Tribute Portfolio sets up in the Netherlands with the opening of The Slaak Rotterdam
Tribute Portfolio, one of Marriott International’s new brands, welcomes The Slaak Rotterdam, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel within its European portfolio, following an impressive transformation of the emblematic building ‘Het Slaakhuys’, originally designed by the Dutch architect Jo Vegter in 1952.
In Tedance Hotellerie
The Slaak, a new design hotel
The Slaak Rotterdam, the former headquarters of a famous Dutch newspaper, revisits the 1950s in a new way. A new member for Marriott’s Tribute Portfolio brand.
In Voyages D'Affaires
New Tribute Portfolio Property opens in Rotterdam
The Slaak Rotterdam, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel opened earlier this month.The property is located within an architectural landmark that once housed a Dutch newspaper.
In Global Travel USA
Good accomodation
Already when entering the lobby you can’t believe what you see. The hero of the retro series was made to fit into the vintage ambience of The Slaak Hotel, part of the Marriott Group.
In Geo Saison
10 of the hottest hotels opening in August 2019
This new design hotel, part of Marriottβs Tribute Portfolio, is fashioned from a former newspaper press room in Rotterdam. The aesthetic has a heavy hipster edge: expect arched brass floor lamps and graffiti wall art in the loft-style rooms.
In The Telegraph
The Slaak Hotel, for a design interpretation of the fifties
Another interpretation of the design of the fifties, is the brand new hotel The Slaak, located in the dynamic district of Kralingen-West, just a few minutes from the city centre and the old port. This establishment is part of the Marriott Group’s Tribute Portfolio lifestyle collection.
In Forbes France
The Slaak Rotterdam in the press
A special atmosphere is created in the new hotel The Slaak Rotterdam, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel (Marriott) for the independent traveller.
in Hotel & Lodge
Back to the fifties!
There is an old Adler typewriter in the lobby. Record players remind us of the time the building was built for the social democratic newspaper “Het Vrije Volk”. All 74 rooms of the boutique hotel are so spacious that a real wooden writing desk has been placed in it.
in Geo Saison
The fifties of the last century
The Slaakhuys, which was built during the reconstruction of Rotterdam in the 1950s, originally accommodated the Dutch. Now The Slaak Rotterdam accommodates hotel guests.
in Hospitality design
Sleep in a newspaper palace in Rotterdam
Booking a hotel is not an art, but finding a special hotel is something our travel editors have a vision on. This week: The Slaak in Rotterdam.
in De Volkskrant
In Rotterdam, a new life for the former newspaper printer
“I would say, there was a huge hope in 1950 after the war, to rebuild society and create a free future,” Design Makers. “You can tell by the colors and patterns.”
in Architects and Artisants
Design boutique hotel
The beautiful printing pressrooms and newsrooms have made way for thedesign. This former headquarters of a Dutch newspaper is just a stone’s throw away from the city centre and the Old Port of Rotterdam.
in le journal de la maison
Amazing Rotterdam
What if you let yourself be tempted by the surprising artistic and architectural richness of Rotterdam?
in L'Express
Overnight stay in Rotterdam
An overnight stay in the city of the modernist skyline, vibrant urban culture and bold and special architecture. This time in the 50’s building ‘Het Slaakhuys’ in The Slaak Rotterdam. A hotel with fifties style wallpaper, carpeting and decoration, complete with the Restaurant & Bar Didot34.
In the Lonely Planet
Good news
The Slaak in Rotterdam is a very nice hotel that is housed in the former editorial and printing office of the newspaper βHet Vrije Volkβ.
in JAN Magazine
Honoring a font style
Rotterdam has a great catering establishment. In the national monument Slaakhuys on the Slaak opened hotel, The Slaak Rotterdam. A stylish boutique hotel on the spot where the editors and printers of the newspaper ‘Het Vrije Volk’ used to live (until 1976). It became a funky hotel with sympathetic references to the past printing business. […]
In ELLE Magazine