Bruno Carizzoni becomes new director of Hünigen Castle
At the Schloss Hünigen seminar and boutique hotel, new director Bruno Carizzoni will take over from Mario Bucher in August 2020. The Bernese Oberland native and seasoned hotelier is looking forward to a comprehensively renovated historic castle that will remain financially sound even after the forced closure due to the coronavirus.
Bruno Carizzoni takes over the helm from Mario Bucher. The latter becomes self-employed in another industry together with his wife and, despite his own decision, leaves Hünigen Castle with a very heavy heart.
Despite its proud age, the castle is in excellent condition. This is also thanks to the numerous investments made in 2019. Carizzoni will take over the management of the castle in late summer 2020 - and is delighted: "Despite the crisis at Corona, I will find the best conditions here in Hünigen. For me, this is both a privilege and an obligation; I will take the very best care of the castle and its crew," clarifies the 50-year-old family man.
The long-standing director of the four-star Hotel Restaurant Krone in Thun and current vice-director of the four-star Superior Vital Resort Deltapark in Gwatt near Thun is an experienced doer and affable team player. Since his childhood, Bruno Carizzoni has known how much knowledge, heart and soul and perseverance are required in the hotel business: "My parents ran their own business in Kandersteg. I grew up in the industry together with my siblings," explains Carizzoni with a smile. As vice-director of the Hotel Management School in Thun, he was also simultaneously head of specialist training from 2016 to 2018 and teaches the "Hotel Management" course as an external lecturer.
The castle Hünigen
The "Villa Hünigen" was mentioned as a settlement already in the 12th century in a document of Pope Eugen III in connection with the little monastery Röthenbach. Since 1922, the castle has been run as a hotel. Newly rebuilt and completely renovated, it reopened its doors in 2013 - with a consistent focus on banquets, seminars and events. Mario Bucher has been in charge of operations as director since 2017 and will hand over to Bruno Carizzoni in August 2020. The entrepreneur Walter Inäbnit and the young Bernese businessman Matthias Spycher have been the castle owners since January 2019.
