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Chinese hospitality meets Western luxury - INTERVIEW
CHINA HOTEL HOLLAND

The China Hotel Holland is located on the A13 motorway on the edge of a beautiful, lush park adjacent to the Ypenburgse Poort industrial area. The 10-billion-euro hotel, which blends Chinese hospitality with Western luxury, covers 6,000 square metres and features 74 rooms: twenty superior suites, 34 standard rooms and twenty supreme suites. In addition, the hotel has five banquet rooms, seven karaoke rooms and two restaurants. The suites are equipped with marble floors, a mini-bar, free wireless Internet, LCD screens and marble bathrooms with separate baths and toilets. One of the hotel’s highlights is its restaurant, which offers both Chinese and international dishes. Guests also have the option to dine in smaller private rooms, in traditional Chinese style.

Technopolis: a strategic economic location

Technopolis Innovation Park is an initiative of Delft University of Technology and the City of Delft. Companies that settle in the city can beneﬁ t fully from the knowledge and expertise of Delft University of Technology, the City, and other Delft-based knowledge institutions, making it a ﬁrst-rate economic location.

Strong growth for Delft tech start-ups

Technology start-ups established as part of the YES!Delft initiative for new businesses performed extremely well in 2008, resulting in a tripling of the workforce, a 75% rise in sales, and a tenfold increase from the previous year in start-up investments by venture capital ﬁrms. The thirty-nine ﬂ edgling companies attracted a total of more than EUR 5 million in venture capital, 80% of which came from foreign investors. In 2007, they managed to raise EUR 500,000. Total revenue from sales rose to more than EUR 9 million, representing an increase of nearly
4 million euros compared to 2007. Investment in young companies helps create the quality jobs the region needs.

YES!Delft, the business centre of Delft University of Technology, promotes the establishment of new businesses and supports entrepreneurs at every stage. It encourages students, professionals and scientists to start and develop their own businesses and assists and supports them in this process. YES!Delft offers tech start-ups practical support, strategic advice, education, a network of valuable contacts and a technical infrastructure for product and process development.

In 2008, nine companies left the YES!Delft nest to successfully strike out of their own; the results of these companies are not included in the results above.

For more information, please visit www.yesdelft.nl.

Midsummer White Disco

On Saturday 20 June, dance lovers aged 30+ can get down to the sounds of the 70s, 80s and 90s at Club Wesseling, right next to Delft’s NS railway station. The club will be decked out in white especially for the occasion. Join us for this nostalgia extravaganza, featuring music by such icons as Michael Jackson, Madonna, the Trammps and Aretha Franklin. We guarantee you’ll be on the dance ﬂoor all night, and for just 9 euros, there’s no excuse not to! Dress code: white! For more information, please visit www.djluuk.nl.

The ‘Night Watch’ and cufflinks

INTERVIEW

Royal Delft is the only remaining Delft ceramic factory from the seventeenth century. The Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles was established in 1653, and today each piece is still made by hand, just as it has been done for centuries. Each year, over 150,000 visitors from all over the world tour the building on 196 Rotterdamseweg in Delft to view the traditional production technique. Henk Schouten, the newly appointed CEO of the listed company, told Global The Hague what makes the Delft Blue decorative pieces so special.

Technopolis: a strategic economic location

Strong growth for Delft tech start-ups

Midsummer White Disco

The ‘Night Watch’ and cufflinks

The Royal City of Delft