The first Japanese-style capsule hotel in Switzerland made headlines twice towards the end of last year – first when it opened and then again a week later when it was forced to closed its doors.
Swiss retail giant Migros on Friday announced it was opening a second hotel room featuring decor modelled on its cult 'M-Budget' product line after the huge success of the first.
It was supposed to make Switzerland "affordable for everyone": instead, the country’s first 'capsule hotel' is causing sleepless nights for its operators after being temporarily shut down.
Most people who have frequented a Migros supermarket, will already be familiar with the company’s M-Budget product line – and its instantly recognisable green and white branding.
French hotel group AccorHotels announced on Monday it has signed a deal to buy Switzerland's Mövenpick Hotels and Resorts for 560 million Swiss francs (€467 million, $567 million).
A hotel in Arosa, in the eastern Swiss canton of Graubünden, has made international headlines for displaying signs singling out Jewish guests by asking them to shower before using the swimming pool.
Fifa plans to close its loss-making $142 million World Football Museum, a landmark project of ousted president Sepp Blatter, which was only opened eight months ago, a Fifa source said on Friday.
A large number of computers at a Geneva hotel that hosted delicate Iranian nuclear talks last year were infected with malware used for espionage, Swiss prosecutors said on Thursday.
A five-star hotel in central Switzerland has become an overnight internet sensation after a travel blogger posted a video of its outdoor pool on social media.
Hotelier Olivia Byrne was born in Paris, educated in Romandy and is now the youngest hotel owner in London – a success she attributes to her Swiss education. She tells The Local’s Emily Rose Mawson why.
