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‘Green’ hospitality is the holy grail TEXT: DAAN APPELS | PHOTOS: ADAM VAN NOORT
For years, Bleecker has met the highest demand in terms of luxury, hospitality and service. The hotel and lunchroom offer a great environment for business people, families and lovebirds alike. Although Bleecker is located in the centre of Bloemendaal, the street is very quiet, just like the area that surrounds the village. Rent a bike and ride past the big and beautiful villas, or take a tour through forest and dunes to end up at one of Holland’s most stunning beaches. It is almost impossible to not like the food in the great restaurants that you can find inside and outside of Bloemendaal. Bloemendaal is located close to Amsterdam and Haarlem. A great chance for a nice day out, but also an ideal spot to invite and spoil business partners for an event. Many rooms are decorated in a sleek business design. Inside hotel Bleecker there is a conference room for up to 25 people, or you can make use of 54 | Issue 40 | April 2017
an agreement Bleecker has with two other meeting rooms near the hotel. The staff of Bleecker is friendly, low profile and wants to help you with your every request. For the friendly Rikkert Pichel, manager of Bleecker’s lunchroom, hospitality is the holy grail: “In terms of hospitality, everything is possible. We offer customers a very loose and friendly atmosphere. The rules we follow are the requests of our guests.” Not only are the beautiful forests in the area green, but so is hotel Bleecker itself. Rain is saved in a special depot, cleaned and used in a later stage. The roof consists of solar panels. Bleecker is located on one of the planet’s most beautiful spots and wants to keep that planet as green and beautiful as possible. Their lunchroom Coffee and More, located inside the hotel, uses organic products for its salads, sandwiches, coffee
and smoothies. Bleecker cares in every sense about its organic footprint. “We are a very sustainable hotel and we are proud of it,” explains Pichel. “Inside and outside of Bloemendaal we see every day how beautiful our planet is, and we want to keep our planet that way.” www.hotelbleecker.nl