International real estate broker Colliers has announced the appointment of Jules van Gaalen as director of hotel investment in the Netherlands.

Van Gaalen has over 15 years of experience in real estate and has been with Colliers since 2006. He was previously the director of the Eindhoven office and is now based in Amsterdam to focus on growing Colliers' Hotel Investment Services.

In Eindhoven, he will be replaced by Robert Kok, who joined Colliers International in 2007.