Hospitality

Business

The Future of Swiss Business Hotels in Urban Areas

This project responded to the need of hoteliers in the French part of Switzerland to use their spaces properly during the pandemic

Business

Start & End Date

01/03/2021 → 28/02/2022

Main Applicant

Schegg, R., HES-SO Valais

Co-applicant(s):

Inversini, A., EHL Hospitality Business School

External Funding

InnoTour

L'Avenir des Hôtels d'Affaires Suisses en Milieu Urbain

Project Description

This project was designed and run while the Covid19 pandemic was still a huge burden for local business hotels; the guiding question was; how should business hotels reinvent themselves in the medium and long term by generating a deep understanding of possible new revenue streams and strategic approaches for the future respectively. This project has been designed to address the acceleration of the innovation process in the medium and long term, propelling the urban hotel business towards new business models in a constantly changing environment.