Food is something wonderful! When you go on vacation, it's usually the culinary experiences that you talk about at home. We have promised that the offer in Andermatt will expand and improve with development - we now have the best Japanese restaurant in Switzerland and the highest awarded mountain restaurant on mountain Gütsch. But it doesn't always have to be Michelin stars or GaultMillau points. In Andermatt, everyone can find something to suit their personal preferences. We hope that this...

Sustainability is a major issue and is anchored in the corporate strategy at Andermatt Swiss Alps. With the Andermatt Responsible initiative, we are committed to resource-conserving tourism and are pursuing numerous projects. In today's podcast, we focus on the electricity from EW Ursern, the heating from the Gotthard heating plant in Göschenen and food waste in the restaurants of Andermatt Swiss Alps and Andermatt-Sedrun Sport AG. The forest is an important aspect of climate regulation. The...

Destinations in the mountains often face the challenge of revitalising communities all year round. For the sustainable development of a mountain region, it is important that the interests of tourism and the population converge - a complex issue. The Graubünden University of Applied Sciences is focussing on this topic. Lena Pescia, lecturer in tourism management at the Institute for Tourism and Leisure, is leading this project. She explains what the term community building means and what they...

A year ago in August, Vail Resorts took over Andermatt-Sedrun Sport AG as the majority shareholder. Over the next few years, around 110 million Swiss francs will be invested in the area. Some of this is already making itself felt this season. The declared aim of all destinations operated by Vail Resorts is to improve the guest experience. Mike Goar, Managing Director of Andermatt-Sedrun Sport AG, explains in this podcast that there are some quick fixes that don't cost that much. However,...

Public transport is scarce, especially in mountain regions. Although Andermatt is easily accessible by train or post bus from all directions, it is more difficult to get there and the service is very limited. If you want to be out and about in the evening, you almost always have to have your own car. This is why a combined, innovative and emission-free mobility concept, KIMM for short, is being developed in the Andermatt holiday region. Various providers have set themselves the goal of...

"I love a challenge. That’s why it immediately appealed to me when I was contacted about the Andermatt Concert Hall and the plan to set up a year-round season." Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer is an internationally sought-after conductor and has been the artistic director of the Andermatt Concert Hall since June 2022. The experience at the Andermatt Concert Hall is unique. Not only is it the first concert hall in an Alpine destination and the highest in Switzerland, but the closeness to the musicians...

"We have an initiative at Andermatt Swiss Alps and at Andermatt-Sedrun Sport AG called Andermatt Responsible. As part of this initiative, we have defined goals that we want to achieve by 2030." Carmen Carfora is the sustainability expert at Andermatt Swiss Alps AG and Andermatt-Sedrun Sport AG. Together with the departments concerned, she ensures that the goals set are achieved. Sustainability encompasses the ecological, social and economic dimensions. Today we are taking a closer look at...

"I told Samih Sawiris that the current approach does not get him where he wants to go." Isidor Bauman played a decisive role in the negotiations for the land. Not all landowners were willing to sell their land right away. For Samih Sawiris' investment, however, the golf course was the crucial piece of the puzzle. One farmer who gave up his farm was Sandro Danioth. "I mainly had leased land. Therefore, I was in a rather passive role, as I didn't know what was going to happen to the around ten...

How do time-honoured traditions reconcile with rapid development? And how do the locals deal with it? Andermatt has developed strongly. Over the last 15 years, more than a billion Swiss francs have been invested in Andermatt. New houses, new hotels, new facilities in the ski area, a golf course and above all one thing: guests from all over the world. We asked around to find out what the times were like. Back then, 15 years ago. "It looked bleak," says the well-known Bernhard Russi from...

"The implementation of the Andermatt-Sedrun ski area linkage was unique in Switzerland". Michael Müller, media spokesman for the Federal Office of Transport explains in this podcast how the overall approval procedure differs from others. "We even adapted the law as a result of our good experiences in Andermatt". Silvio Schmid was CEO of Andermatt-Sedrun Sport AG at the time. He was the interface between the project and operations. Everything ended up going through him. When he received the...

"We were shocked at first by the plans the architects submitted as proposals to the competition." Hany Ayad, who has been responsible for destination development at Orascom Development Holding for over 30 years, was a member of the Andermatt Swiss Alps competition jury and remembers back. Things then worked better on the second go-round. Some time passed from planning to implementation. For many of the architects, this project was forgotten. This was also the case for Marcel Santer of Ilg...

Samih Sawiris came to Andermatt for the first time in 2005. But why actually? In this interview, the people who were there at the time and who have contributed significantly to the further development of Andermatt provide information: Josef Dittli, Raimund Kunz, Heidi Z'graggen and Samih Sawiris himself. The fact that his ideas have been crowned with success has a lot to do with Samih Sawiris' attitude: "I think you have to be persistent and think long-term. It has so much to do with luck...