This is the information you want to know but won't ask on your first day at work. Something about the history, all those family relatives, why oh why that toucan and the hotels that’ re located in your neighbourhood.
Van der Valk is one of the most famous names in the Netherlands. Everyone has eaten or slept there at some point. Maybe not everyone knows how it all grew like this. Back to school for a while...
...and let the hands flutter. This has been the motto of the Van der Valk family since the very beginning and the basis of its great success. It is also a valuable tip for anyone with ambition. Because whoever takes action can change the world.
An own hotel for each child. That's how Martinus van der Valk had thought of it in the beginning. In 2021, this idea has led to more than a hundred Valk hotels, each with a family member in charge. In Hotel Eindhoven-Best, Daimy (4th generation) is in charge.
Sounds strange, but the 'aha' follows soon. The family, looking for a family symbol, had problems with a bird of prey as a logo just after the war. Et voila: Gerrit van der Valk came up with the brilliant idea of choosing the toucan as a logo. Because fair is fair: a toucan is a cheerful and tropical bird and that suits us much better!
"There is a living room on the hatch". For one person this sentence is Chinese, the other knows that staff meal is ready. The hatch refers to the pass-through slide, which was used to connect the kitchen to the dining room in restaurants. But why is the staff meal called a living room? Back in the old days, this was consumed in the living room of the Van der Valk family.
Our goal is to put a smile on our guests' faces. Everything has to be right: service, quality, experience and of course the price.