Valentine’s Day, it’s become a synonym for the most commercial holiday. Who still goes along with this in 2015? A special menu at the restaurant charging you double. Specialties with chocolate of dubious quality. The Valentine’s hearts might make you feel a bit unwell…
And if we threw all of this out the window? Meet three holiday-makers heading out to the Ardennes, Valentine or not.
It’s official, the economic crisis has reached or neighbours to the north. A half million less Dutch travellers took off on vacation in 2014. A hit for the tourist industry in Belgium? Not really… Some industry actors do not succumb to this downward trend: Ardennes-Etape and the Domain of the Han Caves boast positive numbers.
An explanation…
Six episodes, close to two million viewers, a good cause, four celebrity Dutchmen and the Belgian Ardennes in a leading role. To promote our beautiful region as an excellent holiday destination for Dutch travellers, that’s the aim of ‘Wie opent het slot?’.
Away with old prejudices, because the majority of Ardennes-Etape’s managers are female. There is no distinction between men and women, expertise is the key value in this Ardennes company. We put three top ladies of this medium-sized enterprise in the spotlight.
Its name: ‘RL 2011/83’. Its goal: transparency. Its outcome: a completely revised pricing policy for all e-commerce websites. This new directive is in force since May 2014, but companies are given some extra time to make the necessary adjustments. Ardennes-Etape took on this occasion to become the first company in holiday home rental with a 100 percent transparent pricing policy.
A ride on a bicycle cab through the city, a beautiful group picture as a souvenir, making an appearance on the big screen, free Skype session with the home front from the delightful town centre in Malmedy, La Roche-en-Ardenne or Stavelot. Visiting the Belgian Ardennes this summer: that’s technology, service and amazing memories.
Ardennes-Etape and Enjoy Life Media continue their fruitful collaboration. This time they aim for a television series promoting a good cause together with the Belgian Ardennes as high-quality holiday destination. The partnership was facilitated by Awex in Maastricht.
Val-Dieu, Bellevaux, La Chouffe, Orval, Rochefort, Bocq, Maredsous, Chimay… Eight first-class beers, eight Ardennes breweries with an excellent reputation for their delicious brews. They are famous far outside our tiny country and the region of the Belgian Ardennes.
For over eleven years the goal of the Guide Ardennes-Pass has been the same: promotion of the Belgian Ardennes as a top tourist destination. This promotion reaches a higher level every year. Read more about the Belgian-Ardennes success story.
Quality is not a concept taken lightly at Ardennes-Etape. This small business from the Liège area is market leader in self-catering holiday home rental in the Belgian Ardennes. This market leader position did not drop into its lap. Read the story here.
