrated the official opening of this newly built hotel.
Golden Tulip Hamburg Aviation is symbolic for our company, to launch and operate all
new concepts we developed over the past 24 months. The hotel is equipped with 170
ultra-modern facilities, a state of the art conference centre, called: "Let's meet
again" and a full BRANCHE Restaurant, Bar & Lounge.\"

Golden Tulip currently franchises and operates over 17 hotels with over 2000 rooms
in Germany in prime locations among others Berlin, Düsseldorf, Munich and Hamburg.

About Golden Tulip Hamburg Aviation
The Golden Tulip Hamburg Aviation is located directly at the river Elbe in Hamburgs
district Finkenwerder. The hotel is easily to reach via the motorway A7 or via
public transport. The hotel has a most famous neighbor: Airbus Work Hamburg with its
brand new Airbus A380 and highly interesting plant-tours.

The hotel is best equipped and offers 170 comfortable guestrooms. The hotel rooms
are furnished in modern style and offer at least 24 square meters in area and offer
an unforgettable view of the river Elbe. The hotel also provides 5 apartments with
kitchenette as well as rooms with connecting doors for our long-staying guests. Five
conference rooms are available - most of them are connectable in different sizes.
All conference rooms have daylight and are equipped with state-of-the-art conference
technology. Recreational area is at the guest disposal on the highest floor with the
latest fitness-equipment, sauna and solarium. The surrounding area \"Altes Land\"
Europs biggest fruit-growing area needs to be experienced by bike. Cities like
Stade, Buxtehude of Jork are worth to visit and doubtless an unforgettable
experience.

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 = Media Relations

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