Affordable holiday flats remain scarce in the Alps
Evolène and Goms top the list of the most affordable Alpine destinations analysed for 2026. According to UBS, prices for holiday homes there stand at 6,600 and 6,700 Swiss francs…
Evolène and Goms top the list of the most affordable Alpine destinations analysed for 2026. According to UBS, prices for holiday homes there stand at 6,600 and 6,700 Swiss francs…
In San Bernardino, objections are delaying the next phase of the Acuforta site development process. The municipality of Mesocco must now review more than five but fewer than ten submissions…
On April 15, 2026, the Federal Council launched a public consultation on tightening the Lex Koller. The draft proposal addresses primary residences owned by third-country nationals, vacation homes, commercial properties,…
In future, the City of Zurich will be able to impose stricter restrictions on business apartments and professional short-term lettings in residential areas. Following the Federal Supreme Court’s ruling, the…
A sports and recreation center with approximately 5,000 square meters of usable space is to be built in Andermatt. Although the project has been postponed until 2032/33, it will fill…
An entrepreneur from Ticino is transforming a forgotten mountain village in Graubünden into a year-round destination. What sounds like a crazy idea is taking shape. The numbers are impressive, the…
The Grand Hotel Locarno has been crumbling away for almost 20 years. Once a symbol of glamorous tourism on Lake Maggiore, then empty and forgotten for years. Now the Artioli…
Engelberg is reorganizing its village center. Between the train station and the monastery, a clear, tangible axis is to be created from a mixed carpet of streets. The development and…
The municipality of Adelboden is looking for interesting concepts for the further use of the car park area. Young adults can contribute their ideas for its redesign at a creative…
Halter AG is renovating the listed Sonnenberg complex in Seelisberg. The Schlieren-based property developer has also supported the documentary film *Namaste Seelisberg*, which explores the history of the historic hotel…
Building materials supplier HGC is renovating its Lucerne site in the former industrial area of Tribschen. A new city hotel is being built on one of the two plots of…
The city of Baden has joined the European Historic Thermal Towns Association (EHTTA). It aims to position itself as a modern cultural and spa town with international appeal. In spring,…
Tourism generated 198,000 overnight stays in Spiez in 2025. Overnight stays in non-hotel accommodation rose by 35 per cent to 63,000, while those in hotels fell by 2.5 per cent…
Swissôtel has opened a new hotel in the Czech spa town of Mariánské Lázně. The newly opened Swissôtel follows on from the recently opened hotels in Montenegro and Romania and…
Christinger AG contributed to the interior design of the new Moxy Hotel in Zurich with large-scale images, lettering and signage elements. The hotel belongs to the SV Group and opened…
After almost 30 years at the helm of the Hotel Bernerhof Gstaad, Brigitte and Thomas Frei have transferred their majority stake to two new owners. Geneva-based RISK MANAGEMENT GROUP and…
Heller Gastro AG is celebrating the reopening of its Eiger Lodge Grindelwald. After a nine-month renovation period and an investment of CHF 4.5 million, the hostel-style hotel will reopen on…