subsidiary industry hospitality founded 1980 1 headquarters zurich airport kloten switzerland area served international key people meinhard huck president 2 juerg siegenthaler vice president marketing and sales 3 pierre botteron vice president human resources 4 lilian roten vice president operations 5 products hotels parent frhi hotels & resorts website http swissotel.com swiss tel hotels and resorts more normally simply known as swiss tel is a group of hotels pitched at the higher end of the hotel market . the chain currently includes 37 properties in 17 countries . the corporate offices for swiss tel are located in the prioria business center on the property of zurich airport kloten switzerland 6 7 near zurich . 8 and the company is headed by president meinhard huck . contents 1 corporate history 2 corporate responsibility 3 properties 3.1 americas 3.2 asia 3.3 oceania 3.4 europe 4 references 5 external links corporate history edit the swiss tel in zurich s oerlikon quarter part of the group since its foundation . swiss tel was founded in 1980 as a joint venture between the swissair and nestl groups with its headquarters in the swiss city of zurich . initially hotels were operated in berne new york city geneva and zurich . in 1990 the hotel group became a fully owned subsidiary of the swissair group and in 1996 its head office moved from zurich to new york . 9 in 2001 with the parent airline in the serious financial difficulties that eventually lead to its demise swiss tel was sold to raffles holdings limited the owners of the famous raffles hotel in singapore . in july 2005 colony capital a private international investment firm acquired raffles international limited the company that by this stage owned both raffles and swiss tel brands . 9 in may 2006 colony capital together with kingdom hotels international acquired fairmont hotels & resorts . with the completion of the transaction the fairmont and raffles international portfolios were combined transforming the companies into a global hotel leader headquartered in toronto called fairmont raffles hotels international with 120 hotels in 23 countries under three brands fairmont raffles and swiss tel. after the transaction the corporate office of swiss tel hotels & resorts moved back to zurich where it was headed by president mr meinhard huck who retired in 2013 . ms lilian roten was appointed vice president swiss tel brand in november 2013 . corporate responsibility edit swiss tel has a high profile approach to corporate social responsibility which concentrates on charities who help underprivileged children around the world . 10 the company has formed a link with sos children s villages for which it organises fundraising events such as an annual summer party in z rich . 11 the company has supported particular projects including that in lavrovo oryol russia . properties edit swiss tel in lima peru swiss tel stamford in singapore swiss tel in berlin germany swiss tel krasnye holmy in moscow russia americas edit ecuador quito 1990 guayaquil 2017 peru lima 1994 united states chicago asia edit azerbaijan baku 2015 bangladesh dhaka 2018 people s republic of china beijing swiss tel beijing hong kong macau center changsha 2014 chengdu 2014 foshan hangzhou 2018 kunshan sanya 2015 shanghai swiss tel grand shanghai xi an 2016 india bangalore swiss tel bangalore whitefield ; 2015 kolkata swissotel kolkata neotia vista new town ; 2013 mumbai swiss tel grand mumbai ; 2015 new delhi swiss tel grand noida new delhi ; 2016 japan osaka swiss tel nankai osaka saudi arabia makkah swissotel makkah singapore swiss tel the stamford swiss tel merchant court thailand bangkok swiss tel nai lert park and swiss tel le concorde phuket swiss tel resort kamala beach turkey europe ankara bodrum swiss tel resort bodrum hill ; 2016 and swiss tel resort bodrum beach ; 2014 istanbul swiss tel the bosphorus izmir swiss tel b y k efes united arab emirates dubai swiss tel jadaf dubai ; 2015 oceania edit australia sydney europe edit bulgaria sofia 2018 estonia tallinn swiss tel tallinn germany berlin swiss tel berlin bremen dresden swiss tel dresden am schloss d sseldorf neuss netherlands amsterdam swiss tel amsterdam russia moscow swiss tel krasnye holmy moscow sochi swiss tel sochi kamelia and swiss tel sochi krasnaya polyana switzerland basel swiss tel le plaza geneva swiss tel m tropole and restaurant h tel du parc des eaux vives z rich swiss tel z rich ukraine kiev under development references edit luxury hotels and resorts swissotel hotels & resorts . swissotel.com . retrieved 10 november 2014 . leadership team swissotel hotels & resorts . swissotel.com . retrieved 10 november 2014 . 1 archived october 19 2009 at the wayback machine . leadership team swissotel hotels & resorts . swissotel.com . retrieved 10 november 2014 . leadership team swissotel hotels & resorts . swissotel.com . retrieved 10 november 2014 . full terms and conditions . archive swiss tel. retrieved on 20 october 2012 . swiss tel hotels & resorts balz zimmermannstr . 7 8058 zurich airport ch . registered number ch 020.3.925.568 2 priora business center . archive priora . retrieved on 20 october 2012 . priora business center balsberg balz zimmermann strasse 7 ch 8302 kloten julian van den bogaerde appointed regional vice president china for swiss tel hotels & resorts . swiss tel. retrieved on 25 june 2009 . prior to his appointment in shanghai julian van den bogaerde was based in the head office of swiss tel hotels & resorts in zurich as general manager . a b press release swiss tel mark their 30th anniversary . swiss tel. retrieved 2011 10 11 . 2 archived september 13 2007 at the wayback machine . 3 dead link external links edit switzerland portal companies portal official website wikimedia commons has media related to swiss tel. v t e hotel chains accor adagio formule 1 f1 formula 1 ibis budget styles mama shelter mercure grand mercure mgallery novotel suite novotel pullman the sebel sofitel thalassa 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