Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne has appointed Andreas Kohn as Resort Commercial Director, effective 8 June 2026. In his new role, Kohn will oversee the strategic direction of the resort’s commercial divisions, including MICE Sales, Leisure Sales, Event Sales and Revenue Management.
Dominik Stalder has taken up his position as the new Hotel Manager of the Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne. As a part of the luxury resort's pre-opening team, Stalder played a key role in revitalizing the business during the ten-year renovation phase. His professional expertise and commitment has significantly contributed to the subsequent success of the resort following the official opening. Most recently, he served as Project Leader for the High-Level Conference on Peace in Ukraine, the largest diplomatic event in Switzerland's history. This took place on June 15 and 16, 2024 at Bürgenstock Resort and brought together 1,000 international VIPs, including 57 heads of state, as well as 700 internal and 350 external staff and contributors. The organization of this event represented a major logistical challenge, which was successfully mastered under his leadership in collaboration with the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.
Katara Hospitality, the leading global hotel owner, developer and operator based in Qatar, officially unveiled the legendary Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne in Switzerland, in a grand opening ceremony signifying the resort's official opening after nine years of construction work and an eventful opening year. The Bürgenstock Resort, with its four hotels, shines out like a beacon over Lake Lucerne in all its new splendour.
Last month, Dr. Michael A. Brabetz was appointed Medical Director of the Waldhotel Health & Medical Excellence at the Bürgenstock Hotels & Resort Lake Lucerne, a new holistic resort dedicated to healthy living. A physician with 27 years of specialization in internal medicine and psychosomatic illnesses, Dr. Brabetz will preside over a team of multi-disciplinary doctors.
Soaring 20-foot ceilings, huge floor-to-ceiling windows and 18-foot pillars clad in antique brass will greet guests entering the luxurious new Bürgenstock Hotel & Alpine Spa on August 28. But what will impress the most are the sweeping 180-degree views of Lake Lucerne and the Swiss Alps looming on the horizon. High on a forested ridge, 2,800 feet above the spectacular lake, the five-star superior hotel, a member of The Leading Hotels of the World, is the heart of Switzerland's newest luxury resort, the 148-acre Bürgenstock Hotels & Resort Lake Lucerne. Is this the setting of a James Bond movie, perhaps?
A Belle Époque jewel will open for meetings and incentives guests in June 2017 after eight years of meticulous restoration and architectural preservation. The 111-year-old, four-star superior Palace Hotel – one of four properties in the Bürgenstock Resort – will feature 108 rooms and suites, a French restaurant, a lobby and lounge, an expansive terrace overlooking Lake Lucerne and 8,751 square feet of meeting facilities.
A Belle Époque jewel will open for meetings and incentives guests in June 2017 after eight years of meticulous restoration and architectural preservation. The 111-year-old, four-star superior Palace Hotel – one of four properties in the Bürgenstock Resort – will feature 108 rooms and suites, a French restaurant, a lobby and lounge, an expansive terrace overlooking Lake Lucerne and 8,751 square feet of meeting facilities.
Mike Wehrle has been appointed Culinary Director of the Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne, Switzerland's newest luxury resort that will open this summer. He brings 23 years of experience with Michelin-starred restaurants and luxury hotels in Europe, Southeast Asia and the U.S. Chef Wehrle will be responsible for the resort's 12 restaurants and bars which will feature French cuisine á la Escoffier and César Ritz, Swiss and regional Alpine cuisines, Middle Eastern, Chinese, Indian, Japanese and Thai menus. He will also oversee the healthy cuisine in the spa as well as all banqueting facilities. Over the past 23 years, Chef Wehrle has managed and cooked in the kitchens of luxury hotels and award-winning restaurants in some of the world's renowned culinary capitals. For the last eight years, he served as Executive Chef at The Peninsula Hotels in Bangkok, Chicago and Manila. Prior to that, he was with the 224-room Victoria-Jungfrau Grand Hotel & Spa in Interlaken, Switzerland for five years. There, he held the position of chef de cuisine at the Gault Millau 16-point restaurant La Terrasse, and later, was interim executive chef for the luxury resort's five restaurants and bars. In 2000, Mr. Wehrle began his career at the InterContinental London Park Lane as chef de partie. He moved to the Romantikhotel Spielweg in Münstertal, in Germany's Black Forest to be its junior sous chef and pastry chef. Later, he served as chef de partie and then second de chef cuisine at the three Michelin-starred L'Auberge de l'Ill Haeberlin in Illhaeusern, France.
Robert P. Herr, an award-winning Swiss hotelier, has been appointed General Manager of the Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne, Switzerland's newest luxury resort. He brings 23 years of experience with luxury hotels in Europe, the U.S. and the Middle East.