Cookie statement – Crowne Plaza Antwerp
This is the cookie policy of Crowne Plaza Antwerp (hereafter “Crowne Plaza Antwerp”, “we” or “our”). Crowne Plaza Antwerp is operated by Holcro, a public limited company under Belgian law, whose registered office is established at Gerard Le Grellelaan 10, 2020 Antwerp and which is known in the crossroads bank of enterprises under number BE 0421.732.937 (Belgium).
This cookie policy aims at informing you about the use of cookies by Crowne Plaza Antwerp via our websites such as https://www.cpantwerpen.be and https://www.octopus-eventpool.be/. This policy should be read together with Crowne Plaza Antwerp’s privacy policy.
The cookie policy can be modified, e.g. as a result of new functionalities on the websites that require the processing of personal data. Any major changes will be announced on our websites.
This version of the cookie policy was last modified on 1/28/2019.
1. Crowne plaza websites and cookies
When you visit our websites we collect certain information by automated means, using cookies. We may also use other technologies such as pixel tags, browser analysis tools, server logs and web beacons for similar purposes as described in this policy and we may include them on our websites, in marketing e-mail messages or our newsletter, affiliated websites etc., to determine whether messages have been opened and links have been clicked on. The information provided below about cookies also applies to these other technologies.
Cookies are small text files that are installed on your browser, on your computer or on your mobile device. They allow a website to recognize your device. Cookies can have several purposes: to ensure that the website takes into account the user’s preferences by for example remembering language preferences, passwords and log-in details, to collect statistical data, to adapt the content etc.
Below you will find a summary of the cookies that Crowne Plaza Antwerp uses on its websites:
Essential cookies
These cookies allow our website to work optimally and in a secure way. These cookies enable core site functionality and are automatically enabled when you use our website.
| Name | Purpose | Retention Period | Domain |
| cookie_notice_accepted | WordPress content management system uses this cookie to indicate whether or not consent has been given to store analytics cookies | 3 months | Crowne Plaza Antwerpen |
Analytics cookies
Analytical cookies allow us to analyze the use of our website. These cookies measure information, such as the number of visits, the pages that were visited and the frequency of your visit. They give us insight into the performance of our website. For this purpose, we mainly use third-party cookies from Google Analytics. When you first visit our website, we will inform you about this and request your consent.
The information generated by Google Analytics cookies about your use of our websites – standard information about access to the internet (including your IP address) and your anonymously analyzed user behavior – is transmitted to Google, which stores them on servers which may be installed in the United States. Google adheres to the principles of the EU-US privacy shield (Privacy Shield).
The Google Analytics privacy policy states that Google uses this information to evaluate the use you make of the websites and to generate, for Crowne Plaza Antwerp, reports on the activity of the websites. For more information about using Google Analytics, please review Google’s Privacy Policy and in particular how Google uses certain data collected when you use partner sites or apps. You can disable Google Analytics by using the Browser Add-on for disabling Google Analytics.
| Name | Purpose | Retention period | Domain |
| _ga | Google Analytics – used to distinguish users | 4 years | |
| _gid | Google Analytics – used to distinguish users | 24 hours | |
| _gat | Google Analytics – used to limit the number of requests that have to be made to doubleclick.net | Ten minutes |
Advertising cookies
These cookies collect information about the user’s browsing habits in order to make advertising more relevant to the user and his interests.
We use these cookies to show other content that is relevant to the user’s interest and to measure the effectiveness of online marketing campaigns.
| Name | Purpose | Retention period | Domain |
| _fr | Used for user tracking and ad targeting purposes | 6 months |
Facebook provides this cookie. This Cookie Policy does not apply to the use of your information by third parties. Therefore, Crowne Plaza Antwerp advises you to check the cookie policies of this third party.
4. How can you delete cookies?
Your internet browser allows you to prevent the use of cookies, to receive a warning when a cookie is installed or to later delete the cookies from your hard disk. By way of example, the below hyperlinks provide more guidance on how to disable the use of cookies on certain browsers and/or on how to delete cookies.
- Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
- Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies
- Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Enabling+and+disabling+cookies and https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201265
For more general information on deleting or blocking cookies, please visit: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/
If you have further questions or complaints about our websites or about this Cookie Policy, you can contact us:
– By e-mail at info@cpantwerp.com
– By mail:
Crowne Plaza Antwerp
Holcro NV
Gerard Le Grellelaan 10
2020 Antwerp