The Andaz Amsterdam, a Hyatt property located on one of the canals is a modern art hotel. Amazing installations, comfortable rooms, free WiFi all contribute to a great stay. Located in the city, near the main shopping areas, it is easy to walk to most of the main attractions.
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Privium price increases from 1 October 2013
As of 1 October, the price of Privium Plus and Partner memberships will be adjusted for inflation. Plus membership: € 205 Basic membership: € 121 Partner membership: € 75 My review of the Privium Lounge from last year is here.
Hilton Amsterdam Airport
Slated for demolition in a few months, the Hilton at Amsterdam is walking distance from the airport. The route takes you past the Sheraton hotel, past the entrances to the various parking garages and out an exit door. A short exterior walk brings you to Reception. Exit from the train station: Look for the signs…
LH shorthaul – AMS-FRA
I was connecting from Amsterdam to Frankfurt on my way to Shanghai and so enjoyed a A319 operated shorthaul trip with LH. The business class cabin was pretty empty – just three passengers and so I managed to slip in to Row 1 and enjoyed a pretty good view of the take-off and landing. I…
Servisair lounge at Amsterdam…dismal!
Some days ago I wrote about the Privium lounge at AMS, available only to people who have the iris scanning entry card used at the airport. I had a little time so decided to pop along to the regular lounge used by Lufthansa in Amsterdam; the Servisair Lounge. My travel experience was not enhanced by…
Hyatt announces plans for third Hyatt in Amsterdam
Hard on the heels of the opening of the Andaz Amsterdam, Hyatt announced its plans for a Hyatt Place at Schipol Airport scheduled to open later this year. Yesterday they announced that a third hotel was being planned, the Hyatt Regency Amsterdam. Scheduled to open in 2015, the property will have 215 rooms and 15…
Schipol’s Privium Lounge
Yesterday I wrote about signing up for Schipol’s Iris recognition immigration entry system to the Netherlands. Part of the enhanced package is access to the Privium Lounge at Schipol when departing the airport on a same day flight. The lounge is located airside between check-in Zones 1 and 2, immediately above the escalator from the…
Enrolling for Schipol’s Privium Scheme Immigration card
It seems as if I have a number of trips to AMS in mind over the next year and with Immigration lines being quite lengthy there sometimes, I decided to invest in their paid-for-use Iris scanning entry system – Privium. Their offering comes in two ‘flavours’ – the slimmer version at EUR121 and the full…
Andaz Amsterdam: Part 5 – Breakfast / Service / Design
For my last post on this property I am proposing to cover three aspects of the hotel: Breakfast Breakfast is served on the ground floor in the restaurant behind the lifts. The staff there were friendly and offered my the menu which consists of a cold buffet or a (chargeable) hot option. The Andaz layout…
Andaz Amsterdam: Part 4 – Room 221 – my ‘Internet’ Room
My Suite would not receive internet service when I awoke on Saturday. Efforts by the hotel could not fix the problem and the staff seemed to know that it was a problem with that part of the hotel. They offered a wired solution but I had not taken my ethernet adaptor for the MacBook Air.…
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