HotelChatter - Verbier

Now Is Your Only Chance To Stay At Richard Branson's Private Swiss Ski Lodge

JetSetCD — 2009-12-02T13:59:36-05:00

You know that Virgin Group main man Richard Branson owns a British Virgin Island, right? That would be Necker Island, the diamond in the tiara of Branson's Virgin Limited Edition label, which includes several super private, super luxe properties. Now did you also know that Branson owns a ski lodge in Switzerland?

He does! It's called The Lodge and it's nestled in the snowy valleys of the Swiss Alps at Verbier. Usually you'd have to get your rich, ski-happy friends together to get in here, since The Lodge is only available for full rental—no individual rooms are sold hotel-style. That is, until now.

Money's No Object For CK Verbier's New Chalet

juliab — 2009-10-08T16:33:56-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/Chalet_Le_Ti_Dining_area.jpg" class="top">You may be feeling impoverished at the moment, but the ski season is about to start and the Alps dont do poor, darlings. Neither do the people who ski there which is why ulra-lux chalet company CK Verbier is opening a fourth chalet for the 2009 season. We say chalet but Sagittaire is more like a private hotel for a start, it sleeps 31, and its split into three apartments with a pool, spa and gym to share between them. Each chalet comes equipped with a 24-hour chauffeur, host and personal chef, as well as access to the CK Verbier wine cellar, which, they reckon, is one of the finest private wine collections in the Alps.

Ski Hotels 2008: A Swanky Swiss Hotel

pbb — 2008-03-05T16:33:46-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/nevaisuitebalcony.jpg" class="imgborder"><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/maps/Ski-Hotels-2008-Map"><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/skihotels2008.jpg"></a>Some of our editors have sort-of stopped thinking about skiing and are praying for spring to start for realz. But there's plenty of snow to still be had, including in Europe. The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Nevai/local/1134">Nevai</a>, with its vaguely snow-referencing name, would be our pick as totally pretentious enough for swanky Verbier in the Swiss Alps. From the owner's of the <a href="http://www.kingsverbier.ch">King's Parc Hotel</a>, Nevai opened its 33 rooms and 2 suites in late December 2007. Obviously, a restaurant, bar and spa are all on-site. The most basic room starts at $265 a night during the week; there's a three-night minimum over weekends, when rates start at $409. Compared to Richard Branson's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/17/395/48007/hotels/Richard_Branson_s_Latest_Hotel_Venture_The_Lodge_at_Verbier">Lodge at Verbier</a>