Golden Tulip Appoints New Chief Operating Officer

Kees Van Maaswaal has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer by Golden Tulip, effective January 1, 2007. Mr. Van Maaswaal is currently Managing Director of Accor Hotels for the Netherlands.

In his future position Kees Van Maaswaal will be overseeing the four regional divisions of Golden Tulip Hotels, Inns & Resorts in Europe, the Middle East & Africa, Asia and the Americas.

Mr. Maaswaal is considered one of the more experienced hotel experts of the European hospitality industry. His career brought him to the French Accor Group where he started in 1982 at IBIS.

In 1984 Mr. Maaswaal was appointed to Country Manager IBIS the Netherlands, and by 1987 opened the first IBIS in the UK.

In 1992, he was appointed to Regional Manager for the Economy Division of Accor in the Netherlands and Germany and later that period he oversaw the Benelux and Scandinavia regions.

Since 2003, Mr. Van Maaswaal is responsible for all Accor Hotels in the Netherlands.