PRESS RELEASE

Standing Ovation & Meeting Creation

 

NH Geldrop starts a brand new in house concept.

Guests can now enjoy the new and improved reception and lobby.

GELDROP, 5 December, 2014: NH Geldrop created a whole new concept in their lobby with the help of five female students from the Saxion University in Apeldoorn(NL). A school assignment challanged the students to come up with a brand new, innovative concept to help the hotel grow. What they wanted to create was the lobby as the heart of the hotel, with a new way to check in and space to work and to lounge.
 

“These students had this vision for NH Geldrop from the minute we started this project in class” commented Dieneke Dijkstra, Revenue Teacher and Coach of the five students. “The first time we visited the hotel in Geldrop there was nothing like a lounge or cozy space where guests could meet, and it all looked a bit dated. Unless the looks of the former ‘lounge’, we were eager to start working on this project”, said Denise Staring, Operations Manager of the five students.
 

NH Geldrop is one of the 35 NH Hotels in Holland, one of many more in the world, but the first NH Hotel to start this new concept. The whole reception desk is taken out of the hotel and when guests walk in to the hotel they will see two ‘bar tables’ where one of the Hospitality Hosts will help the with checking in with an iPad. For business guests it is possible to check in themselves, so the process is quicker! Leisure guests that want to learn about this new and upcoming technology will be escorted through the check in process.
 

Besides the reception, there will be a grand lobby that will function as the heart of the hotel. Because of the great location, business guests can have small meetings, but small entrepeneurs will also be able to work at the ‘High Tech Table’, so that they can escape from distractions around the house, where they mostly work from. This table will be provided with plugs, quick Wi-Fi, and a printer. The lounge will also be a place where leisure guests gather. Instead of drinking coffee in their hotel room, they will be welcome to enjoy a coffee in the lounge, but also to read a magazine or book or just to relax and have a nice talk. Straight up chairs and lounge couches will divide both target groups and they will easely see where to go, but are also free to choose a lounge setting to meet, or a straight up chair to drink coffee.
 

All 363 NH Hotels around the world provide the AntiOx breakfast, and again, NH Geldrop is the first to sell individual items from the breakfast buffet for business guests and small entrepreneurs. When they plan a meeting, or book a seat at the ‘High Tech Table’, they can come in early to enjoy a small breakfast, for example a bowl of yoghurt with an orange juice, two items, for a great price, instead of the full breakfast price, which is €17,50 per person.
 

 

To find out more about the brand new concept, and NH Hotels around the world, please visit our website at www.standingandmeeting.blogspot.nl or NH Hotels at www.nh-hotels.nl

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About NH Hotels

NH Hotel Group is one of the top 25 chains in the world and one of the main hotel chains in Europe. NH operates in 363 hotels, in 28 countries and around 60000 rooms in Europe, America, South-America and Africa.

The company stands out in high quality as regards to service and facilities, with carefully chosen decoration, intended to please all target groups and making every guest feel welcome and comfortable. NH Hotels are equipped with the most advanced technology to operate and facilitate communication, working and entertainment for all clients.

Gastronomy is one of the largest priority for all NH Hotels, offering the guests the best cuisine from the first rate. NH Hotels and famous chefs as Paco Roncero have created pioneer spaces in the hotel sector, such as ‘Estado Puro’.

As a patron of arts, NH Hotels feels very honored to count on the support of Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, in the short story contest named after him.

NH Hotels is a responsible company in Tourism Industry. NH Hotels offers services which anticipate present and future needs of our internal and external stakeholders, such as employees and guests, but also suppliers and the environment, communities where we operate and future generations with maximum attention to detail and efficient and sustainable solutions.

 

NH Geldrop

Bogardeind 219

5664 EG Geldrop

Tel: +31 0402867510

Email: reserveringen@nh-hotels.com