Lucerne region: Bürgenstock Resort opens

Katara Hospitality, an enterprise of the sovereign wealth fund of the Arab Emirate of Qatar, celebrated last Thursday with a few weeks delay among other things the inauguration of the four-star hotel "Palace". Their enterprise started besides the five-star-superior Bürgenstock hotel, the Grand Residence Suiten and the panorama Residence Suiten. Originally, the opening was scheduled for August 28.

Additional hotel, leisure and wellness facilities as well as business infrastructure, restaurants and bars will be added successively in the coming months. The complete "Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne" will comprise four hotels (383 rooms and suites), a Healthy Living Center, twelve restaurants and bars, 67 Residence Suites, a 10,000 sqm Alpine Spa and a conference center (2,200 sqm) for up to 800 people spread over 31 rooms.

"Waldhotel" follows shortly

The "Waldhotel," which is scheduled to open this fall, will feature 149 rooms and eleven suites. According to Katara Hospitality, the associated Healthy Living Center will offer diagnostics and medical clarification, weight management and aesthetic dermatology. A spa, fitness and physical therapy area, as well as therapy and swimming pools, will then also be part of the overall facility.

In spring 2018, the opening of the "Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne" is to be officially celebrated with a major event, the "Grand Opening". Full operation of the over one kilometer long new tourism destination with a total of 30 listed as well as newly designed buildings is expected for 2020. The investment volume is currently stated at over CHF 500 million.

Investment of billions in the "Bürgenstock Selection

Together with the "Hotel Schweizerhof" in Bern and the "Hotel Royal Savoy" in Lausanne, the "Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne" forms the so-called "Bürgenstock Selection" of Katara Hospitality. The total investment in these various development projects amounts to one billion.