Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryHospitality
Founded1981 (1981)[1]
HeadquartersZurich Airport
Kloten, Switzerland
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsHotels
ParentAccor
Websiteswissotel.com

Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts, commonly known as Swissôtel, is a Swiss chain of luxury hotels owned by Accor, which acquired FRHI Hotels & Resorts in 2015.[2]

The corporate offices for Swissôtel are located in the Prioria Business Centre on the property of Zurich Airport in Kloten, Switzerland,[3][4] near Zürich.[5]

Corporate history

The former Swissôtel in Zurich's Oerlikon quarter, part of the group since its foundation until 2020.

Swissôtel was founded in 1981 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, New York City, Geneva 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.[6]

In 2001, with the parent airline in the serious financial difficulties due to the events of 9/11 that year in the United States that eventually lead to its demise, Swissôtel was sold to Raffles Holdings Limited, the owner 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 the Raffles and Swissôtel brands.[6]

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 three brands – Fairmont, Raffles and Swissôtel. After the transaction, the corporate office of Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts moved back to Zurich, where it was headed by its president, Meinhard Huck, who retired in 2013.

In December 2015, AccorHotels purchased Swissôtel, along with Raffles and Fairmont hotels, in a $2.9 billion deal.[2]

Properties

Swissôtel currently has 25 properties in 18 countries.[7] The company also offers Swissôtel Living serviced apartments in three properties (two as part of hotels and one standalone).[8]

  Includes hotel and Swissôtel Living.
  Standalone Swissôtel Living property.
No. Property Location Country
1 Swissôtel Al Ghurair Dubai Dubai United Arab Emirates
2 Swissôtel Al Maqam Makkah Mecca Saudi Arabia
3 Swissôtel Al Murooj Dubai Dubai United Arab Emirates
4 Swissôtel Amsterdam Amsterdam Netherlands
5 Swissôtel Bangkok Ratchada Bangkok Thailand
6 Swissôtel Büyük Efes Izmir Izmir Turkey
7 Swissôtel Chicago Chicago United States
8 Swissôtel Foshan Guangdong Foshan China
9 Swissôtel Grand Shanghai Shanghai China
10 Swissôtel Jakarta PIK Avenue Jakarta Indonesia
11 Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy Moscow Moscow Russia
12 Swissôtel Kursaal Bern Bern Switzerland
13 Swissôtel Lima Lima Peru
14 Swissôtel Living Jeddah Jeddah Saudi Arabia
15 Swissôtel Makkah Mecca Saudi Arabia
16 Swissôtel Nankai Osaka Osaka Japan
17 Swissôtel Quito Quito Ecuador
18 Swissôtel Resort Bodrum Beach Bodrum Turkey
19 Swissôtel Resort Sochi Kamelia Sochi Russia
20 Swissôtel Sarajevo Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina
21 Swissôtel Sydney Sydney Australia
22 Swissôtel Tallinn Estonia Tallinn Estonia
23 Swissôtel The Bosphorus Istanbul Istanbul Turkey
24 Swissôtel The Stamford Singapore Singapore Singapore
25 Swissôtel Wellness Resort Alatau Almaty Almaty Kazakhstan

Paolo Guerrero case

The Swissôtel in Lima, Peru

In November 2017, the Peruvian football player Paolo Guerrero tested positive for a metabolite of cocaine in the run up to the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[9] His defence was that he had accidentally consumed the substance in herbal tea that was contaminated with coca tea[10] at the Swissôtel in Lima, Peru.[11]

Guerrero stated that the Swissôtel hindered him in obtaining evidence that was needed to sustain his case before the Court of Arbitration for Sport:

The hotel was an important factor that hurt me, that is very clear, when I came here to Peru to find the evidence of how this had been caused, the Swissotel turned its back on me, they did not support me at any time. What I wanted to know was the truth.[12][13]

They threatened the waiter so he would not talk. At the hotel they did not allow us to talk to him.[14]

In response, Peruvian citizens criticized Swissôtel, making negative comments in social networks like Facebook, Twitter and TripAdvisor, and calling for marches and boycotts against the hotel.[11][14][15]

References

  1. ↑ "Luxury Hotels and Resorts - Swissotel Hotels & Resorts". Swissotel.com. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  2. 1 2 "French hotel chain Accor buys Fairmont, Raffles and Swissotel for $2.9B US". CBC News. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "FULL TERMS AND CONDITIONS." (Archive) Swissôtel. Retrieved on 20 October 2012. "Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts, Balz-Zimmermannstr. 7, 8058 Zurich-Airport, CH. Registered number CH-020.3.925.568-2 "
  4. ↑ "Priora Business Center." (Archive) Priora. Retrieved on 20 October 2012. "Priora Business Center Balsberg Balz-Zimmermann-Strasse 7 CH-8302 Kloten"
  5. ↑ "JULIAN VAN DEN BOGAERDE APPOINTED REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT, CHINA FOR SWISSÔTEL HOTELS & RESORTS." Swissôtel. Retrieved on 25 June 2009. "Prior to his appointment in Shanghai, Julian van den Bogaerde was based in the head office of Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts in Zurich as General Manager."
  6. 1 2 "Press Release - Swissôtel mark their 30th anniversary". Swissôtel. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  7. ↑ "About Swissôtel". Swissôtel. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  8. ↑ "Swissôtel Living". Swissôtel. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  9. ↑ PA Sport (14 May 2018). "Peru captain Paolo Guerrero to miss World Cup after doping ban extended". ESPN. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  10. ↑ Jennings, Patrick (15 June 2018). "Cocaine, the captain & the frozen mummies: Paolo Guerrero's World Cup journey". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  11. 1 2 LR, Redacción (14 May 2018). "Hinchas promueven marcha contra el Swissotel | LaRepublica.pe" (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  12. ↑ "Peruvians show support for Guerrero after World Cup ban". www.efe.com. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  13. ↑ "Paolo Guerrero critica hotel de concentración: "Me perjudicó, me dio la espalda" (VIDEO)". Diario Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  14. 1 2 PERU21, Redacción (2018-05-14). "Paolo Guerrero: Resguardan el Swissotel ante anuncio de marcha por el delantero [VIDEO]". Peru21 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-05-16.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  15. ↑ Vásquez, Ricardo Guerra (2018-05-16). "Paolo Guerrero: ¿Qué debe hacer ante la crisis el Swissotel?". El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-05-16.
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