Hotel Princenhof en restaurant Puur Prince

What Hotel Princenhof en restaurant Puur Prince does

Hotel Princenhof en restaurant Puur Prince is a privately held, family-operated hotel-restaurant established in 1939 by Piet Miedema in Earnewâld, Friesland, Netherlands, on the waterfront of Nationaal Park De Alde Feane. The property offers 41 hotel rooms across three tiers (Landzijde, Meerzijde Classic, Meerzijde Comfort) with Avek beds, private bathrooms, and inclusive breakfast, alongside a full-service à la carte restaurant, brasserie, bar, terrace, and Skûtsjebar led by Chef Tjitte with regionally sourced ingredients. The business generates revenue through five streams: room accommodations (€93–€113.50 per night), restaurant dining, multi-day activity packages (€226.95–€281.95 per person for cycling, SUP, sloop, and combined land-and-water arrangements), business meetings and corporate events (2–150 persons), and group celebrations including weddings. Distribution is direct-to-consumer via the own WordPress website (princenhof.nl), an integrated HRC Digital booking engine offering a 5% online discount with no booking fees, phone reservations, and on-site walk-ins, with no apparent OTA dependence. Supporting infrastructure includes modern meeting facilities with AV equipment, free parking, and partnerships with Visit Friesland and the Alde Feanen visitor center to capture destination tourism demand.

Name

Hotel Princenhof en restaurant Puur Prince

Legal name

Hotel Princenhof

Website

https://princenhof.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1939

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hotel Princenhof is a privately held, family-run hotel and restaurant in Earnewâld, Friesland, Netherlands, operating since 1939 on the waterfront of Nationaal Park De Alde Feane, serving leisure guests, business travelers, and private events with 41 rooms, a regional restaurant, and nature-based activity packages.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hotel & Restaurant Services

NAICS

Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (72111)

SIC

Hotels & Motels (7011), Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAGAAAD

Resort-Area Full-Service Hotels (Non–All-Inclusive)

Travel & Hospitality/Lodging & Accommodation/Hotels (Full-Service)

SECONDARYTHAGACAK

Luxury Eco-Resorts

Travel & Hospitality/Lodging & Accommodation/Luxury Hotels & Resorts

Keywords

• Hotel accommodations
• Restaurant dining
• Corporate meetings
• Nature tourism packages
• Group event venues

Headquarters

HQ city

Earnewâld

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Hotel Accommodations: Revenue from 41 hotel rooms across three tiers (Landzijde, Meerzijde Classic, Meerzijde Comfort). Rooms include breakfast. Direct booking via own engine with no booking fees and 5% online discount.
2. Restaurant Dining: Revenue from à la carte dining, brasserie, bar, terrace, shared dining, and group menus. Lunch served April–October 12:00–17:00, November–March 12:00–14:00. Dinner served April–October 17:00–21:00, November–March 17:00–20:00.
3. Packages & Arrangements: Multi-day packages combining accommodation, dining, and activities (cycling, SUP, sloop, combined land-and-water packages). Prices range from €226.95 to €281.95 per person. Upgrades and surcharges applied for peak seasons, holidays, and single occupancy.
4. Business Events & Meetings: Revenue from meeting rooms, seminars, conferences, team building activities, and corporate events. Facilities accommodate 2 to 150 persons. Includes catering and optional outdoor activities.
5. Group Celebrations & Weddings: Revenue from weddings, anniversaries, family celebrations, and jubileums. Group dining packages include Fryske High Tea, lunch buffets, a la carte, dinner buffets, warm buffets, winter buffets, BBQ, and brunch.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Hotel-restaurant Princenhof sells overnight accommodations in 41 rooms across three tiers (Landzijde, Meerzijde Classic, Meerzijde Comfort), an à la carte restaurant with brasserie, bar and terrace, multi-day activity packages combining lodging with cycling, SUP, electric sloop sailing or combined land-and-water itineraries, meeting and event facilities for 2–150 guests, and group dining and celebrations including weddings, anniversaries and family gatherings. The property is located on the water in Nationaal Park De Alde Feane in Earnewâld, Friesland, and has been operating since 1939.

Product overview

Hotel Princenhof is a traditional hotel-restaurant established in 1939, located in Earnewâld in National Park De Alde Feane, Friesland. The business operates a unified hospitality offering centered on hotel accommodations (41 rooms in three tiers), restaurant services (lunch, dinner, bar, and brasserie), and curated activity packages combining lodging with outdoor experiences. The product portfolio includes Landzijde, Meerzijde, and Meerzijde Comfort room categories; restaurant dining services; four activity packages (Fietsarrangement, Sloeparrangement, SUP Arrangement, and Lân en Wetter); plus business meeting facilities and group event services. All offerings emphasize the natural setting of Friesland with activities focused on cycling, boating, and nature exploration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hotel Accommodations (Landzijde, Meerzijde Classic, Meerzijde Comfort) Overnight accommodation in 41 comfortable hotel rooms across three categories — Landzijde (garden side, basic), Meerzijde Classic (water-facing with balcony/terrace), and Meerzijde Comfort (larger water-facing rooms with expanded bathroom) — all featuring Avek beds, private bathrooms and included breakfast, targeted at leisure guests, business overnight stays and package guests.
• Restaurant Services (Restaurant Princenhof) Full-service à la carte restaurant offering lunch, dinner, brasserie, bar and terrace dining, with seasonal world-inspired dishes using local Friesland ingredients (meat from Frisian farms, North Sea fish, cheese from the chef's own brother's farm); lunch served 12:00–17:00 (summer) or 12:00–14:00 (winter); dinner served 17:00–21:00 (summer) or 17:00–20:00 (winter).
• Fietsarrangement (Cycling Package) Two-night, three-day cycling package including two nights accommodation, breakfast, dinner and two days of standard 7-speed bike rental along the Pontjesroute through Friesland (e-bike upgrade available for €15/bike/day surcharge), starting from €226.95 per person.
• Sloeparrangement (Electric Sloop Package) Two-night package including two three-course dinners, one day of electric sloop rental (for up to 8 persons, no boat license required) with fuel and a water map, plus a packed picnic, starting from €281.95 per person.
• SUP Arrangement (Stand-Up Paddle Package) Two-night package including two three-course dinners, two breakfasts, welcome coffee/tea with Frisian orange cake, a lunch package and paddle board rental with dry-sack and routes through the narrow waterways of De Alde Feanen, starting from €238.70 per person.
• Lân en Wetter Arrangement (Land and Water Package) Two-night package combining cycling and electric sloop sailing — including two nights accommodation, two breakfasts, two three-course dinners, one day of bike rental and two hours of electric sloop sailing — starting from €241.95 per person (April & October, 2 persons per Landzijde room).
• Lente Last Minute Arrangement (Spring Last-Minute Package) Three-day, two-night spring escape package offering a serene relaxation stay at Hotel & Restaurant Princenhof in Nationaal Park De Alde Feane.
• Business & Meeting Facilities Meeting rooms, training and seminar spaces, team building activities and corporate events for 2 to 150 persons, with modern AV facilities and air conditioning, on-site catering and optional outdoor team building, plus 41 hotel rooms available for business overnight stays.
• Group Dining & Celebrations Group dining packages and event hosting for weddings, anniversaries, jubileums, birthdays, family gatherings and corporate celebrations, including Frisian High Tea, sandwich lunch, lunch buffet, brunch, à la carte (up to 20 persons), three-course dinner buffet, choice dinner, warm buffet, hot and cold buffet, winter buffet and BBQ buffet.
• Schemertocht (Twilight Boat Tour) Evening boat tour through the Alde Feanen waters, offered every Friday and Saturday in July and August, providing a guided twilight experience of the national park.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• dehaancreative.nlminorOthersResponsible for brand identity and web design (huisstijl & webdesign) for Hotel Princenhof, as disclosed in the website disclaimer.
• xvector.nlminorOthersCo-agency responsible for brand identity and web design (huisstijl & webdesign) for Hotel Princenhof.
• nevergrey.nlminorOthersCopywriting partner responsible for the textual content on Hotel Princenhof's website.
• Visit FrieslandminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRegional tourism organization providing photography for the hotel's website and promoting Hotel Princenhof as a destination within Friesland.
• Fonger de VlasminorOthersProfessional photographer providing imagery for Hotel Princenhof's website and marketing materials.
• Jaap de VriesminorOthersProfessional photographer providing imagery for Hotel Princenhof's website and marketing materials.
• Adobe StockminorOthersStock photography provider used for Hotel Princenhof's website imagery.
• ShutterstockminorOthersStock photography provider used for Hotel Princenhof's website imagery.
• Bezoekerscentrum Nationaal Park de Alde FeanenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVisitor center located near the hotel, offering activities and excursions for all ages. Hotel Princenhof promotes the center to its guests as part of the local experience.
• De MarrekriteminorOthersRecreation board responsible for installing special mooring places for watercraft throughout the Alde Feanen area. Referenced on the hotel's national park page as part of the recreational infrastructure available to guests.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Roompot Vakanties: Roompot runs holiday parks in coastal and nature regions of the Netherlands, bundling accommodation with outdoor activities and on-site dining. Like Princenhof, it targets families and leisure guests seeking outdoor recreation in Dutch natural settings.
• Center Parcs Nederland: Center Parcs operates forest and lakeside holiday parks in the Netherlands with cycling, watersports, and on-site dining. Its nature-immersed family leisure proposition overlaps with Princenhof's package-driven, activity-led weekend break business.
• Landal GreenParks: Landal operates vacation parks across nature areas in the Netherlands and Europe, combining accommodation with cycling, hiking, and watersports. While it uses bungalow/villa units rather than hotel rooms, the nature-based, activity-integrated leisure model overlaps with Princenhof's package offerings.

Direct peers

• Postillion Hotels: Postillion is a Dutch chain specializing in business meetings, conferences, and events with on-site accommodation and catering. Princenhof's meetings-for-2-to-150 offering with AV facilities and team-building activities competes for the same corporate event segment in the northern Netherlands.
• Westcord Hotels: Westcord is a Dutch family-run boutique hotel group with distinctive, character-rich properties often located at scenic and historic sites, paired with restaurants and meeting facilities. Comparable in scale and family-ownership profile to Princenhof.
• Van der Valk Hotels & Restaurants: Van der Valk is the prototypical Dutch family-owned hotel-restaurant chain, combining full-service lodging, on-site dining, meeting facilities, and group events across 70+ properties in the Netherlands. Like Princenhof, the model fuses accommodation, restaurant, and events into a single hospitality offering with strong regional identity.
• Fletcher Hotels: Fletcher operates 100+ hotels across the Netherlands, often in nature-rich and historic locations (castles, estates, countryside), with on-site restaurants, meeting rooms, and event spaces. Its portfolio positioning in regional Dutch nature settings directly mirrors Princenhof's resort-area full-service model.

Broad incumbents

• Bilderberg Hotels: Bilderberg operates a portfolio of upscale Dutch hotels, many near nature reserves and conference hubs, with restaurants and meeting facilities. It competes for the same leisure and corporate guest segments in northern Netherlands, though at a larger scale and broader geographic spread.
• NH Hotels (NH Collection): NH Hotels is a major European chain with multiple Dutch properties, including rural and historic locations. While operating at a larger scale with broader distribution, NH Collection properties compete for leisure and corporate guests seeking full-service Dutch countryside stays.
• Hampshire Hotels: Hampshire is a Dutch hotel brand consortium operating quality regional hotels with restaurants and meeting facilities across the Netherlands. Several properties are located in nature areas comparable to Princenhof's national park setting.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

Investments

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