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Mövenpick hotels
Swiss restaurant roots put food at the heart of city hotels and holiday resorts.
Mövenpick brings a Swiss restaurant heritage to hotels and resorts, with food part of the brand’s identity from the beginning. Ueli Prager opened the first dining bar in Zurich in 1948, taking the name from a seagull he watched over the lake, before the company moved into hotels twenty-five years later.
27 Mövenpick hotels in 16 countries on the Luxury Hotels Atlas (1 not open yet), each placed on the six LHA Tiers.
- Owned by Accor
- Worldwide: 147 operating hotels and 32,715 rooms as of 30 June 2026; Maison curates the premium subset. Accor brand page
- On the atlas: 1 High Luxury, 5 Core Luxury, 20 Accessible Luxury, 1 Near Luxury
History
Ueli Prager built Mövenpick’s reputation through food and staff training before opening a hotel. That restaurant heritage remained a useful thread as the company moved through later ownership. Accor’s 2018 acquisition brought the brand into a wider international family while retaining its Swiss culinary roots.
Timeline
- 1948 — Ueli Prager opens the first Mövenpick restaurant, Claridenhof, in Zurich on 19 July, naming it after watching a seagull pick food from the air; the dining-bar concept, à la carte service instead of set menus, becomes Europe's first casual dining format.
- 1962 — Prager, inspired by a trip to the United States, opens the Silberkugel fast-food chain, expanding beyond the original dining-bar format.
- 1973 — Mövenpick opens its first two hotels, both in Zurich, one at the airport and one in Regensdorf; airport hotels were considered unnecessary at the time, but Prager saw an overlooked opportunity.
- Late 1970s — Prager takes the Mövenpick empire public on the Swiss stock exchange as he begins planning his succession
- 1991 — Prager's wife, who had taken over management, sells Mövenpick to German industrialist August von Finck; the von Finck family becomes the long-term majority shareholder.
- 2018 — Accor completes its acquisition of the Mövenpick hotel business from the von Finck family, folding the brand into its own upper-upscale portfolio.
- 2020s — The brand expands through conversions across Australia, New Zealand, the Balkans, and Southeast Asia, including Mövenpick Hotel Auckland and Mövenpick Hotel Wellington (both 2022) and Mövenpick Hotel Sarajevo (2024).
The houses to know
- Mövenpick Resort Kuredhivaru Maldives, Noonu Atoll, Maldives — A private island in Noonu Atoll gives Mövenpick its Maldivian resort setting.
- Mövenpick Resort & Spa Bintan Lagoon, Bintan, Indonesia — The resort gives Mövenpick a Bintan island setting.
- Mövenpick Resort Cam Ranh, Cam Ranh, Vietnam — The resort brings Mövenpick’s hospitality to Vietnam’s Cam Ranh coast.
- Mövenpick Asara Resort & Spa Hua Hin, Hua Hin, Thailand — The resort brings Mövenpick to Hua Hin’s long-established Thai beach destination.
- Mövenpick Resort & Spa Tala Bay Aqaba, Aqaba, Jordan — The resort occupies Tala Bay’s coastline south of Aqaba.
- Mövenpick Resort Aswan, Aswan, Egypt — The resort’s own ferry takes guests to its setting on Elephantine Island in the Nile.
- Mövenpick Hotel Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand — Founded / opened 2022
- Mövenpick Siam Hotel Na Jomtien Pattaya, Pattaya, Thailand — Founded / opened 2016
- Mövenpick Hotel Krasnaya Polyana, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia — The hotel is in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.
- Mövenpick Hotel Melbourne on Spencer, Melbourne, Australia — Founded / opened 2021
Newest openings
- Mövenpick Resort & Spa Bintan Lagoon — Bintan, Indonesia — opened 2025.
- Mövenpick Hotel Sarajevo — Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina — opened 2024.
Opening next
- Mövenpick Hotel Adelaide — Adelaide, Australia — The project has been announced; further details have not been confirmed in the sources reviewed.
Every Mövenpick hotel on the atlas
Australia
- Mövenpick Hotel Adelaide — Adelaide · Accessible Luxury · Opening soon
- Mövenpick Hotel Hobart — Hobart · Accessible Luxury
- Mövenpick Hotel Melbourne on Spencer — Melbourne · Accessible Luxury
Russia
- Mövenpick Hotel Krasnaya Polyana — Krasnaya Polyana · Accessible Luxury
- Mövenpick Moscow Taganskaya — Moscow · Accessible Luxury
- Mövenpick Resort & Spa Anapa Miracleon — Anapa · Accessible Luxury
China
- Mövenpick By Accor Shanghai People's Square — Shanghai · Accessible Luxury
- Mövenpick Kuanzhai Alley Chengdu — Chengdu · Accessible Luxury
Egypt
- Mövenpick Resort Aswan — Aswan · Core Luxury
- Mövenpick Resort & Spa El Gouna — El Gouna · Accessible Luxury
Jordan
- Mövenpick Resort & Spa Tala Bay Aqaba — Aqaba · Core Luxury
- Mövenpick Hotel Amman — Amman · Accessible Luxury
New Zealand
- Mövenpick Hotel Auckland — Auckland · Accessible Luxury
- Mövenpick Hotel Wellington — Wellington · Accessible Luxury
Saudi Arabia
- Anwar Al Madinah Mövenpick Hotel — Madinah · Accessible Luxury
- Mövenpick Hotel & Residences Hajar Tower Makkah — Makkah · Accessible Luxury
Thailand
- Mövenpick Asara Resort & Spa Hua Hin — Hua Hin · Core Luxury
- Mövenpick Siam Hotel Na Jomtien Pattaya — Pattaya · Accessible Luxury
Tunisia
- Mövenpick Hotel Gammarth Tunis — Gammarth · Accessible Luxury
- Mövenpick Resort & Marine Spa Sousse — Sousse · Accessible Luxury
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Mövenpick Hotel Sarajevo — Sarajevo · Accessible Luxury
Indonesia
- Mövenpick Resort & Spa Bintan Lagoon — Bintan · Core Luxury
Maldives
- Mövenpick Resort Kuredhivaru Maldives — Noonu Atoll · High Luxury
Netherlands
- Mövenpick Hotel Amsterdam City Centre — Amsterdam · Near Luxury
Philippines
- Mövenpick Resort & Spa Boracay — Boracay · Accessible Luxury
Turkey
- Mövenpick Hotel Istanbul Bosphorus — Istanbul · Accessible Luxury
Vietnam
- Mövenpick Resort Cam Ranh — Cam Ranh · Core Luxury
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