Van der Valk Palace Hotel Noordwijk can take a board meeting of 14, a training day for 160 in classroom layout or a gala dinner for 400, and a standing reception for up to 750 guests when its rooms are opened into one ballroom. The hotel stands in Noordwijk, the seaside town of South Holland, with 120 bedrooms and suites in the same building as its conference floor.
Seminars and company events
The hotel lists 11 multifunctional rooms and 2 boardrooms, for groups from 2 to 750 people. Most of the floor is built around the Tulp rooms, seven modular sections that can be used alone or in combinations. A single Tulp section seats between 54 and 104 in theatre style, which suits a breakout or a department meeting. Joined as Tulp 4-5-6-7, the space covers 487 square meters and seats 375 in theatre style, enough for a plenary session or a product launch. Smaller teams can work in the Jasmijn and Madelief rooms, each of which splits into two rooms of about 49 square meters or opens into one of 99 square meters for up to 48 in theatre style. A central business lounge and free wifi serve all rooms. Residential seminars are simple to plan, since the meeting rooms and the bedrooms are under one roof.
Rooms and capacities
The largest space is the Tulp Ballroom, 938 square meters when all sections are combined, for a banquet of 400 or a reception of 750. Tulp 1-2-3 offers 332 square meters for 260 in theatre style, 120 in classroom style or 180 at dinner. Tulp 4-5 and Tulp 5-6-7 each take 200 at a seated dinner and 320 standing. For confidential discussions, the Dahlia and Roos boardrooms each seat 14 around one table, and The Winery seats 10. Semmy's Bar, 120 square meters, gives a less formal setting for drinks after a session; the hotel does not publish a capacity for it.
Accommodation
The hotel has 120 rooms and suites. A large share of a multi-day group can therefore sleep on site, with breakfast, working sessions and the evening program in the same building and no transfers to organize.
Catering
The hotel publishes banquet and gala dinner layouts for most of its rooms, from 19 guests in Madelief 2 to 400 in the ballroom. Coffee breaks, lunches, dinners and drinks receptions are agreed with the events team when the request is made, together with the room layout and the technical needs of the program.
History and setting
Noordwijk is a North Sea resort on the edge of the Bollenstreek, the bulb-growing district between Leiden and Haarlem known for its spring flower fields. The hotel operates under the name of Van der Valk, a Dutch family hotel group, and keeps Palace Hotel in its title. The location lets a program combine working sessions with time on the coast, a walk in the dunes or, in spring, a visit to the flower fields.
Getting there
The hotel presents itself as close to both Amsterdam and The Hague. Noordwijk has no railway station of its own: the usual route is a train to Leiden Centraal, then a bus or a taxi to the coast. Amsterdam Schiphol is the nearest international airport, which suits groups flying in from abroad for a congress or an incentive.
