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Swissôtel is Accor's Swiss hotel brand, founded in 1980 as a joint venture of Swissair and Nestlé. The company started by acquiring Hotel Le Président in Geneva and taking on management of houses in New York, Bern, and Zurich. Today the brand describes more than 30 hotels. The atlas files fourteen, from The Stamford in Singapore to the Bosphorus, Makkah, and a new resort in Kolašin.

14 Swissôtel hotels in 10 countries on the Luxury Hotels Atlas, each placed on the six LHA Tiers.

Owned by Accor
Worldwide: The brand's own account says more than 30 hotels. In 2001, when Raffles bought it, the portfolio was 25 properties and the deal covered management contracts for 23 hotels. The atlas files 14 open houses.
On the atlas: 6 Core Luxury, 7 Accessible Luxury, 1 Near Luxury

History

Timeline

1980 — Swissair and Nestlé found Swissôtel. The first portfolio is Hotel Le Président in Geneva plus management contracts in New York, Bern, and Zurich.
1986 — The Westin Stamford opens in Singapore, designed by I. M. Pei, 226 metres, then the tallest hotel in the world. It becomes Swissôtel The Stamford on 1 January 2002.
1990 — Nestlé sells its stake. Swissôtel becomes a subsidiary of SAirGroup.
1991 — Swissôtel The Bosphorus in Istanbul and Swissôtel Beijing Hong Kong Macau Center are dated 1991 in the atlas.
1996 — The head office moves from Zurich to New York. Swissôtel Lima is dated 1996 in the atlas, 345 rooms.
2001 — Raffles Holdings of Singapore agrees to buy Swissôtel from SAirGroup for CHF 410 million. Completion was expected on 31 May 2001.
2002 — The Westin Stamford is renamed Swissôtel The Stamford when Westin's management contract ends.
2005 — Colony Capital buys Raffles International.
2006 — Colony Capital and Kingdom Hotels form FRHI Holdings: Fairmont, Raffles, and Swissôtel.
2016 — Accor acquires FRHI. Swissôtel joins Accor alongside Fairmont and Raffles.
2024 — Swissôtel Resort Kolašin, in Montenegro, is dated 2024 in the atlas, 116 rooms.
2026 — Swissôtel Mariánské Lázně is dated 2026 in the atlas, 125 rooms.

The houses to know

Swissotel The Bosphorus Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey — The gardens on this Maçka slope belonged to Dolmabahçe Palace before they belonged to a hotel.
Swissotel Buyuk Efes Izmir, Izmir, Turkey — Swissôtel Büyük Efes stands in Alsancak, Izmir's waterfront quarter on the Aegean, the brand's house in Turkey's third city.
Swissôtel The Stamford, Singapore, Singapore — I.M. Pei raised this 73-storey cylinder over Raffles City in 1986 as the world's tallest hotel: 226 meters, 1,252 rooms, every one with a balcony.
Swissôtel Mariánské Lázně, Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic — Swissôtel Mariánské Lázně opened in 2026 by joining five historic spa houses with a modern atrium, steps from the Colonnade and the Singing Fountain in old Marienbad.
Swissôtel Wellness Resort Alatau Almaty, Almaty, Kazakhstan — Swissotel Wellness Resort Alatau opened in 2021 in the Alatau forest above Almaty, in the foothills of the Tian Shan, a mountain wellness house of 200 rooms with a medical spa, Purovel, and thermal pools.
Swissôtel Resort Sochi Kamelia, Sochi, Russia — Architect Anatoly Samoylov's 1935 Nauka sanatorium on Sochi's Black Sea coast hosted cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and visiting American astronauts before a 2011 reconstruction by Alexei Ginzburg rebuilt the Art Deco facade in a record 27 months.
Swissôtel Al Maqam Makkah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia — Swissotel Al Maqam opened in September 2016 in Tower F of the Abraj Al Bait Clock Towers, the second Swissotel in Makkah, built for Hajj and Umrah with a short walk to the Haram.
Swissotel Nankai Osaka, Osaka, Japan — Swissotel Nankai Osaka rises directly above Nankai Namba Station, offering easy airport trains from Kansai and immediate access to Osaka's most energetic shopping and dining district.
Swissotel Grand Shanghai, Shanghai, China — Swissôtel Grand Shanghai opened on 15 April 2008 at 1 Yu Yuan Road, 467 rooms in Jing'an, a short walk from Nanjing West Road, Plaza 66, and Jing'an Temple.
Swissôtel Beijing Hong Kong Macau Center, Beijing, China — Swissotel Beijing opened in 1991 as one of the capital's first international hotels, housing officials and press during the 2008 Summer Olympics, then closed for a four-year rebuild and returned in March 2023 with 467 rooms at 2 Chaoyangmen North Street, a minute from Dongsishitiao station.

Newest openings

Swissôtel Resort Kolašin — Kolašin, Montenegro — dated 2024 in the atlas — 116 rooms.
Swissôtel Mariánské Lázně — Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic — dated 2026 in the atlas — 125 rooms.

Opening next

No named unopened Swissôtel was verified in this pass. The brand's older press packet named projects in China, Turkey, Russia, and the Middle East without dates that can be treated as current.