Bürgenstock Resort is Hotel of the Year

The "GaultMillau Hotel of the Year 2019" award goes to Bruno H. Schöpfer, managing director of the operating company Bürgenstock Selection, and Robert P. Herr, general manager of Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne, the resort wrote in a statement on Monday.

Bruno H. Schöpfer designed the Bürgenstock Resort and successfully led the major project through all the stages during the nine-year construction period. And Robert P. Herr is the host on the Bürgenberg and responsible for the now 720 employees in the hotel village. "A year ago, craftsmen were carrying out final work here at the Bürgenstock Resort and today, just one year later, we are standing in a booming resort with worldwide appeal. The award as "Hotel of the Year 2019" is a great satisfaction for all those involved who have worked on this project over the last nine years," says a delighted Bruno H. Schöpfer, Managing Director of Bürgenstock Selection. The resort opened sections in stages last summer. The resort will not celebrate its official opening until next September.

Points blessing for the new restaurants

The 95-strong brigade, which prepares meals in the four restaurants of the Bürgenstock Resort, received a total of 58 points from the test testers.The choice of Hotel of the Year was not a headache for Gault Millau this year. The jury meeting was only of short duration, communicated the Gastroführer belonging to Ringier on Monday. The resort was quickly determined as the winner, it said, because it has international class, charisma and very authentic restaurants.Four of the resort's restaurants were included in the GaultMillau guide: Bertrand Charles, chef at the "RitzCoffier" received 16 points. Chatsorn Pratoomma, who runs the "Spices Kitchen & Terrace," which specializes in Asian cuisine, was awarded 15 points. Andreas Hasenloh at the stove of the "Oak Grill & Pool Patio" reached 14 points, Firas El-Borji as a boss of the "Sharq Oriental Restaurant" 13 points.Not only the kitchen, also the rest of the hotel plant convinced the testers. Praised are the to 678 square meters large, with fireplace and lake view from the bathtub equipped rooms of the 5-star superior Bürgenstock Hotel & Alpine Spa. The 4-star Superior Palace Hotel & Conferences, built in 1903, is also a "masterpiece of loving restoration," says the press release, which lists other attractions of the hotel mountain above Lake Lucerne - such as the "incredible infinity edge pool."