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'Hans Brinker Budget Hotel in Amsterdam' Reveals Advertising Secrets


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The worst hotel in the world, the Hans Brinker Budget Hotel in Amsterdam, is proud of its poor image. So proud of it, they have run an ad campaign for 15 years bragging about the lack of, well, everything.

If you want to advertise your world’s worst something-or-other, you’ll want to browse through the book that covers the campaign from Kessels Kramer for the Hans Brinker Budget Hotel.

“In the long history of hospitality, the Hans Brinker Budget Hotel stands alone as the worse there ever was,” says a press release promoting the book. Its 280 pages include every piece of communications ever made for the hotel by Kessels Kramer, which has famously made great capital out of the fact that the place is so awful. Campaigns have included little flags stuck in dog sh** (with illustrations by Anthony Burrill, an early collaborator) (creativereview)

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Favorited by Jeremy Gutsche on Mar 26, 09
Jeremy Gutsche on Mar 26, 09  1,655 Trends   2,599 Comments
Hahaha! This is brilliant.
Jeremy Gutsche on Mar 26, 09  1,655 Trends   2,599 Comments 0
Favorited by Hjortur on Mar 26, 09
Hjortur on Mar 26, 09  82 Trends   120 Comments
I like the positive attitude :) Great marketing. If you ain't got it, flaunt it ;)
Hjortur on Mar 26, 09  82 Trends   120 Comments 0
Jeremy Gutsche on May 21, 09  1,655 Trends   2,599 Comments
I wish I could favorite this again, because it's really quite good.
Jeremy Gutsche on May 21, 09  1,655 Trends   2,599 Comments 0

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