Swissôtel
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| Type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Hospitality |
| Founded | 1980 [1] |
| Headquarters | Zurich, Switzerland |
| Area served | International |
| Key people | Meinhard Huck, President[2] Juerg Siegenthaler, Vice President Marketing and Sales[3] Pierre Botteron, Vice President Human Resources[4] Lilian Roten, Vice President Operations[5] |
| Products | Hotels |
| Parent | Fairmont Raffles Hotels International |
| Website | http://swissotel.com |
Swissôtel Hotels and Resorts is a group of hotels pitched at the higher end of the hotel market. The chain currently includes 28 properties in 15 countries. The corporate offices for Swissôtel are located in Zurich, Switzerland,[6] and the company is headed by President, Meinhard Huck.
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[edit] Corporate history
Swissôtel was founded in 1980 as a joint venture between the Swissair and Nestlé groups with its headquarters in the Swiss city of Zurich. Initially hotels were operated in Berne, Geneva, New York and Zurich. In 1990, the hotel group became a fully owned subsidiary of the Swissair group and in 1996 its head office moved from Zurich to New York.[7]
In 2001, with the parent airline in the serious financial difficulties that eventually lead to its demise, Swissôtel was sold to Raffles Holdings Limited, the owners of the famous Raffles Hotel in Singapore. In July 2005, Colony Capital, a private international investment firm, acquired Raffles International Limited, the company that by this stage owned both Raffles and Swissôtel brands.[7]
In May 2006, Colony Capital, together with Kingdom Hotels International, acquired Fairmont Hotels & Resorts. With the completion of the transaction, the Fairmont and Raffles International portfolios were combined, transforming the companies into a global hotel leader headquartered in Toronto called Fairmont Raffles Hotels International, with 120 hotels in 23 countries under four brands – Fairmont, Raffles, Swissôtel and Delta.
After the transaction, the corporate office of Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts moved back to Zurich, where it is headed by President, Mr Meinhard Huck.
[edit] Corporate responsibility
Swissôtel has a high profile approach to corporate social responsibility, which concentrates on charities who help underprivileged children around the world.[8] The company has formed a link with SOS Children's Villages for which it organises fundraising events such as an annual summer party in Zürich.[9] The company has supported particular projects including that in Lavrovo, Oryol, Russia.
[edit] Properties
[edit] Americas
[edit] Asia
People's Republic of China – Beijing, Foshan, Kunshan and Shanghai
Japan – Osaka (Swissôtel Nankai Osaka)
Singapore (Swissôtel The Stamford and Swissôtel Merchant Court)
Thailand – Bangkok (Swissôtel Nai Lert Park and Swissôtel Le Concorde)
India – Kolkata, Bangalore (under development) and New Delhi (under development)
Saudi Arabia – Makkah (under development)
[edit] Australia
[edit] Europe
Germany – Berlin, Bremen, Neuss near Düsseldorf and Dresden (under development)
Estonia – Tallinn (Swissôtel Tallinn)
Netherlands – Amsterdam
- The middle part of the hotel, Damrak 96-97, was newly built in 1986 in a style resembling early 20th-century urban office architecture represented by its adjoining buildings. The building at Damrak 95 was originally designed as an exchange office for the Amsterdamsche Bank by famous Dutch architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage in 1901.[10] The ground floor of the building still houses a money exchange office. The building at Damrak 98 was built as an office building–shop premises in 1909 by A.J. Kropholler, revealing evident Art Nouveau influences.[11] Because of their architectural and historical significance the facades of these buildings have been kept intact. The interiors have been completely stripped and rebuilt for the purpose of constructing hotel rooms.
Russia – Moscow (Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy Moscow) and Sochi (under development)
Switzerland – Basel, Geneva, Zürich
Turkey – Ankara, Göcek, Istanbul, İzmir
Ukraine – Kiev (under development) and Odessa (under development)
[edit] References
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- ^ "JULIAN VAN DEN BOGAERDE APPOINTED REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT, CHINA FOR SWISSÔTEL HOTELS & RESORTS." Swissôtel. Retrieved on 25 June 2009.
- ^ a b "Press Release - Swissôtel mark their 30th anniversary". Swissôtel. http://www.swissotel.com/EN/Press+Room/ARTICLES/swissotel-30th-anniversary.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- ^ Corporate Social Responsibility, Swissôtel official site.
- ^ Information on Swissôtel official site.
- ^ Berlage, H.P. (1899-19-01). "Damrak Amsterdams Wisselkantoor en lunchroom De Beursbengel Damrak Amsterdam". Stichting BONAS. http://www.bonas.nl/archiwijzer/bo_WInfo.php?Inr=0743.00063.
- ^ Kropholler, A.J. (1909). "Kantoor Fa. Jac. Bos Damrak 98 Amsterdam". Stichting BONAS. http://www.bonas.nl/archiwijzer/bo_WInfo.php?Inr=0246.00026.
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