About us

About us

The new Van der Valk Hotel is run by Thymen and Lucie Simons-Luiten, fourth generation family Van der Valk. They have enjoyed working for the family business for many years and were responsible for the German Van der Valk Hotel Melle-Osnabrück since 2008.

"Hospitality is in our DNA"

That phrase is inextricably linked to the Van der Valk family. Nicolaas van der Valk, father of 24 children, bought the grounds of De Gouden Leeuw in Voorschoten in 1862 for 4,000 guilders at an auction in the Wapen van Voorschoten. Youngest son Martinus, born in 1895, turned De Gouden Leeuw into a café and built it into a café - restaurant. Martinus and his wife Rie strove with their entrepreneurial drive to achieve a business of their own for each of their eleven children. And with success.

Van der Valk Hotels & Restaurants is now over 80 years old. In total, the family business has nearly 100 hotels in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Spain and the Netherlands Antilles. "By constantly innovating, we make comfort accessible. Hospitality is in our genes. That's why Van der Valk always feels familiar and yet different every time. We are immensely proud that we can now also start showing this in Amsterdam." said the family.