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At 85 meters, it is the tallest hotel in Switzerland. The Swissôtel in Oerlikon. It is now closing its doors due to the Corona crisis in late November. 270 employees, including all apprentices, lose their jobs. Commercial apartments will be built in the house.
Now, several readers report to BLICK, who report that the Swissôtel Basel, a superior 4-star hotel, will soon go down in history. The house has 238 rooms and suites. The hotel is centrally located next to the exhibition center and is directly connected to the congress center. It is only a few minutes from the old town.
At the Accor Group in Munich (D), when asked by BLICK, he was only dry: “Accor acts as a brand supplier for hotels. The decision to close the hotels in whole or in part is the responsibility of the respective operating company. Generally, we don’t comment on market rumors. “A denial sounds different.
A response from the operating company is still pending.
270 layoffs
Last Friday it became known that the Swissôtel de Zurich Oerlikon closes its doors due to Corona. The Swissôtel is the tallest 4-star hotel in Zurich. It is located opposite the Zurich Oerlikon train station. Zurich airport and the city center are only five kilometers away. The 347 rooms and suites offer a panoramic view of Zurich and the Swiss Alps.
Due to the Corona crisis, they are mostly empty. The Zurich trade fair venue is clinically dead, and almost nothing happens at the nearby airport either. So owner Accor is now pulling the cord and laying off 270 employees. As BLICK knows from three independent bodies. Apparently, the commercial apartments in the higher price segment will be built in the 85-meter-high house.
“The accommodation will be closed”
A Munich Accor spokeswoman confirms the VIEW investigation. “We can confirm that a partial closure of the Swissôtel Zurich is under consideration. Currently it is planned to maintain the catering operations and therefore the connection with local guests while the accommodation is closed, ”she says.
