Dolder Grand
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{{Short description|Hotel in Zurich, Switzerland}}
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The Dolder Grand (formerly known as Grand Hotel Dolder) is a luxury hotel in the Swiss city of Zurich. It is located on Adlisberg hill, some {{convert|2|km}} from, and {{convert|200|m}} above, the city centre. Built in 1899, the hotel spreads out over {{convert|40000|m2}} and offers 173 rooms and suites, two restaurants, a bar, 13 conference rooms and a {{convert|4000|m²|adj=on}} spa.{{cite news |title=The Dolder Grand, Zurich, Switzerland |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/switzerland/zurich/hotels/the-dolder-grand/ |work=The Telegraph |first=John |last=O'Ceallaigh |date=18 November 2015 |access-date=13 June 2017 |archive-date=13 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613134058/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/switzerland/zurich/hotels/the-dolder-grand/}}{{cite web |url=http://www.hotelresortinsider.com/news_story.php?news_id=133864&cat_id=9 |title=Urs Schwarzenbach – He renovated the famous Grand Hotel Dolder of Zurich |publisher=Hotelresortinsider.com |access-date=4 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005030828/http://www.hotelresortinsider.com/news_story.php?news_id=133864&cat_id=9 |archive-date=5 October 2015 |url-status=dead }}{{cite map |url=https://s.geo.admin.ch/7472f2a03a |title=Dolder |map=225 – Zürich |map-url=https://shop.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/products/maps/national/lk50?layer=ch.swisstopo.landeskarte50_papier.metadata&product=225&productIdentifier=225&childGroupIdentifier=lk50eb# |scale=1:50'000 |series=National Map 1:50'000 |edition=2017 |date=2013 |publisher=Federal Office of Topography, Swiss Confederation – swisstopo |location=Wabern, Switzerland |isbn=978-3-302-00225-5 |via=map.geo.admin.ch |access-date=15 July 2017}}
The hotel is connected to central Zurich by road, and by the Dolderbahn rack railway, which has its upper terminus next to the hotel complex.{{cite web |title=Directions – The Dolder Grand |url=https://www.thedoldergrand.com/en/directions/ |publisher=Dolder Hotel AG |access-date=13 June 2017 |archive-date=13 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613094504/https://www.thedoldergrand.com/en/directions/}}
History
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The Dolder Grand Hotel & Curhaus was built between 1897 and 1899, to a design by the architect Jacques Gros from Basel for the restaurateur Heinrich Hürlimann. Hürlimann had previously developed the nearby Dolder Waldhaus hotel, also designed by Gros, and the Dolderbahn to serve it.{{Cite web |title=Discover the moving history of the Dolder Grand in Zurich |url=https://www.thedoldergrand.com/en/history/ |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=The Dolder Grand |language=en-US}} The Dolder Grand opened on 10 May 1899, and was extended in 1924 and 1964.{{cite web |url=https://www.thedoldergrand.com/en/experience/portrait/geschichte/ |title=History – The Dolder Grand |work=The Dolder Grand |publisher=Dolder Hotel AG |access-date=13 June 2017 |archive-date=13 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613092841/https://www.thedoldergrand.com/en/experience/portrait/geschichte/}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nzz.ch/luxus_im_luftkurort_zuerich-1.689870 |title=Luxus im Luftkurort Zürich |language=de |trans-title=Luxury in the air cure Zurich |work=Neue Zürcher Zeitung |date=16 March 2008 |access-date=22 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622150513/https://www.nzz.ch/luxus_im_luftkurort_zuerich-1.689870 |archive-date=22 June 2017 |url-status=live}}
In 2001, Urs Schwarzenbach became the majority shareholder, and in 2004 the hotel closed for an extensive renovation, reopening on 3 April 2008. The renovation was led by Norman Foster and cost SFr 440 million. The restoration maintained the original appearance from 1899, and demolished all extensions that had been made after 1899. Two new wings were added, adjacent to the old building, whilst two additional floors were added below the existing building.{{cite web |url=http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/dyn/news/zuerich/855083.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912175932/http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/dyn/news/zuerich/855083.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 September 2012 |title=Innige Umarmung und enges Korsett |work=Tages-Anzeiger |access-date=30 March 2008}}
The Dolder Grand began accepting bitcoin as a form of payment in May 2019, making it the first Swiss luxury hotel to accept the cryptocurrency as payment.{{cite web |date=29 March 2019 |title=The Dolder Grand Hotel accepts payments in Bitcoin with new inapay app |url=https://www.presseportal-schweiz.ch/pressemeldungen/dolder-grand-hotel-akzeptiert-zahlungen-bitcoin-neuer-inapay-app |access-date=3 April 2019 |website=www.presseportal-schweiz.ch |language=de}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Grand Hotel Dolder}}
- {{Official website|https://www.thedoldergrand.com/en/}}
- [https://www.dolderhotelag.com/en/ Dolder Hotel AG] (hotel group website)
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