History

36 Years of Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts

The official start of the Mövenpick Hotel Group took place in 1973. What began with the opening of two hotels near Zurich Airport is today aninternational upscale hotel management company with roots in Switzerland and over 90 properties existing or under construction inEurope, Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

“We aren’t doing anything extraordinary, we are simply successful because we are doing quite normal things in an extraordinary manner.” Ueli Prager, the founder of Mövenpick When Ueli Prager – the founder of Mövenpick – was looking for a name for his first restaurant, which opened in Zurich in 1948, he went for a walk along the shores of Lake Zurich and was taken by the sight of a seagull (“Möwe” in German) which elegantly picked up its delicacies in mid-flight. This idea gave wings to a fruitful concept: affordable gastronomy of the highest quality without waiting times. The Mövenpick Group has remained faithful to this vision until the present day. Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts have successfully implemented this mission since 1973 and maintain a brand name, which is a synonym for warm-hearted hospitality and quality. The first step in the hospitality business was already taken in 1966 with the construction of the Jolie Ville Motor Inn in Adliswil near Zurich. The official start of the Mövenpick Hotel Group then came with the opening of two hotels near Zurich Airport and in Regensdorf. The first hotel which opened outside Europe was the Mövenpick Hotel Jolie Ville in Cairo in the immediate vicinity of the pyramids in 1976. There the system of management contracts most commonly and successfully used today was tested for the very first time. In 1980, the first Mövenpick Hotel in Germany opened in Ulm/Neu-Ulm. The portfolio in this country has meanwhile grown to 17 properties.

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In 1991, the H.S. Radamis set off on its maiden voyage on the Nile under the Mövenpick flag between Aswan and Luxor. The Mövenpick fleet today includes five luxury cruisers, which are all underway in Egyptian waters. In 1998, Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts, Mövenpick Gastronomy, Mövenpick Wine and Mövenpick Fine Foods were split into separate operating units within the Mövenpick Holding and gained a large measure of autonomous development possibilities for their respective business operations. The first Mövenpick Hotels on the northern coast of Africa were opened in Tunisia and Morocco in 2001. Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts was recognized as the “fastest growing hotel chain in the Middle East” in 2003 on the occasion of the World Travel Market in London. The first steps in East Africa and on the Indian Ocean came with the takeover of hotels in Dar es Salaam and on Mauritius in 2005. In 2006, Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts launched the expansion of their operations on the Indian sub-continent and in Asia with the signing of a management agreement for a hotel in Bangalore and the takeover of a holiday resort in Phuket. Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts, an upscale hotel management company with over 12,000 employees, is represented through over 90 hotels existing or under construction in 26 countries with a concentration on its core markets in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. The international hotel group with roots in Switzerland is expanding and has a stated objective of increasing its hotel portfolio to 100 by the year 2010. With two hotel types, business and conference hotels, as well as holiday resorts, Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts has clearly positioned itself in the upscale segment and stands for quality, reliability and care with a personal touch. The hotel group is owned by Mövenpick Holding (66.7%) and the Kingdom Group (33.3%).