A short tour through the event country Switzerland

We start our round trip in the very north. Although the Hotel Promenade Schaffhausen (40 rooms) is not really new on the market, the still young Association Garden Hotels of Switzerland is (see box). The "Promenade" is part of this, and for good reason: In addition to the five conference rooms, there is the hotel's own garden, which can be used for corporate events.Nature and good air have a stimulating effect on training and continuing education programs and are a good basis for retreat and reflection. And if it should rain, the friendly little garden house is also available. For other activities in the area, we can recommend the KSS leisure park, the rope park at the Rhine Falls or the Langriet miniature golf course. Good addresses for small Germany-Switzerland meetings, for example.

Even more garden hotels

The garden hotels also include the Berghotel Schatzalp, which is located in one of the largest hotel parks in Switzerland. One offers there 470 000 m² relaxation, rest and enjoyment high above the congress city Davos.On the panoramic terrace, the shady places provide optimal habitat for the 39 hydrangeas and the 16 varieties of astilbes. 70 rooms, 2 restaurants with bar and several seminar rooms and historic banquet halls are also on offer.

Direction Western Switzerland

On the way to Western Switzerland, there is a brief stop in the capital. After about a year of total renovation, the hotel The Bristol opened in Bern at the beginning of the year. The hotel is centrally located about 150 meters from the Bundeshaus and is rather "British" furnished; "breakfast included". A traditional 4-star hotel with 92 rooms, a business center and a quiet meeting room. So if you just want to talk business undisturbed, the Bristol is a good place to do that.

Newest chic hotel "in town

Lausanne offers several luxury hotels that have been successful in the congress and conference segment for decades: Beau-Rivage, Royal Savoy and the Palace are the well-known addresses. But there are also new hotels for lower budgets. This summer, the Ibis Styles Mad House Lausanne opened in the Flon district, the trendy neighborhood. Here, the house itself is the new location; sometimes you can stimulate employees with the chosen accommodation. So this could be, for example, a little trip to Lausanne; a dinner somewhere in the old town and then accommodation in the newest chic hotel "in town".

Peculiar, colorful and emotional

Hotel Bellinzona Sud, the former Mövenpick Albergo, has also just reopened its doors. Although it is not a conference hotel, it is ideally located for other types of corporate events, such as employee hikes in the northern part of Ticino. Work and meeting rooms would otherwise be available at the medieval castles of Bellinzona, a Unesco World Heritage Site. There, there are ongoing exhibitions, film screenings and classical concerts, as well as various restaurants. The example of Bellinzona may serve to show that for meetings and event venues, destinations and accommodations by no means always have to be luxurious or glamorous. Sometimes the authentic serves the cause much better and the memory effect for the employees is correspondingly higher.Meeting and event planners may well think "out of the box" and make unusual suggestions; "peculiar" locations in the truest sense of the word. "Bellinzona Sud", for example, offers board games, bicycle rental, jogging tracks and even a barbecue corner. All services that can be used easily and cheaply, certainly also for a business trip from German-speaking Switzerland, but instead of the well-known destinations like Lugano, Locarno or Ascona just Bellinzona. Differently evenly. Peculiar. Colorful and emotional.www.promenade-schaffhausen.chwww.schatzalp.chwww.giessbach.chwww.hotel-glacier.chwww.thebristol-bern.chwww.accorhotels.com/de/city/hotels-lausanne-v2136.shtmlwww.belvedere-locarno.comwww.hotel-bellinzona-sud.ch