Hyatt Place Zurich Airport The Circle, the third Hyatt-branded hotel and the first Hyatt Place branded hotel in Switzerland, is officially open, expanding the Hyatt Place brand's footprint globally in markets that matter most to guests and World of Hyatt members. The new hotel features the Hyatt Place brand's intuitive design, casual atmosphere and practical amenities, such as free Wi-Fi everwhere and 24-hour food offerings.
Badrutt's Palace Hotel will reopen for winter on December 3, 2021, with new developments and stylish holiday celebrations to kick off a highly anticipated return to the international ski season.
Deutsche Hospitality is continuing to expand in its core German, Austrian and Swiss markets. IntercityHotel will make its brand debut in Switzerland when the first IntercityHotel to be launched in the country opens its doors on 1 December 2021 as the group extends its European presence still further. IntercityHotels are very much characterised by their central location, and Switzerland will be no exception in this regard. The new hotel is situated in the municipality of Rümlang, from where Zurich International Airport can be accessed in only ten minutes. The city centre is also just 15 minutes away. The project developer is Necron AG.
Even as the world continues to ease its COVID-19 restrictions, for those of us who are restaurant owners, suppliers, and hospitality staff, we are not expecting a return to “business as usual.” In fact, after 20 months of navigating government restrictions set to combat the virus, many of us in hospitality are beginning to reevaluate our business models altogether.
Cycas Hospitality continues to drive forward its ambitious expansion programme, having this month signed its first Swiss hotel. The 119-room Holiday Inn Express & Suites Sion will be operated by the award-winning pan-European operator under its first lease agreement with an investment group of Credit Suisse Asset Management.
When so much of mountain tourism in the Swiss Alps depends on snowfall, what happens when winters become increasingly warm? A group of creative students from César Ritz Colleges Switzerland rose to the challenge in the school's very first “Innovation Week.”
Oetker Collection announces that Mr. Alessio Minetto has been appointed General Manager of the collection's latest Masterpiece Hotel, The Woodward, marking the brand's arrival in Geneva.
The challenges faced by the wine industry globally are echoed in the Swiss wine industry too. Setting aside the challenges brought by the global pandemic, we took a look through the lenses of sustainability, innovation and global warming to analyse the current developments taking place in the Swiss wine regions.
Located on Beatenplatz in the heart of Zurich, where one of the city's first cinemas was located, Ruby Mimi is reviving the old days of early silent film history. The hotel's 208 rooms, 24/7 bar and private cinema exude glitz, glamour and lean luxury.
Steigenberger Hotels AG has confirmed the appointment of Hans-Rudolf Rütti as new General Manager of the Steigenberger Grandhotel Belvédère with effect from 1 November 2021. Mr. Rütti was born in Switzerland and is held in high esteem internationally as a hotelier. He is able to look back on 30 years of experience, particularly in areas connected with the strategic positioning and repositioning of prestigious hotel properties. High points of his career thus far have included the opening of the legendary Hotel Eden Roc in Ascona, the repositioning of the Hotel Intercontinental in Bucharest and the realignment of the 7132 Hotel in Vals. Hans-Rudolf Rütti has also been successfully managing various sustainability projects in the NGO sector for several years.
Switzerland’s SchlossHotel Zermatt has teamed up with SwissCBD to open a pioneering new CBD Spa concept, encapsulating its innovative vision for the wellness market of the future. A traditional alpine boutique that has reinvented itself as an active hotel, the new CBD Spa also fits perfectly with SchlossHotel Zermatt’s new "Stay active. Stay well." wellness concept. Nowhere could be better suited for the launch than the legendary, car-free alpine resort of Zermatt with its iconic mountain, the Matterhorn.
Committed to embrace diversity and foster inclusion among its community, EHL Group dusts off its historical dress code and introduces a new “Guide for Professional Appearance” that complies with industry requirements, while enabling students and staff members to express their personalities and individual identities.
Lorenzo Stoll is a proud EHL alumnus with an illustrious career spanning years at Nestlé, and more recently, Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS), where he is now head of its Swiss WorldCargo airfreight division. Both as a student and as a business client, Lorenzo has lived the EHL Student Business Project experience from all sides. He is a great advocate of the fresh, thinking-out-of-the-box perspective that an SBP can bring to any company seeking to up its game and carve out new creative solutions.
Conserving resources for future generations requires a pro-active approach. The Steigenberger Grandhotel Belvédère Davos in the Swiss Alps has become one of the first active participants in the Davos Climate Fund, which was instigated today by the Destination Davos Klosters Tourism Office and the not-for-profit organisation myclimate. The goal is for the town to become carbon neutral by 2030. The financial resources made available via the fund will be used for purposes such as the establishment of renewable energies, investment in electromobility equipment including e-bikes, e-cars and charging stations or special measures to raise awareness amongst guests and the local population.
Culinary Arts Academy Switzerland (CAAS), rated one of the world’s finest culinary schools, held its second annual Cook ‘N’ Battle virtual competition, live-streaming the global finals on July 24.
Welcome to Lake Geneva! Deutsche Hospitality has plans for a further Zleep Hotel in Switzerland. The Zleep Hotel Lausanne in the municipality of Chavannes-près-Renens is the second venture to be announced in addition to the Zleep Hotel Zurich Kloten. It is scheduled to open for business in 2023. The new hotel will form part of a mixed-use concept including 300 student apartments, 30 further residential units, retail outlets, offices and public car parks. Deutsche Hospitality will be introducing its economy brand to a country in which it already maintains a presence in the form of the Steigenberger Grandhotel Belvédère Davos. Two IntercityHotels are also in the planning pipeline - the IntercityHotel Zurich Airport and the IntercityHotel Geneva Airport.
How much does the impact of your diet weigh on your carbon footprint? How can you eat more sustainably? How to make an informed choice at the supermarket? All of these questions seem overwhelming at the start but can easily be addressed with a bit of research and new habits. In the following text I’ve tried to give you my take on some of these questions of sustainability without any guarantee of completeness. It's a hot topic where many of us agree or disagree, however, there are three inescapable things we should all agree on when it comes down to a more sustainable way of living: reduce, reuse, recycle.
After ten happy years at “the Pont de Brent”, punctuated by numerous distinctions rewarding a resolutely modern, local and thoughtful approach to gastronomy, Stéphane and Stéphanie Décotterd, together with Glion Institute of Higher Education, are delighted to announce the creation of two "Stéphane Décotterd" restaurants located in the former Bellevue Hotel in Glion.
Grand Hotel Kronenhof (www.kronenhof.com) in Pontresina has re-opened for the summer season with a contemporary new look to its bel étage, which includes the reception, lobby lounge, bar and reading room. Subtle but luxurious changes have been made by the award-winning French interior designer Pierre-Yves Rochon (PYR Design) in order to bring the neo-Baroque Grande Dame (built in 1848) into the 21st century while maintaining key historic elements.
This week, SHL Schweizerische Hotelfachschule Luzern celebrates the graduation of 71 new Hôtelières-Restauratrices HF and Hôteliers-Restaurateurs HF.