GaultMillau and Carl F. Bucherer

Award for Paradisal Conditions

GaultMillau Switzerland and its sponsoring partner, the watch manufacture Carl F. Bucherer, have elected the renovated and expanded Eden Roc in Ascona, Switzerland as “2010 Hotel of the Year”.

Between the fragrant garden and the waves of Lake Maggiore lies a small paradise: The Hotel Eden Roc in Ascona. Within the last decade this hotel has already won several awards for the best holiday hotel in Switzerland.

After a five month renovation, including the spa area and a new annex, “Eden Roc Marina” which features 16 nautical trendy designed rooms as well as a retro style restaurant inspired by the seventies, reopened in early April of this year.

The award was given by Urs Heller, of GaultMillau Switzerland and Gabriela von Malaise, the International marketing Director of Carl F. Bucherer. The ceremony took place in the beautiful garden which lies directly on Lake Maggiore and included many guests such as politicians and imperative tourist professionals. The Hotel is characterized by the style of renowned interior designer, Carlo Rampazzi Ascona whom accepted the award along with the director of the Hotel Eden Roc, Jens Wycisk who rejoiced exceedingly by saying, “We have received many reservations and inquiries in the first months after reopening and are extremely pleased that our innovative work is bearing fruit.

We offer our guests a unique integration of luxury hotel, spa, fine dining, and innovative customer service; and not to mention our unique location in the sunny corner of Switzerland directly on the lake.”

For the fourth time Carl F. Bucherer has sponsored the deserving recipient for Hotel of the Year by GaultMillau. A perfectly fit partnership which the ever-lasting urge for perfection is shared from both the Manufacturer Carl F. Bucherer, and the opulent Swiss Hotel. “We support people and companies which have visions and dare to implement them, putting them ahead of their times. Hotel Eden Roc in Ascona provides a unique combination of high cuisine, exceptional elegance and first-class quality which demonstrates why they deserve this award from Gault Millau,” Gabriela von Malaise stated at the ceremony in August.