Sportcentrum Papendal B.V.
- Location
- Arnhem, Netherlands
- Industries
- Out-of-home, Shortening supply chain, Consumer health & consumer effects, Food ingredients & products
- Technologies
- Restaurant technology, Platform & Service technologies
About Sportcentrum Papendal B.V.
Papendal is a Dutch sports, hospitality, and meetings-and-events destination in Arnhem, set in the wooded Veluwe area. It combines a national top-sport training environment with a hotel, restaurant, conference facilities, and event spaces, serving elite athletes, sports organizations, business groups, and leisure guests.
The company positions itself as a place where sport, knowledge, hospitality, and inspiration come together. Its identity is closely tied to performance and vitality: guests come for meetings, training, events, or overnight stays, while athletes use the site as a high-performance training base. Papendal also emphasizes that part of its commercial activity directly supports Dutch top sport.
Core Values
- Performance: Papendal is built around the mindset of training, improving, and going for gold, and it brings that energy into both sport and business hospitality.
- Hospitality: The company emphasizes thoughtful service, comfort, and a complete guest experience, whether for athletes, conference attendees, or hotel guests.
- Sustainability: Papendal presents sustainability as part of its daily way of working, with attention to energy, materials, mobility, food, and the natural environment.
- Vitality: Health, movement, and balanced choices are recurring themes in its food, facilities, and event concepts.
Unique Aspects
- Direct support for top sport: Papendal states that 25% of every euro spent on-site flows back into top-sport facilities, making business and leisure visits directly contribute to Dutch sport.
- Integrated sports ecosystem: On one compact site, Papendal combines training, housing, study support, expertise, recovery, and hospitality for athletes.
- Largest TeamNL center in the Netherlands: Papendal describes itself as the largest of the Dutch TeamNL centers and a central training base for more than 500 athletes.
- Green Key Gold certification: The hotel and meeting facilities are presented as Green Key Gold certified, reinforcing the site’s sustainability positioning.
- Location in nature: The site sits in a forested area near Arnhem and the Veluwe, giving it a distinctive mix of nature, sport, and business use.