MEMBER PROFILE
JOOST DEN BIEMAN
General Manager • Sanadome Hotel & Spa Nijmegen • Nijmegen, Netherlands
“We offer our guests balanced cuisine during
their stay, which is part of our goal of bringing
guests back to equilibrium of body and mind.”
medical expenses. For our customers, it
means using our total product as a
resource for aging with vigor and fun.”
Signature Touches
The hotel, which offers 106 luxury
rooms including 10 superior suites,
almost all with balconies overlooking a
central courtyard, first opened its doors
in 1995. “Our facilities have a high level
of luxury, but comfort, accessibility, and
easy-to-use facilities are just as
important,” says den Bieman. Its Asian-
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inspired cuisine, available in four on-site
restaurants, includes as much locally
grown and organic produce as possible
on its always-evolving menus. Executive
chef Albert van Rheede even acts as
Sanadome’s in-house beekeeper, caring
for the hives and harvesting the honey
and wax that are so in-demand as spa
kitchen and product ingredients.
No spa is complete without its very
own signature treatment. At Sanadome,
guests can enjoy a special relaxation
massage experience, an anti-stress
treatment designed to take into account
the pressures of modern life. Steady,
repetitive, light pressure from an experienced therapist results in a light trance
and superior relaxation.
Standing out in a crowded market
space requires thinking outside the box:
Sanadome has managed to separate
itself by the quality of its accommodation, its progressive diet and food
offerings and by virtue of its extensive
salt and fresh water pools. The pools,
fully equipped to cater for customers
with physical disabilities, helps
Sanadome to effectively market itself as
a specialty spa catering to improving the
lives of guests suffering from
rheumatism, arthritis, osteoarthritis and
fibromyalgia. Swimwear is compulsory
for spa and hotel guests—it is always
worth checking in advance in European
spas if this is the case.