1. Who are you?
My name is Edwin van der Meijde. My wife Karen and I are the owners of The Pincoffs Suite Hotel in Rotterdam, a boutique hotel in an historical building on the riverfront.

2. What do you like about what you do?
The best part was inventing the hotel, the constructions and interior design. It has become an exciting mix of design and classic furniture and modern lighting. Now that we are open, we like giving our guests a very warm welcome in our small, highly personal 4 star hotel.

3. What don’t you like about what you do?
Everything is exiting. We opened The Pincoffs Hotel on the first of March 2008. For us this is a brand new life. Before this my wife and I were journalist at the daily newspaper Algemeen Dagblad for almost two decades.

4. Please tell us about your hotel and your aims with it?
Our place is a small luxury hotel, 4 star rated, with a highly personal service and an informal atmosphere. We give our guests a warm welcome. Trying to please them is our main goal. We want them to leave our building completely satisfied and with a smile. We love to give our guests good directions to discover their Rotterdam.

5. Are you working with blogs and if yes, what is your favourite blog?
We have our own blog connected to our website www.hotelpincoffs.com, but we are not working with different blogs on our site. It’s a matter of time. Your blog is superb. Maybe we have to link this one first.

6. Your TOP 3 hotel experiences
Raffles Singapore, Pera Palace Istanbul, Inglaterra Havana Cuba

7. Your TOP 3 destination experiences
Bunaken & Togian Islands Indonesia
Kenia & Zanzibar (Tanzania)
Traveling through Australia

8. Your TOP 3 food and/or beverage experiences
‘t Molentje/ Danny Horseele, Zeebrugge, Belgium
George Blanc, Vonnas, France
Oud Sluis, Sergio Herman, Sluis, the Netherlands

9. Can you offer possible readers 3 things they absolutely need to do/visit/see when visiting your city?
Take a walk along the riverfront.
Visit restaurant Parkheuvel.
Get an impression of the world harbour by boat trip (if you have time) or take a quick ride with the Water Taxi (if you are running out of time) from our place to Hotel New York or the SS Rotterdam (former cruise ship, opening September 2009).

10. Any comments you want to share with us?
Rotterdam is a relatively new city, but it is vibrating. When you are visiting Holland or Amsterdam please try to take a day or two to see the architectural city Rotterdam. And of course we are happy to welcome you in our hotel.