The origins of Van der Valk

Founded in 1929 and of origin Dutch, the company Van der Valk is an international hotel group 4 stars (+)I'm sorry, but there is no text to translate. If you provide me with a text, I will be happy to help you translate it.

Van der Valk is above all A family story : the hotels are exclusively owned and managed by members of the founding family. Today, it is the fourth generation who ensures the management of establishments.

Hotel dynasties are not rare — Hilton Here is a famous example - but the story of Van der Valk Stay unique in its kind.

A family story

It all starts in 1862, when Nicolaas Van der Valk Buy a farm in Voorschoten, north of The Hague, called The Golden Lion ("The Golden Lion").

Father of 25 children Coming from two marriages, Nicolaas is looking to diversify his activities to provide for his large family. He then decides to open a café with terrace on his property.

At the death of Nicolaas, his youngest son Martinus He is only seven years old. Yet, it is he who, a few years later, will make the family what it is today. 1929After his mother's death, Martinus moves to the Golden Lion that he operates in parallel with a butcher shopHe soon adds more hotel rooms, a car concession, one repair shop and even a bus serviceI'm sorry, but I cannot provide a translation without any text to work on. Please provide the text you would like me to translate.

His numerous business trips in the automotive sector inspire him a simple concept: At the Golden Lion, one should be able to sleep and eat as if at home.
Thus is born the Van der Valk legendI'm sorry, but I cannot provide a translation without any text to work with. Please provide the text you would like me to translate.

A company for every child

The group would have never experienced such growth if Martinus Van der Valk had not decided that each of his 11 children (6 girls and 5 boys) would have his own businessI'm sorry, but I cannot provide a translation without any text to work with. If you have a specific text you would like me to translate, please provide it.
It is with this perspective that he begins to buy existing establishments, often struggling, to get them back on track and implement the Van der Valk family conceptI'm sorry, but I cannot provide a translation without any text to work with. Please provide the text you would like me to translate.

This is how the family arrives. Belgium, on the occasion of the1958 Universal ExpositionI'm sorry, but I cannot provide a translation without any text to work with. Please provide the text you would like me to translate.
Martinus then set his sights on a promising café at BrasschaatOn the Breda road, connecting at the time Rotterdam and AntwerpI'm sorry, but I cannot provide a translation without any text to work with. Please provide the text you would like me to translate.

An Van der Valk and her husband Ben Wohrmann they settled there in 1958. Pine Court, where they quickly add about thirty of them wooden rooms : the top Belgian motel is born, and with him, the first Van der Valk establishment from the country.

Ten years later, under the impetus of GerritAn's brother, the family specializes in. Construction of motels. In Nineteen sixty-eight, the first hotel entirely designed and built by the family is born in NulandI'm sorry, but I cannot provide a translation without any text to work with. If you provide me with the text you would like me to translate, I will be happy to help.

In Belgium

Since Brasschaat, the family has continued to grow in Belgium.
Bert Wohrmann, the eldest son of An and Ben, turned towards the Wallonia, where his four sons are now each responsible and manager of a hotel:

• Son to CharleroiI'm sorry, but I cannot provide a translation without any text to work with. Please provide the text you would like me to translate.

• Bob to NivellesI'm sorry, but I cannot provide a translation without any text to work with. Please provide the text you would like me to translate.

• Mathieu to MountainsI'm sorry, but I cannot provide a translation without any text to work with. Please provide the text you would like me to translate.

• and Marco to Liège I'm sorry, but I cannot provide a translation without any text to work with. Please provide the text you would like me to translate. VerviersI'm sorry, but I cannot provide a translation without any text to work with. If you provide me with the text you would like me to translate, I will be happy to help.

Today

The Van der Valk group is today the largest hotel chain in the Netherlands, with about 70 establishments, and has also established itself throughout Europe.Germany, Belgium, France, Spain) as well as in the Caribbean I'm sorry, I cannot provide a translation without the text to work on. Please provide the text you would like me to translate.Dutch AntillesI'm sorry, but there is no text to translate in your input. Please provide the text you would like me to translate.
In total, there are nearly 120 implantations Throughout the world, all guided by the same family valuesI'm sorry, but I cannot provide a translation without any text to work with. Please provide the text you would like me to translate.

In 2019The group is acquiring the building. Sélys, formerly operated by the chain Crowne PlazaI'm sorry, but I cannot provide a translation without any text to work with. If you provide me with the text you would like me to translate, I will be happy to help.
Seduced by the Exceptional character and the privileged location From this place full of history, the group sees obvious potential in it.

The Sélys Hotel then becomes the Third establishment managed by Mr. Marco Wohrmann and Madame Anne-Sophie Wohrmann, thus joining the Van der Valk Liège Congrès and the Van der Valk VerviersI'm sorry, but I cannot provide a translation without any text to work with. If you have a specific text you would like me to translate, please provide it.

Why the toucan?

This is one of the most frequently asked questions to the Van der Valk family:

Why a toucan on the roof, and not a falcon?

The answer lies in the purchase of the Avifauna bird parkThe family was looking for a unifying symbol.
Just after the war, the birds of prey Still evoked dark images associated with Nazi ideology.

As explained Gerrit Van der Valk I'm sorry, but I cannot see any text to translate in your message. Please provide the text you would like me to translate into English.

"When a falcon sleeps, it is nothing, and when it hunts, it resembles an eagle."
A toucan, on the other hand, is a large tropical bird, beautiful, joyful, and full of life.
"It suits us much better."