Expo Houten, Congrescentrum B&I, Van der Valk Hotel Den Haag Wassenaar, and Expo Greater Amsterdam are proud holders of the YOIN Excellent Meeting Places certification.
In the first half of 2024, YOIN Excellent Meeting Places has awarded 4 outstanding congress and event venues with the YOIN certification. Expo Houten, Congrescentrum B&I, Van der Valk Hotel Den Haag-Wassenaar, and EXPO Greater Amsterdam successfully passed the inspection conducted by independent YOIN auditors. Along with 10 successfully completed reinspections of existing YOIN Excellent Meeting Places, this increases the options for clients to choose from certified venues.
“And that’s a great development,” says Dineke Philipse, Coordinator at YOIN Excellent Meeting Places. “The certified venues go above and beyond what regular laws and regulations require. Professionalism, craftsmanship, service, sustainability, and hospitality are top priorities, and you can feel that when you choose a YOIN Excellent Meeting Place.”
Growing Network of YOIN Locations
The number of venues that can carry the prestigious YOIN quality label continues to grow. This offers bookers more options to choose certified venues that meet strict requirements in terms of service, sustainability, innovation, and professionalism. Certification is an important benchmark for venues to ensure and improve their quality and customer focus.
Diederick van Eeden, Commercial Manager at Van der Valk Hotel Den Haag – Wassenaar: “We are proud that our fully renovated hotel, with completely renovated meeting rooms and all our sustainability efforts during the renovation, has now been rewarded with YOIN certification. It shows that we meet all the requirements of a state-of-the-art hotel and that we are ready for the future!”
Erik van Heiningen, Director of Expo Houten: “We are very happy and proud that Expo Houten has been awarded this YOIN certification. This certification shows that we are an excellent venue for business and private events, meeting customer expectations and standards.”
Ester Poelhekken, Manager of Congress Center and Facilities at Bouw & Infra Park: “Besides the fact that we’ve just renovated our venue, we believe it’s important to continually seek ways to improve things that you may no longer notice yourself. We see the added value in measuring our facilities against the criteria of bookers. The YOIN label complements us well in that regard.”
Yaël Goudsmit, Account Manager at EXPO Greater Amsterdam: “With our location in the heart of the Randstad, surrounded by greenery, we often surprise organizers. At the same time, we find it important to offer them assurance. As a congress and event venue, we stand for quality and hospitality. We are proud that this is rewarded with the YOIN label, which emphasizes that EXPO Greater Amsterdam is the place to go for high-quality business events.”
Biennial Recertification
The biennial recertification is an important milestone to reassess the existing criteria that YOIN Excellent Meeting Places must meet. It also provides insight into the development and growth of venues in terms of quality, service, and hospitality, partly based on feedback from the previous inspection.
The venues that have successfully completed recertification in the past period are Postillion Hotel Utrecht – Bunnik, Postillion Hotel Dordrecht, Kaap Doorn Conference Center, Van der Valk Veenendaal, Golden Tulip Hotel Central, Ernst Sillem Hoeve, Meeters, Woudschoten Hotel & Conference Center, Landhuishotel De Bloemenbeek, and Postillion Hotel Deventer.