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24/03/2023
Zermatt has picked up one of this year’s Blick Winter Awards: on Thursday 2 March the results of an online vote by the Blick Group were celebrated at its award ceremony. Six awards went to the best Swiss winter sports areas, split into the categories “Snowboard & skiing”, “Cross country skiing”, “Small and sweet”, “Leisure and fun”, “Family” and “Gastronomy”. Zermatt took the top prize in the latter award, which was presented for the first time this year. Zermatt was also successful in the “Skiing and snowboarding” category, achieving second place. Blick awarded Zermatt CHF 85,000 for its first place in “Gastronomy”, which can be used for advertising purposes across its channels.
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22/11/2022
Das Chalet Zermatt Peak, mit seinem einzigartigen Ausblick auf das Matterhorn, wurde von den World Ski Awards bereits zum dritten Mal zum «World's Best Ski Chalet» gekürt.
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21/11/2022
The SonntagsZeitung newspaper has published its list of the best Swiss hotels for the 12th time. Several Zermatt hotels feature among the 75 top winter hotels.
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08/11/2022
It’s no secret that the Zermatt – Matterhorn destination is a culinary stronghold. And if further proof were required: the GaultMillau “Sommelier of the Year 2023” is from Zermatt. The After Seven in the Backstage Hotel and the Ristorante Capri in the Mont Cervin Palace have also been rated among the best restaurants in the canton, with the Stafelalp awarded points for the first time.
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18/10/2022
The Zermatt – Matterhorn destination is delighted to receive two new Michelin Stars. In total, the Michelin Guide has awarded four restaurants in Zermatt with one star each. For the first time, a restaurant has also received an award for its outstanding approach to sustainability: the Michelin Green Star.
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03/08/2022
The Matterhorn Ski Paradise has been recognised as 2022 test winner in the “5-star ski resort” category by Skiresort.de, the world's largest test portal for ski resorts.
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12/05/2022
Die Reise-Website Tripadvisor hat ihre Rangliste der besten Hotels der Welt veröffentlicht. Das Zermatter Luxushotel «The Omnia» schafft es unter die Top 5.
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22/04/2022
The “Falstaff Hotel Guide” community has voted: both the “CERVO Mountain Resort” and “La Ginabelle” hotels in Zermatt are placed among the best loved in Switzerland.
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21/04/2022
The “Best of Swiss Gastro” awards have been presented for the 18th time – with three Zermatt gastronomy businesses picking up prizes.
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14/04/2022
Oliver Milson, head chef at the Stafelalp, has cooked his way into the GaultMillau guide with 13 points. He and his team serve classic Swiss mountain cuisine with a fusion twist that aims to reinterpret and rediscover traditional cuisine.
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04/02/2022
The country's best ski and snow resorts were honoured at the Winter Awards ceremony on Blick TV on 3 February 2022. The Zermatt – Matterhorn destination picked up the award for best "Sport and Fun" ski resort.
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25/01/2022
As the world's largest travel platform, Tripadvisor awards annual Traveller's Choice Awards. This year, the Zermatt – Matterhorn destination has picked up the award for "Best of the Best Destination for Skiers in the world".
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20/01/2022
Chalet Zermatt Peak has been proclaimed by the World Ski Awards as the World's Best Ski Chalet 2021. With a unique view of the Matterhorn and centrally located above the village of Zermatt, the privately run chalet has a total of six floors with five luxurious double rooms, floor-to-ceiling windows and an observatory.
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18/01/2022
The Resort Hotel Alex and the Hotel Holiday/Restaurant La Calèche were recently awarded the "Fait Maison" label. They are the first two restaurants in Zermatt to be certified with the label, which recognises restaurants that prepare dishes in their own kitchens.
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20/12/2021
Connoisseur Circle, TrustYou und ein Publikumsvoting haben in 13 Kategorien die Besten unter den Besten gekürt. Zu den Siegerhotels in der Kategorie «Design- und Boutiquehotels» dürfen sich auch das «The Omnia» und das «Cervo Mountain Resort» zählen.
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06/12/2021
Blick has joined Switzerland Tourism to promote the most attractive ski resorts this winter. Starting now, the Blick community can vote for the destinations to receive a Blick Winter Award – and the Zermatt – Matterhorn destination has been nominated in two categories.
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30/11/2021
GaultMillau's "Host of the Year" serves in a Zermatt ski lodge! It's a rather sophisticated "lodge". "Chez Vrony" is synonymous with outstanding Zermatt gastronomy on the slopes. The business has been run by Vrony Cotting-Julen over many years, with the support of her husband Max. She epitomises warmth and professionalism, providing an oasis of calm despite the daily rush to service. The gastro guide has also awarded Vrony Cotting-Julen 14 points.
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24/11/2021
The Zermatt – Matterhorn destination has been awarded the "Family Destination" label by the Swiss Tourism Federation.
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24/11/2021
The HotellerieSuisse association has awarded the Hotel Zermama 4-star hotel status, with the specialisations "design and lifestyle hotel", "snow sports hotel" and "hiking hotel".
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24/11/2021
The "Cervo Mountain Resort" in Zermatt, which opened in 2009, is celebrating: following its renovation and extension, the hotel has picked up the AHEAD Award in the "Resort" category in Europe.
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28/10/2021
For the fifth time, The Omnia has been voted as Switzerland’s Leading Boutique Hotel in the World Travel Awards™. The awards are designed to promote the global tourism industry and advance the increase in quality standards.
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25/10/2021
The dreamskiresort.com platform community has voted Zermatt the best mountain resort in Switzerland.
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20/10/2021
The European wine magazine "Vinum" awards the Alpine Gourmet Prato Borni the Swiss Wine List Award 2021. With five stars, it is named the winner in the gourmet category focussing on Valais.
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15/09/2021
The Grand Hotel Zermatterhof in Zermatt, which has existed since 1879, has been accepted into Historic Hotels Worldwide, the official programme of the National Trust for Historic Preservation to recognise and celebrate the best historic hotels around the world.
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15/09/2021
The Zermatt 3-star Hotel Bella Vista has become a member of the Green Pearls platform for sustainable hotels.
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08/09/2021
The Zermatt – Matterhorn destination continues to focus on protecting guests and employees against COVID-19 as far as possible. For over a year now, Zermatt Tourism and almost 200 businesses have been members of the Clean&Safe label – committing themselves to consciously complying with the coronavirus protection concepts.
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31/08/2021
Zermatt Tourism participates in the Swisstainable sustainability programme for Swiss tourism and meets the criteria for Level I – committed.
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31/08/2021
As part of the 100% Women Peak Challenge, more than 400 female mountaineers have climbed all 48 of Switzerland's four-thousand-metre peaks since 8 March 2021 – in all-female rope teams!
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23/08/2021
The CERVO Mountain Resort was recognised for its outstanding interior design with the ICONIC AWARD in the Innovative Architecture category. The Zermatt resort has been making waves since 2009 with its innovative spirit and modern alpine interior.
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31/05/2021
The Grand Hotel Zermatterhof has been named Hotel of the Year by Karl Wild, author of the renowned Swiss hotel ranking. Other Zermatt hotels make it into the list.
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26/05/2021
“5-star ski area” and “Best panorama” - the ski area of Zermatt, Breuil-Cervinia and Valtournenche won over Skiresort.de in these categories and was crowned top performer 2021. The world’s biggest ski area test portal has been recognising the best ski areas every year since 1998. The Matterhorn Ski Paradise scored points for ski area size, choice of pistes, cable cars, guaranteed snow, piste preparation, environmental friendliness, mountain hospitality and choice of accommodation.
19/05/2021
Every year TripAdvisor chooses the 25 best hotels nationally and internationally. And the winners of the "Travellers’ Choice Awards" have now been announced. The Omnia moves up the world rankings – and eight hotels from Zermatt are included on the Swiss ranking list.
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17/05/2021
Every year TripAdvisor selects the Travellers’ Choice winners for best restaurants. Following on from last year's success, the Zermatt restaurant Chez Vrony takes first place in Switzerland again.
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09/03/2021
Another point and Chef of the Month – that’s the good news from The Omnia. Chef Hauke Pohl creates inspiring, sophisticated cuisine that focuses on vegetables.
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22/02/2021
When it comes to competitiveness and performance, Zermatt is one of the top destinations in the Alps. This is the result of the latest BAK Economics ranking.
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19/02/2021
The Michelin Guide to Switzerland 2021 makes it official - Zermatt remains the Swiss capital of gourmet cuisine. The Matterhorn village has two restaurants that are among the best in the country.
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11/12/2020
The CERVO Mountain Resort in Zermatt is the first Valais hotel to be awarded the Ibex Fairstay sustainability label.
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30/11/2020
Every year, Karl Wild and his team name the best winter hotels in Switzerland. This year, eleven Zermatt hotels made the list.
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26/11/2020
Zermatt once again came out on top in 2020 in the Swiss Milestone tourism prize, gaining an award for the Matterhorn illumination #hope. There was much joy about winning the award.
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25/11/2020
At the World Ski Awards 2020, the luxury holiday apartment Chalet Zermatt Peak won first prize in the category for world's best ski chalet. The award has gone to Zermatt for the last three years, but to Chalet Les Anges. The World Ski Awards were created in 2013 and is the sister organisation of World Travel Awards. Every year, a jury made up of industry experts and the public choose the winners in a range of categories.
16/11/2020
«Gault Millau» has selected the 830 best restaurants in Switzerland for 2021. The results for Zermatt can be marveled at: 15 Zermatt restaurants were awarded points – with 17 for the best.
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05/11/2020
On 5 November 2020, the Matterhorn ski paradise was once again crowned best ski resort in the Alps. The Best Ski Resort Report is the biggest independent visitor satisfaction survey in the Alps and is conducted every two years. After two overall wins in 2014 and 2016 and a second place in 2018, Zermatt has topped the ratings yet again in 2020.
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02/11/2020
For the fourth time in a row, the 5-star Zermatt hotel The Omnia has been named “Switzerland's Leading Boutique Hotel” at the World Travel Awards 2020. The annual World Travel Awards are famous travel and tourism awards around the world. Travel, tourism and business experts vote to decide the ranking.
09/10/2020
Working with Trustyou, the specialist travel magazine Connoisseur Circle has named the best Swiss hotels in 11 categories, including 4 Zermatt organisations.
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17/09/2020
Im November wird er verliehen: der prestigeträchtige Schweizer Tourismuspreis Milestone. Unter den diesjährigen Nominierten ist auch ein Projekt aus Zermatt.
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31/07/2020
Every year TripAdvisor selects the Travellers’ Choice winners for best restaurants. This year Zermatt restaurant Chez Vrony has been awarded first place in Switzerland.
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29/07/2020
Every year TripAdvisor chooses the 25 best hotels nationally and internationally. And the winners of the "Travellers’ Choice Awards" have now been announced. The Omnia makes it onto the world rankings – plus eight hotels from Zermatt are included on the Swiss ranking list.
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20/07/2020
CEO and Air Zermatt helicopter pilot Gerold Biner is this year’s recipient of the award from the “Divisionär F.K. Rünzi” foundation. This award from the Board of Trustees, presided over by Council of State Christophe Darbellay, recognizes an exceptional person who has realized their childhood dream of becoming a helicopter pilot at Air Zermatt and made their passion into a career.
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29/06/2020
Every year, the Sonntagszeitung newspaper publishes a hotel guide ranking the best hotels in Switzerland in different categories. The best chef has also been nominated – and it’s a top chef from Zermatt.
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25/02/2020
The Michelin Guide to Switzerland 2020 makes it official - Zermatt remains the Swiss capital of gourmet cuisine. The Matterhorn village has four restaurants that are among the best in the country.
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13/12/2019
The young talent competition, Marmite Youngster 2020, took place in Zurich on 2 December 2019. Two Zermatt talents were among the award winners.
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25/11/2019
For the seventh year running, the World Ski Awards have taken place in Kitzbühel. This year, Chalet Les Anges in Zermatt has once again come first in the category of World's Best Ski Chalet.
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13/11/2019
The winners of the 20th MILESTONE prize have been announced - the start-up Bonfire came out ahead of the Arosa Bear Sanctuary and the Glacier Express “Excellence Class” in the “Innovation” category. The “MILESTONE Premiere” goes to PrivateDeal. Jonas Gass, Co-Director of the Hotel Nomad, wins in the “Future Leaders” category, while Hanna Rychener Kistler wins the “Lifetime” award.
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23/10/2019
Every year, TripAdvisor gives the Travellers’ Choice Award in the Restaurants category. This year, two Zermatt restaurants are among the best in Switzerland: Chez Vrony and Cervo Puro.
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07/10/2019
Gault-Millau has selected the 870 best restaurants in Switzerland for 2020. The results for Zermatt can be marveled at: 17 Zermatt restaurants were awarded points – with 17 for the best.
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27/09/2019
The leading luxury travel magazine ‘Connoisseur Circle’ has selected the Zermatt 5-star Hotel Cervo among the best five Alpine hotels in Switzerland and the 4-star Hotel Firefly among the best five design hotels in Switzerland.
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26/09/2019
According to TrustYou ratings, two out of the six best hotels in Switzerland are in Zermatt: Hotel Coeur des Alpes and Hotel Bellerive.
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19/09/2019
On 19 September 2019, the eight projects nominated for Milestone, the renowned Swiss tourism award, were announced: three of them are from Zermatt.
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12/06/2019
For the third time in a row, Zermatt's five-star hotel, The Omnia, has won an award at the World Travel Awards.
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31/05/2019
Every year, the Sonntagszeitung newspaper publishes a hotel guide ranking the best hotels in Switzerland in different categories. This year, the guide includes thirteen Zermatt hotels.
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03/05/2019
On Thursday 9 May, Livia Anne Richard, director of ‘Matterhorn: No ladies please!’, was awarded the Bernese Communication Prize.
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27/03/2019
23,000 TripAdvisor travellers have had their say. In brief: Zermatt is the top travel destination in Switzerland for 2019 and takes the winner’s place on the podium again.
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15/02/2019
Snow-Online has once again selected the crème de la crème of winter sports – the ten best ski resorts in the world for the 2018/2019 winter season. The experts looked at over 250 ski resorts and tested them in ten categories. The outcome: Zermatt wins the title.
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06/02/2019
The Michelin Guide to Switzerland 2019 makes it official - Zermatt remains the Swiss capital of gourmet cuisine. The Matterhorn village retains its current three stars and adds two more.
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05/02/2019
Every year, TripAdvisor selects the best hotels in nine different categories. The winners of the ‘Travellers’ Choice Awards’ have just been announced. Two Zermatt hotels feature in the main category, ‘Top Hotels in Switzerland’.
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13/12/2018
Which cities, towns and villages were the most common Google searches by Swiss people in 2018? There’s a new arrival at the top of the list – Zermatt.
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03/12/2018
The Swiss Tourism Federation has recognised the family-friendly achievements of the Matterhorn destination, awarding it the "Family Destination" quality label for 2019-2021.
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21/11/2018
For the sixth year running, the World Ski Awards have taken place in Kitzbühel. This year, Chalet Les Anges in Zermatt has once again come first in the category of World's Best Ski Chalet.
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09/11/2018
The Zermatt ski region has been awarded first place nationally and second place internationally in the poll for "Best Ski Resort 2018". 46,000 winter sports enthusiasts were surveyed over winter 2017/18 in 55 ski regions across five countries, making the "Best Ski Resort" the largest customer satisfaction study in the Alps.
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05/11/2018
Last year the "NZZ am Sonntag" newspaper published a ranking of the best Swiss hotels for the first time. This year, three-star hotels were in the spotlight – and five Zermatt establishments impressed the jury.
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05/11/2018
Mirjam Schwarz, from the Grand Hotel Zermatterhof, showcased her cooking skills at the national young chef competition – impressing the jury.
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08/10/2018
GaultMillau has selected the 850 best restaurants in Switzerland for 2019. The results for Zermatt can be marveled at: 17 Zermatt restaurants were among them, with the best awarded 17 points.
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04/06/2018
The hotel guide in the Sonntagszeitung newspaper, created by journalist Karl Wild and a team of experts, named the 150 best hotels in Switzerland in 2018/19 – including eleven Zermatt establishments.
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18/04/2018
The Omnia has been named the "Friendliest Hotel in Switzerland" in the luxury hotel category. The 5-star hotel received the Prix Bienvenu at the 2018 Schweizer Ferientag tourism industry conference.
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20/03/2018
The travel planning website TripAdvisor annually presents awards to the most popular travel destinations in Switzerland. The results: Zermatt is on the podium for the fifth time in a row.
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25/01/2018
Zermatt hotels have been rated very highly in the 2018 Travellers’ Choice Awards. In three of the nine total categories in Switzerland, Zermatt hotels are standing on the podium holding gold medals.
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30/11/2017
The Handelszeitung has crowned the best winter sports resorts. Zermatt was once again awarded the gold medal.
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27/11/2017
Over the last few days, three hotel ratings have just been published: In the Trivago Awards 2018, the "NZZ am Sonntag" Hotel Ratings as well as the Winter Hotel ratings of the Sonntagszeitung, the Zermatt hotels results stand out.
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24/11/2017
The 5th World Ski Awards were presented in Kitzbühel on 18 November 2017. Among the winners is the Chalet Les Anges in Zermatt.
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06/11/2017
At the Skiarea Test the Charles Kuonen Suspension Bridge was awarded gold in the categories "Idea and Implementation" and "Technical Product Development".
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23/10/2017
The 2018 Guide Michelin for Switzerland reveals that Zermatt remains a culinary stronghold. There are 16 Zermatt restaurants listed in the guide and one of them has been awarded two Michelin Stars.
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10/10/2017
On 30 September 2017, the 24th World Travel Awards were presented in St. Petersburg. Among the winners is also the Zermatt hotel, The Omnia.
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02/10/2017
GaultMillau has selected the 800 best restaurants in Switzerland for 2018. The results for Zermatt can be marveled at: 18 Zermatt restaurants were awarded points – with 17 for the best.
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22/05/2017
Hotel rankings were published in both the 2016-2017 edition of Karl Wild’s book "Die 150 besten Hotels der Schweiz" (best hotels) and the SonntagsZeitung. The lists include 11 Zermatt hotels prominently represented once again. With "Prix Bienvenu" Switzerland Tourisme has also awarded the 100 most friendly Swiss hotels.
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11/04/2017
Snowplaza is one of the largest web portals for winter sports. The Snowplaza readers have voted and named Matterhorn Ski Paradise as the best ski resort in Switzerland.
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28/03/2017
Zermatt is in 1st Place. The rating platform TripAdvisor has published the winners of the Travellers’ Choice Awards with Zermatt as the absolute head of the pack. The ratings, experience reports and opinions on TripAdvisor make it clear that Zermatt is the “place to be” in Switzerland.
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