Our Team
Over the many years in which we have been offering our services, we have built up an outstanding network and excellent contacts in our industry. Today, this expertise is one of the key success factors in the history of Kuchen Hotel Projects AG.
Your time is precious. You want to be able to rely on experienced partners who can provide you with individual advice and guide you through the planning process. Our team will support you in a way that is tailored to your own needs and with personal commitment. We put all our expertise and the many years of experience of the entire company at your service.
Luzius Kuchen
Your contact person
Known as an entrepreneur and leading hotel and project developer for innovation and development of companies in tourism, with a focus on site and project development, strategy, positioning and management.
Unique expertise and a commitment to the highest standards are the ingredients for this dynamic recipe for success.
- Long-standing head of the official Swiss hotel classification system, covering all specialisations such as wellness hotels, design hotels, unique hotels, historic hotels and more
- Founding member of the International Hotelstars Union
- University degree from the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich
- General staff officer in the Swiss Army
- Postgraduate studies in hotel management, graduating with the highest mark of 6.0
- 19 years of management experience in the hotel industry, tourism, national associations and organisations
- Owner and member of the board of directors of Swiss Design Hotels, member of the board of directors and foundation board of Campus Sursee
- Extensive, cross-sector and well-established network
Together with his entire team of specialists, he offers innovative and forward-looking solutions in architecture, design, financing and management, and is not afraid to think outside the box. His passion as a practitioner, combined with a dash of humour, leads to successful strategies that are understood and supported by all stakeholders.
As the founder and owner of Swiss Design Hotels, Luzius Kuchen is not only strategically active as an independent hotel developer, but also successfully implements his concepts in practice by operating the following hotels of his own:
Bergwelt Grindelwald – Alpine Design Resort
Hotel Restaurant Bellevue-Pinte Grindelwald
In doing so, he demonstrates a commitment to responsibility and, if desired, will personally vouch for your success. This is what sets him apart from all traditional hotel consultants.
“Success begins … with thinking.”
Philipp Lütolf
Prof. Dr. rer. pol.
He completed his studies in economics at the University of Fribourg and has extensive practical experience as a lecturer and project manager at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and the Institute for Financial Services Zug IFZ. Today, he teaches corporate finance modules at Expert Suisse (Swiss Academy of Auditing) and was a member of the editorial team of Swiss Equity Magazine for six years. Prof. Dr. rer. Pol. Philipp Lütolf has been supporting our team since 2012 in all matters relating to hotel finance, investment calculations and economic concepts. His calculations continue to form the basis of all our projects and our own successful businesses.
Our Partners
HotellerieSuisse
Luzius Kuchen worked for hotelleriesuisse for a good seven years as head of Swiss hotel classification, executive lead auditor and juror for Design & Lifestyle Hotels and Unique Hotels, and was thus responsible for awarding all hotel stars and specialisations. His company is now a recognised and official partner of the advisory network of hotelleriesuisse, the Swiss hotel industry association. Kuchen Hotel Projects AG is recommended in the core areas of operational and feasibility analyses, architecture, new construction and renovation, interior design and operational management.
SWISS ASSOCIATION FOR HOTEL CREDIT (SGH)
Kuchen Hotel Projects AG is a recommended partner and shareholder of the Swiss Society for Hotel Credit (SGH).
SGH is the competent partner for financing issues in the hotel industry. With its many years’ experience in the financing of accommodation providers, SGH clearly adds value, assisting in the realization of your projects.
Especially in the development of conversions and new construction projects, but also in the later review of financial and business plans; we maintain our partnership with SGH. Together with our business plans, the SGH expertise serves as a valuable basis for discussions with investors and banks. We are very pleased that we are regularly recommended and awarded.
Swiss Award for Marketing & Architektur
The award for constructed three-dimensional identity brings together marketing, business and architecture, honoring the best in the business.
The prize is awarded to companies, institutions, architects and master builders, who have implemented corporate architectural projects in a creative, identity-creating and sustainable way.
The 6th “Award for Marketing & Architecture” will be held on the 8th of June 2018 at KKL Luzern. We regularly hold exclusive networking events for our customers, including various “live talk” events.