Milestone 2011: Jury nominates 20 projects
The jury has selected 20 favorites and nominated them for the "Milestone. Tourism Award Switzerland". The prize recognizes outstanding and innovative achievements in Swiss tourism and will be awarded on November 15, 2011 in Bern.
A total of 77 applications from various subject areas and regions were received by the official closing date of the call for entries on August 31, 2011, according to a statement. The four prize categories "Outstanding Project", "Young Talent Award", "Environmental Award" and "Lifetime Achievement of a Personality" are endowed with a total of 33,000 Swiss francs. The jury, consisting of Elsbeth Hobmeier (Chair), Editor-in-Chief of HTR Hotel Revue, Mario Lütolf, Director of the Swiss Tourism Association STV and Richard Kämpf, Head of Tourism Seco, has nominated the following projects for the award:
Nominees Outstanding Project
- Alp Culture in the Simmental, Eduardo Zwyssig, Lenk-Simmental Tourism, Lenk im Simmental
- Arosa Humor Festival, Pascal Jenny, Arosa Tourism, Arosa
- Arte Hotel Bregaglia, Luciano Fasciati, Arte Hotel Bregaglia, Chur
- Chillon, espace de culture et de loisirs, Jean Pierre Pastori, Fondation du château de Chillon, Veytaux
- Destination Management Business Game, Martin Barth, Institute for Tourism Management, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Lucerne
- Groups "on the way" to their destination, Christina Aenishänslin, Dr. Basil Künnecke and Dario Bosshard, Contact Groups.ch, Liestal
- Legionary Trail, Dr. Thomas Pauli-Gabi, Museum Aargau, Lenzburg
- Lucerne Health, Marcel Perren, Lucerne Tourism and Walter Stalder, Lucerne Economic Development, Lucerne
- Pilatus - A mountain invests in the future, André Zimmermann and Beat Wälti, Pilatus-Bahnen, Kriens
- Robinson Club Schweizerhof Vulpera, Toni Weibel, Robinson Club (Switzerland), Chur
- Route francos suisse de l'absinthe, Katia Chardon, Association Pays de l'absinthe, Fleurier
- S. Pellegrino Sapori Ticino, Dany Stauffacher, Sapori Ticino Sagl, Lugano
- Gravure offers.ch, Ivan Buck and Peter Bircher, zb Zentralbahn AG, Stansstad
- Upper Rhine Valley, Daniel Egloff, Basel Tourism, Basel
Nominees environmental award
- Eiger Climate Excursion, Toni Baumann, Grindelwald Tourism, Grindelwald
- Model Region Sustainability, Urs Wohler, Tourism Engadin Scuol Samnaun Val Müstair AG, Scuol
- Conversion & extension Romantik Hotel Muottas Muragl, Christian Meili, Bergbahnen Engadin St. Moritz, St. Moritz
Nominees Young Talent Award
- CO2 compensation for the ski destination Sörenberg, Susanne Ulrich and Fabian Widmann, Lucerne
- E-Guma - The Voucher Management System, Martin Gerber, Idea Creation GmbH, Zurich
- Student becomes host, Simon Burkhalter and Evelyn Engler, Student becomes host, Rümligen
