THE WORD OF THE PRESIDENT THE CLEFS D’OR Chers collègues et amis Clefs d‘Or, It will be an election year, therefore Liebe Kollegen und Freunde der please do not hesitate to send your SUISSE TIMES Goldenen Schlüssel, candidacy to the committee. It will The latest news from Concierges for Concierges be a great opportunity to consolidate Cari colleghi ed amici delle chiavi

February 2016 d‘Oro, what has been done, to bring new ideas, and participate actively in our The all Swiss Executive Committee association. We hope you will enjoy and myself are taking this reading this newsletter, and we opportunity to wish you all, your would like to deeply thank Rafael, beloved ones and your families a who worked in the background for healthy, happy and prosperous New assisting us in creating it. The Year. 2016 will be a year full of Executive Committee and I greatly events, from the International appreciate your support and your congress in Dubai in April, followed participation. Your ideas or by our Swiss congress in Geneva in suggestions are always welcome and May, and the Pan European congress you can reach us individually or send in Helsinki in July. These will be an email at [email protected]. We great opportunities to meet with each remain at your entire disposal and we other, to share and to strengthen our are looking forward to hearing from friendship. In Dubai, our Andy you or to meeting you all very soon. Pongco candidate: Mr Alexander Piderit from the Badrutt’s Palace, Bien Amicalement will represent and he Marc Pierrain will need our full support. In Geneva, our national congress will take place on the 14th and 15th of May.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

OBITUARY ...... 1 INTRODUCTION ...... 2-4 „AMITIÉ ET SOLIDARITÉ AU SERVICE 63RD UICH WORLD CONGRESS IN DUBAI 2016 ...... 5 MENDOZA ...... 6 DE L'HÔTELLERIE ET DU TOURISME“ 3RD PAN-EUROPEAN CONGRESS ...... 7 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING PICTURES ...... 8-9 THE BOOK OF MEMBERS ...... 10 THE SUISSE PIN & NEW BUCHERER KEYS ...... 11 THE ANDY PONGCO AWARD ...... 12 WESTERN ZONE MEETING GENEVA ...... 13-14 PICTURE OF THE SECTION PRESIDENTS AND EXECUTIVE COMITTEE ...... 15 PICTURES OF OUR NEW MEMBERS ...... 16

OBITUARY INTRODUCTION

Dear colleagues, On the 1st of July 2015 our dear colleague & friend, Anton Bättig We are more then honoured to introduce you today all our new Members slept in peacefully after long sickness. from the Les Clefs d’Or Suisse. Our thoughts and prayers are with their family & Friends. Welcome to the Family

Sincerely your Clefs d’Or Family SECTION & BERNER OBERLAND Präsident Patrick Ritschard Bellevue Palace

ALEXANDER JONKOFF – GRAND HOTEL VICTORIA JUNGFRAU, INTERLAKEN

VANESSA BOHLEY – , BERN

LUC FRIESEISEN – HOTEL SCHWEIZERHOF, BERN

RITA VARADY – LE GRAND BELLEVUE, GSTAAD

SECTION ZERMATT & UPPER VALAIS Präsident Roland Margelisch Riffelalp Resort

STEFAN BECKER – RIFFELALP RESORT

LAURA BRÜNDEL – MONT CERVIN PALACE

JONATHAN KLIS – MONT CERVIN PALACE

Tages Anzeiger 3.7.2015

1. 2. INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION

SECTION BAS VALAIS & RIVIERA SECTION LUZERN Präsident Enzo Baciocchi VAUDOISE Hotel Schweizerhof Präsident Sylvie Gonin Beau-Rivage Palace

BENJAMIN RICHARD – BEAU RIVAGE PALACE LAUSANNE RONALD GABSCH – PARK HOTEL WEGGIS JONATHAN BUCKLES – BEAU RIVAGE PALACE LAUSANNE RICCARDO GIUSTI – CHEDI ANDERMATT TRANSFERS TO THE SECTION LOWER VALAIS & VAUD IN 2015

From the Les Clefs d’Or : SECTION GENÈVE Präsident Jonathan Schmitt PAOLO CREMASCHI – LE CRANS HOTEL & SPA Hotel de la Paix

SECTION GRAUBÜNDEN BENJAMIN CEREZUELA – GRAND HOTEL KEMPINSKI Präsident Oliver Assandri RÉMI DESTRÉE – GRAND HOTEL KEMPINSKI

CLAUDIA PÉRINI – HOTEL LE RICHMOND DANIEL STAUCH – KRONENHOF PONTRESINA JULIEN TAPPONNIER – PRÉSIDENT WILSON ALEXANDER PIDERIT – BADRUTT’S PALACE HÉNI TRABELSI – HOTEL DE LA PAIX

TRANSFERS TO THE SECTION GENEVRA IN 2015 SECTION ZURICH Präsident Jérémie Varry From the Les Clefs d’Or :

GEORGES-HENRI HOEBANX – HOTEL INTERCONTINENTAL

From the Les Clefs D’Or USA: MARIO COUTINHO BARBOSA – GLOCKNERHOF ZURICH

GILLES MAUFFRAS – FOUR SEASONS HOTEL DES BERGUES GERARDO DOPPIETTA – CROWNE PLAZA ZURICH

MARKUS DORNER – THE ZURICH

3. 4. WORLD CONGRESS 2016 UICH MENDOZA 2015

The program for the upcomming congress in Dubai, United Arab Few impressions from Swiss section on the UICH Congress in Mendoza Emirates on the 10th / 2015. till the 15th of April It was a wonderful event and it was great to see our dear colleagues again. 2016. Thank you very much for the great organsiation. You can see all pictures on Facebook.

Registration under: www.uich2016dubai.com

12th April 2016, Tuesday - Day Three Daily Agenda 08:30hrs - Educational Symposium 9th April 2016 09:00hrs - Educational Symposium Executive Board Arrival 10:15hrs - Morning Coffee Break. 10th April 2016, Sunday - Day One 10:45hrs - Continuation of Educational Executive Board 12:30hrs - LunchBreak 10:00hrs - Executive board Meeting. 13:30hrs - Continuation of Educational 13:00hrs - Lunch. 16:00hrs - End of Educational 14:00hrs - Continuation of meeting. 16:30hrs - Desert Safari Dinner. 18:00hrs - End of Executive Board Meeting 23:00hrs - End of Safari.

19:00hrs - Depart to opening ceremony 13th April 2016, Wednesday - Day Four

General Members 08:30hrs - General Assembly. Whole day Arrival at Dubai Airport and Chauffer 09:00hrs - Start of Assembly. drive to JW Marriott Marquis. Registration opens 10:30hrs - Morning Coffee Break. from 08:00hrs. Lunch for Registered Members. 11:00hrs - Continuation of General Assembly. Continuation of Registration. 18:30hrs - buses depart 13:00hrs - Lunch. to opening ceremony. Themed Emirati Cultural 14:00hrs - Continuation of General Assembly opening ceremony. 22:30hrs - Bus depart to night 17:30hrs - Expected End of General Assembly outing venues. 19:00hrs - Free Countries Dinner.

11th April 2016, Monday - Day Two 14th April 2016 - Day Five 08:30hrs - Members Depart Land & Water Tour. 08:30hrs - Depart to Burj Khalifa & Air Tour. 09:00hrs - Board of Directors Meeting. 17:30hrs - Buses return to JW Marriott Marquis. 10:30hrs - Morning Coffee Break. 19:30hrs - Start of Gala Dinner. 11:00hrs - Continuation of BOD 23:00hrs -1st buses start departing from Atlantis.

13:00hrs - Lunch 15th April 2016 - Day Six 14:00hrs - Continuation of BOD All day departures - Late check out subject to 18:00hrs - End of City Tour and BOD availability. 19:00hrs - Depart for Dinner

5. 6. SWISS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING rd 3 PAN-EUROPEAN CONGRESS PICTURES

07.-10. July 2016 3rd Pan-European Congress / U.I.C.H. Les Clefs d'Or Helsinki,

The registration is open under: www.helsinki2016.org

SECTION BERN SECTION RIVIERA VAUDOISE ET BAS VALAIS

Schedule SECTION GENÈVE SECTION GENÈVE

THURSDAY 7.7.2016 SATURDAY 9.7.2016 Welcome desk at Helsinki Airport Zone meetings Transfers to Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel President’s meeting Hospitality desk at the hotel with Educational seminar & workshop registration Lunch 7 pm Welcome reception at Radisson Spouse program Blu Plaza Hotel Gala dinner, Marina Congress Center

FRIDAY 8.7.2016 SUNDAY 10.7.2016 Sightseeing tours all day by boat & bus Departures all day Lunch Shuttle to Airport/harbour 3 pm Helsinki City Mayor’s reception at 12 noon Optional Sunday Brunch at Town Hall Restaurant Saari (own expense, )

Traditional Finnish evening with sauna SECTION ZURICH

7. 8. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING PICTURES THE BOOK OF MEMBERS

The Book of Members is online and is being updated on a regular basis. Each individual member should update his own profile.

For those who do not yet have an access code, please kindly make yourself known to our president Marc Pierrain ([email protected]) with a personal email address as it will be used as a username to create the code.

www.lesclefsdor.net/login

SECTION GRAUBÜNDEN For example see below the profile of our dear UICH President Mr. Colin Toomey

SECTION GRAUBÜNDEN

SECTION LUZERN

9. 10.

THE SUISSE PIN & NEW BUCHERER KEYS THE ANDY PONGCO AWARD

The Clefs d'Or Suisse is more than What is the Andy Pongco proud to announce our candidate Award? Mr. Alexander Piderit from the The Swiss Pin is now on Badrutt's Palace Sankt Moritz for The Andy Pongco Award was the legendary and honourable established at the 55th Les Clefs sale again for the price of Andy Pongco Award 2016 at the 15 CHF and the new d’Or International Congress in 63rd International Congress of the Denmark, 2008 to honour the official Bucherer Key UICH in Dubai. memory of Andy Pongco (an (with 3 pins on the back) international honorary president), His Swiss Clefs d'Or family wish at the price of 30 CHF. by recognising and encouraging him all the best for this exciting young members to become active task, a lot of good memories, participants in our global Both of them can be many new friends and most network. The prize for the important, fun on his first bought directly and only recipient of the award is an international UICH congress. invitation to the next Les Clefs through your local d’Or International Congress

section treasurer who will (registration and airfare order them through our included). Each year the award is sponsored by a different partner: Swiss treasurer American Express, Elite Rent a (Cornelius Haug). Car, Concierge Assistant, Lucien Barriere Majestic Cannes. It is the intention of all of us at Les Clefs d’Or International to encourage as many countries as possible to present profiles of Please note that the Swiss Pin is exclusive only for capable young members. We Clefs d'Or Suisse members intend to see this friendly challenge continue for many years to come and therefore, enable us to detect the elite of tomorrow’s Concierge Clefs d’Or.

11. 12. WESTERN ZONE MEETING GENÈVE WESTERN ZONE MEETING GENÈVE

Western zone meeting in Genève – September 2015

For the first time since the creation of the zones in our international association, Switzerland hosted the annual Western Zone meeting in Genève. The week-end started with an informal diner at the traditionnal Swiss restaurant Les Armures in the Genève old town. The following day a fruitful and constructive meeting took place in a beautiful suite on the top floor of the Hotel Le Richemond, then follow a private guided tour of the Patek Philippe Museum before enjoying a gastronomic diner at the famous Chat Botté at the Beau Rivage. On sunday, after the private guided city tour, a pleasant lunch cruise on the Léman lake ended this beautiful and sunny week-end."

13. 14. PICTURE OF THE SECTION PRESIDENTS PICTURES OF OUR NEW & TRANSFERED AND EXECUTIVE COMITTEE IN ZURICH CLEFS D’OR MEMBERS

The Clefs d’Or board meeting took place in the marvelous Hotel Baur au Lac in Zurich.

Alexander Piderit Vanessa Bohley Luc Frieseisen Alexander Jonkoff Rita Varady Daniel Stauch

Benjamin Cerezuela Claudia Périni Héni Trabelsi Rémi Destrée Julien Tapponnier

Gilles Mauffras Jonathan Buckles Georges-Henri Hoebanx Benjamin Richard Mario C. Barbosa

Markus Dorner Paolo Cremaschi Gerardo Doppietta

15. 16.