Play World Casino remains open after Hotelux closes in Hoofddorp

Hotelux in Hoofddorp reportedly closed at the end of October because it lacked the required operating licence, while the casino in the same building remains open. Play World still lists opening hours for Hoofddorp on its location page.

The mayor of Haarlemmermeer had ordered Hotelux Airport B.V. to stop operating without a licence. The hotel was reportedly refused a licence following a Bibob investigation. The refusal of its licence application had previously been upheld on objection.

On 8 October, a North Holland District Court judge rejected Hotelux Airport B.V.'s request to temporarily halt enforcement. The judge found no concrete prospect of legalising the operation. Earlier permission to run the hotel on a trial basis or let the building did not allow the hotel to remain open without an operating licence, the judge said. The ruling was a provisional assessment and did not settle the objection to enforcement.

Hotelux said on its website that it could no longer receive guests arriving after 31 October. The hotel said reservations would be cancelled without charge and advance payments refunded.

A separate dispute concerned a €23m bid for the building, reported in December 2025. The property trader said he had intended to bid €2.3m and wanted to withdraw from the purchase. After his home and other properties were seized, he asked a court to lift the seizure. In March 2026, it emerged that the court had rejected the request. The court found his explanation that the bid contained a typing error not credible. The purchase dispute is separate from the enforcement proceedings over the hotel's operating licence.