{"id":40,"date":"2026-03-25T08:26:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T08:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eclect.com\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2026-08-28T10:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T10:46:08","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eclect.com\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-40","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"blocks":{"0":{"acf_fc_layout":"header_about_block","title":"Stronger together, independent as ever.","image_1":1421,"image_2":1286,"image_3":56,"quote":"\u201cec\u00b7lec\u00b7tisch: <em>uit verschillende bronnen gekozen; <\/em><em>niet aan \u00e9\u00e9n leer, stijl of formule gebonden<\/em>\u201d","text":"<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\">ECLECT is gebouwd op de overtuiging dat de beste hotels niet uit een formule komen, maar uit de eigen idee\u00ebn van de mensen die ze runnen. Onafhankelijke hotels, elk met een eigen karakter, een eigen verhaal en een eigen manier van gastvrij zijn. Dat willen we zo houden.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\">Maar wie onafhankelijk onderneemt, staat er op veel fronten alleen voor. Inkoop, technologie, zichtbaarheid, boekingen: waar schaal vanzelfsprekend voordeel oplevert, moet de onafhankelijke hotelier alles op eigen kracht organiseren. Er zijn uitwegen: aansluiten bij een keten, werken volgens een bewezen formule. Ze lossen het op, maar tegen een prijs - precies de eigenheid die het hotel bijzonder maakt, en die in de hotellerie steeds schaarser wordt.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\">Wij geloven dat het anders kan. ECLECT is opgericht door hotelondernemers die ieder hun eigen hotels hebben gehad en die praktijk van binnenuit kennen. Het antwoord werd een operating collective: \u00e9\u00e9n plek waar de disciplines samenkomen die een hotel laten draaien. Geen formule die voorschrijft hoe jouw hotel eruit moet zien, maar een fundament dat jouw manier van werken versterkt. Met gezamenlijke inkoopkracht, slimme systemen en labels die gelijkgestemde hotels verbinden op ons eigen boekingsplatform.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\">Onze naam draagt het in zich: een collectief uit verschillende bronnen. Hotels die in niets op elkaar lijken, behalve in de keuze om zichzelf te blijven.<\/p>","video_title":"Our story","video_placeholder_image":851,"video_link":"","video_link_mobile":""},"1":{"acf_fc_layout":"team_block","title":"Meet the team","members":[{"image":1893,"name":"David van Brakel","subtitle":"Chief Growth Officer","text":"","email_address":""},{"image":1894,"name":"Dennie Frits","subtitle":"Chief Executive Officer","text":"","email_address":""},{"image":1177,"name":"Tessa Veenstra","subtitle":"Head of Marketing & Community","text":"","email_address":""},{"image":1166,"name":"Bart Joosten","subtitle":"Head of Operations & Quality","text":"","email_address":""},{"image":1469,"name":"Maud Boumans","subtitle":"Content Marketeer","text":"","email_address":""},{"image":1239,"name":"Thom Kofflard","subtitle":"Reservations & Revenue Agent","text":"","email_address":""},{"image":1884,"name":"Iris van Peperstraten","subtitle":"Financial Controller","text":"","email_address":""},{"image":1230,"name":"Susan de Gouw","subtitle":"Meetings & Eventplanner","text":"","email_address":""},{"image":1229,"name":"Shelley van Beurden","subtitle":"Financial Administrator","text":"","email_address":""},{"image":1253,"name":"Maryn Gerrits","subtitle":"Strategic Projects","text":"","email_address":""},{"image":1891,"name":"Kicky Lengers","subtitle":"Meeting & Eventplanner","text":"","email_address":""},{"image":1241,"name":"Martje Geurts van Kessel","subtitle":"HR & Office Co\u00f6rdinator","text":"","email_address":""},{"image":1890,"name":"Riva May van den Thillart","subtitle":"Stagiaire Marketing & Communicatie","text":"","email_address":""},{"image":1470,"name":"Roel Vaessen","subtitle":"Creative Lead","text":"","email_address":""},{"image":1476,"name":"Esme\u00e9 Claes","subtitle":"Reservations Agent","text":"","email_address":""},{"image":1477,"name":"Iza Pawlak","subtitle":"Reservations Agent","text":"","email_address":""},{"image":1478,"name":"Ingeborg van Bebber","subtitle":"Financial Administator","text":"","email_address":""},{"image":1479,"name":"Evie Scheeren","subtitle":"Reservations Agent","text":"","email_address":""},{"image":1175,"name":"Paul Dirksen","subtitle":"Head of Sales & Reservations","text":"","email_address":""},{"image":1180,"name":"Tessa Witteveen","subtitle":"Head of Finance & Control","text":"","email_address":""}],"anchor":""},"2":{"acf_fc_layout":"text_block","title":"The collective","text":"Een operating collective is zo sterk als de mensen erin. Ons team komt uit alle hoeken van het vak: mensen die zelf hotels hebben gerund, revenue managers, marketeers, inkopers, technologen. Verschillende achtergronden, \u00e9\u00e9n gedeelde overtuiging: dat onafhankelijke hotels het mooiste van de hospitality zijn, en dat ze sterker worden met een collectief achter zich.\r\n\r\nDie verscheidenheid is geen toeval, het is het model. Elk vraagstuk van een hotel vraagt om andere expertise, en die zit bij ons onder \u00e9\u00e9n dak. Voor jou als hotelier blijft het simpel: \u00e9\u00e9n team dat je hotel kent, met achter elke vraag de juiste specialist. Korte lijnen, geen lagen ertussen. We werken zoals de hotels waarvoor we werken.\r\n\r\nWe zeggen wat we zien, ook als dat een ongemakkelijke boodschap is. En we vieren wat goed gaat, het liefst aan de bar van een van de hotels uit ons collectief.\r\n\r\nEn we groeien. We zoeken mensen die het hotelvak kennen, of het willen leren. 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