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 in the French capital. The French-language bibliography in the   Société Suisse des Hôteliers and Switzerland Tourism, specialists    1. Flückiger-Seiler 2001, pp. 67-69 – for Hôtel d’Angleterre see De Senarclens,     45. Gaulis, Creux, 1976.
                     et al. 1993, p. 38f.
 catalogue comprises just eighteen titles covering a period of   in the various fields affected discussed the options for conserving      2. El-Wakil 1978 – Flückiger-Seiler 2001, p. 89f. and Flückiger-Seiler 2003,     46. Ammann, 1976ss.
                                                                            47. Ott, 1990.
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 more than two centuries – effectively demonstrating how little   historically important hotel buildings.  The Lucerne conference       p. 50f. (architecture competition).    48. Miller, 1992.
                   3. Flückiger-Seiler 2001, p. 89.                         49. Schmitt, 1982 – Wenzel, 1991.
 research has been devoted to hotel architecture in France.    introduced the ‘Historic hotel/restaurant of the year’ award which has    4. Rambert 1877, pp. 116, 120 – Bettex 1913, p. 302f. and annexes.     50. Grenier, et al. 1985.
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                   5. Flückiger-Seiler 1999 and Flückiger-Seiler 2001, pp. 154-171.
                                                                            51. Saudan, Blanc, Saudan-Skira, 1985.
 Finally, the most recent work on the culture of the belle époque   since encouraged many hoteliers to be more aware of the heritage    6. Flückiger-Seiler 2003, p. 58 and figs. 61-64 (architecture competition).    52. Du Palais au Palace, Paris, 1998.
                   7. Zur Erinnerung…1915, p. 23, tab. 10, 11 – Krapf, 1957, p.8.    53. Vasko-Johasz, 2006.
 grand hotels presents the hotels and spas built by the Südbahn-  aspect of their buildings. Clearly, the label ‘historic’ was no longer to    8. Lüthi 1999 and Lüthi 2001.    54. Historische Hotels erhalten und betreiben, Akten der Fachtagung Luzern 14-16, September
                   9. Museum im Bellpark, Kriens: [letter in the 1998 exhibition].      1995. Lucerne, 1996.
 Eisenbahngesellschaft at Semmering in Austria. 53  be equated with ‘outdated’ because it could be recognised with this     10. Flückiger-Seiler 2001, pp. 44-60.    55. See Conseil de l’Europe, Comité du patrimoine culturel. Synthèse des travaux de la conférence
                                                                             de Nice. Strasbourg le 17 février 2000, p. 4.
 award when the building was restored to heritage standards. At the     11. [Die baulichen Auswüchse in Interlaken, [der einst ein] ruhiger ländlicher Ort,       56. The award is offered by the Südtiroler Sparkasse foundation and the Landesdenkmalamt
                     ein Aufenthalt für stille Freude an der grossen Natur [gewesen, nunmehr aber zu einer]

                                                                             and awarded by an international panel of specialists including the author of this article.
 THE RENOVATION OF HISTORIC HOTELS  colloquium on tourist and travel heritage organised by the Council         schillernden Niederlassung reicher Fremder [entartet sei].] (Hegner, 1818,       57. www.swiss-historic-hotels.com.
                     vol. 4, III, Introduction.)
 The preservation of Hotel Giessbach on Lake Brienz, by the   of Europe in Nice in the autumn of 1999 this award achieved pan-    12. Translation from the German translation in Tolstoy 1967.       Bibliography on page 433.
                    13. Alphonse Daudet, Tartarin of Tarascon, Tartarin on the Alps, trans. Henry Frith,
 Giessbach dem Schweizervolk, a foundation founded by wildlife   European recognition as an exemplary quality label for heritage       J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, London, 1954, pp.135-136.
                    14. On the new ’Heimatstil’ architecture see Crettaz-Stürzel 2005, vol. 1.
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 and environment campaigner Franz Weber, stands out as a key   conservation.  Since 2007, South Tyrol has also awarded a prize for     15. ‘Ein schönes und ein hässliches Gebäude’ (Heimatschutz, Heft 1/1906).
                    16. Schweizerische Bauzeitung 1905/XLVI, p.83f., 140f., 150ff. and 1906/XLVII, p.120ff.
 event in the rediscovery of historic hotel buildings and their   the historic hotel or ‘auberge’ of the year – an initiative introduced     17. ’Seit Jahren tobt im Schweizerland der Krieg gegen die unsere schönsten Gegenden
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 conservation according to heritage standards. In 1981, planning   by the national heritage organisation.          entstellenden Hotelkästen. […]. Weil ihnen eine, einmal nach sentimentaler Romantik, ein
                     andermal nur nach Pomp und Protz riechende Maske aufgesetzt ist.’ (Guyer,1917, p. 71.)
 permission was granted for a ‘jumbo chalet’ to take the place of   In 2005, some enterprising hoteliers founded Swiss Historic     18. E.g. in Diethelm, 1920 or Wöhler, 1929.
                    19. Amstutz, 1929.
 Horace Edouard Davinet’s hotel, built in 1875, prompting a   Hotels, a marketing organisation for historic hotels (fig. 22).      20. Schweizerische Bauzeitung 1929/94, p. 43. See also Der Berner Heimatschutz.
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                      Ein Rück- und Ausblick, Berne, 1948.
 flurry of protests, and a widely supported working party explored   Representing a new landmark in the rediscovery of historic hotel     21. Horace Edouard Davinet, Souvenirs de Mons, ed. Davinet, Berne, 1921 (MS in Stadt-
                      und Universitätsbibliothek Berne).
 alternative proposals which would allow the hotel building to be   buildings, this association is significant because it shows that hoteliers     22. ALS, p. 379f.
                    23. Meyer, 1942, Meyer, 1944 and Meyer, 1957.
 conserved. In the space of one year, the foundation – which is   themselves are learning to see the history and value of their building     24. Meili, 1945.
 active throughout Switzerland – raised a sum of 3 million Swiss   as a marketing asset. Historic hotels which meet the relevant criteria     25. Report in the archives of Société Suisse du Crédit hôtelier, Zurich, Dossier 122/20.
                    26. Schmid, 1948, p. 339.
 francs to save the entire hotel complex. The meticulous restoration   in terms of architectural history and heritage can apply to become     27. The story is told in Flückiger-Seiler 2005, p. 80-89. See also Laur, 1951 and Kopp, 1955.
                    28. ‘Stimmungskulissen ohne Anspruch auf Ernsthaftigkeit’ (Meyer, 1957).
 of the hotel and its adjoining funicular, carried out in several stages   members of the group. Compared with just twenty years ago       See also Schmid, 1957.
                    29. My thanks to Madame Evelyne Lüthi-Graf for this information. See also her contribution
 and with a great deal of supporting publicity, acted as a catalyst: for   when hoteliers were ashamed of what they called their ‘old hulks’,       to this publication, p. 314.
                    30. Reinle, 1962, p.112ff.
 architectural specialists and art historians, historic hotels had now   today many owners are keen to acquire the label of ‘historic hotel’;     31. Ottiger, 1976.
                    32. Author’s interview with Roman Ottiger on 28 August 2007 at Hotel Schweizerhof in Berne.
 become acceptable again (see fig. 13).  some are even using the term for buildings which do not in fact     33. Wyssbrod, 1988.
 The colloquium on heritage conservation and tourism staged   fulfil the requisite criteria. In the world of tourism, ‘historic’ has     34. The author is grateful to Anne Wyssbrod, currently living in Canada, for making her

                     private archives on this subject available so promptly.
 by  argealp (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Alpenländer) in Davos in 1992   become fashionable again. In 2007, moreover, Switzerland Tourism     35. Rucki, 1989.
                    36. Flückiger-Seiler, 1996 (Lawinenartig).
 marked another turning point in the history of the conservation of   launched a marketing concept called ‘Timetravel’ promoting historic     37. Lugano Hotels, 1998.
                    38. Barbey, 1982 (Genève), Neuenschwander Feihl, 1990 (Lausanne), Neuenschwander Feihl,
 hotel buildings. Here, tourism and heritage specialists met for the   hotels, railways and other tourist facilities with heritage appeal. The       2000 (Montreux), Neuenschwander Feihl, 2003 (Vevey), Maurer, Wolf, 2003 (Thoune),
                      Wyss, 1991 (Lucerne), Giacomazzi, 1991 (Locarno), Hauser, 1991 (Lugano), Rebsamen,
 first time to discuss their concerns. At the time, heritage specialists   devaluation of historic hotel buildings in Switzerland, which lasted       Stutz, 1982 (Davos).
 throughout  Switzerland  were  concerned  about  the  threatened   a century and was supported by the official bodies, finally came to     39. The verification of data published in works relating to Interlaken (Krebser, 1990) and
                     Weggis (Weggiser Lesebuch, 1993) clearly demonstrates the academic inadequacy of

                     this type of work.
 demolition of the rooms in Lucerne’s Schweizerhof, key works   an end with initiatives of this kind.      40. Kriens-Kairo. Emil Vogt: Luzerner Architekt um 1900, catalogue of the exhibition in
 in art historical terms.  As a result the issue of  ‘conserving and       Museum im Bellpark Kriens, Kriens 1998.
                    41. Lüthi, 1999 and Lüthi, 2001.
 operating historic hotels’ became the topic of a specialist conference     42. Flückiger-Seiler, 2001 and Flückiger-Seiler, 2003.
                    43. Fonds National Suisse research project no. 1215-042106.94, approved on 17 May 1995.
 in Lucerne in 1995. Under the aegis of the Swiss branch of icomos     44. Grisons inventory at Kant. Denkmalpflege in Chur. Lucerne inventory at Kant. Denkmalpflege
                      in Lucerne (Flückiger-Seiler, Omachen, 1997ff.). Valais at the Office de la Protection des
 (primarily conservation specialists) and in collaboration with the       Biens Culturels in Sion (Kant. Kulturgüterdienst).
 Hôtel de Giessbach, Horace Edouard Davinet, architect.  Walzenhausen Spa Hotel, south facade. Present state and planned changes.  Aigle, Grand Hôtel.  Les Avants, Hôtel de Jaman.
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