Schweizerhof Lucerne - the best historic hotel in Europe
The Hotel Schweizerhof Luzern was named Best Historic Hotel in EuroThe Historic Hotels Worldwide committee had announced its nominations of the coveted annual awards at the beginning of September. For the category as the best historic hotels in Europe were nominated:
- NH Collection Grand Hotel Convento di Amalfi (1212) Amalfi, Italy
- Bernini Palace Hotel (15th Century) Florence, Italy
- Pulitzer Amsterdam (17th Century) Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Antica Dimora Suites (1820) Crete, Greece
- Hotel Schweizerhof Lucerne (1845) Lucerne, Switzerland
- Ciragan Palace Kempinski (1867) Istanbul, Turkey
At the award ceremony at the beginning of November in "The Royal Hawaiian Hotel" in Honolulu, Hawaii, Roman Omlin, Head of Sales & Marketing at the Hotel Schweizerhof Luzern, received the award as winner of the "Best Historic Hotel in Europe" at a gala evening in front of around 300 hoteliers and press representatives.Just a few weeks ago, the hotel, which has been run by the Hauser family since 1861, was named the best hotel in Switzerland by the renowned Condé Nast Traveler magazine. In addition, the hotel - after winning the main prize in 2014 - has already been nominated again this year for the most important Swiss tourism award "Milestone - Excellence in Tourism" with the self-organized "The Retro Festival".pe awarded.
