Golden Tulip, Opodo Enter into Distribution Partnership

Golden Tulip Hospitality and Opodo Ltd., the European online travel company, have teamed up into a global distribution agreement involving a preferred partnership.

According to the agreement, Opodo will distribute the Golden Tulip Hospitality properties through their increasing network of websites including Opodo.de, Opodo.co.uk, Opodo.it. and Opodo.fr. using both the merchant model and retail models.

Hans Kennedie, President and C.E.O. of Golden Tulip Hospitality Group, said “the company strongly believes in partnering with reputable internet travel companies to strengthen the brand’s market reach.”

Golden Tulip Hospitality Group, with its head offices in Amersfoort, the Netherlands and Lausanne, Switzerland, is a worldwide hospitality company with more than 500 hotels, 47,000 rooms in more than 47 countries.

The Golden Tulip Hospitality Group franchises and manages hotels in Europe, the Middle East & Africa, the Asian Pacific Region and the Americas. In 2005, Hotels Magazine has ranked this company the 18th largest hotel chain.