For Immediate release
Hans Wiedemann, Managing Director of Badrutt's Palace Hotel, Recieves Hotelier of The World Award
NEW YORK/ST. MORITZ – Readers of the international trade magazine HOTELS have voted 56-year-old Swiss hotelier, Hans Wiedemann, as Independent Hotelier of the World 2009. The magazine HOTELS is read in 165 countries and has some 62,330 subscribers. HOTELS is the only magazine to cover the global hotel market. The magazine serves owners, directors, architects, designers, developers, investors and financial institutions, in short the industry’s decision makers.
On 9th November 2009, the Independent Hotelier of the World prize was ceremoniously presented to Hans Wiedemann. “We feel very honoured by the award. Such a prestigious accolade is a sensational recognition for the achievements of the whole team at Badrutt’s Palace Hotel and for our daily work. An award is never just a single achievement, the whole milieu has to be right. In this case a vision, the owners, my family and friends and of course the whole team.” says prizewinner Hans Wiedemann. “We would like to thank our colleagues in the industry who have honoured our achievements and visions by their vote and have thus shown us their appreciation. If you look at all these aspects it is once again clear that the prize belongs to all of us.”
Three candidates were nominated for each of The Hotelier of the World categories: Corporate and Independent. Readers of HOTELS magazine were able to choose their favourites and send in a voting slip over the course of several months.
Badrutt's Palace Hotel is a celebration of style, sports, cuisine and fashion, with discreet service and traditional elegance evoking an atmosphere of pampered luxury for all. An ideal destination in both winter and summer, the hotel is located in one of the most challenging ski areas in the world and offers a host of summer alpine activities. Badrutt’s Palace Hotel offers 159 guestrooms and 38 suites with stunning views of the Swiss Alps. The hotel is a member of Leading Hotels of the World, Swiss Deluxe Hotels and Swiss Historic Hotels. Badrutt’s Palace Hotel welcomes its guests for the summer season from 3rd December 2009 to 5th April 2010.
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