The ERMITAGE Wellness- & Spa-Hotel in Schönried, in the Gstaad area, hosts seminars and conferences in four rooms for 9 to 124 people. The hotel stands at 1,200 m above sea level in the Saanenland and combines meeting rooms with a large wellness area and a choice of team activities in the surrounding mountains.
Seminars and company events
The hotel states that all seminar rooms are sunny and bright, of different sizes and professionally equipped with modern technology. Downloadable seminar packages and an offer request form are available on the website. The hotel also builds a supporting programme around the meeting: groups can use the spa for an additional fee, book treatments, or choose an activity led by local guides.
Activities named on the site include excursions and hikes, bike tours with hire bikes, winter hiking and snowshoeing, downhill skiing, dog sledding in Lauenen from December to March depending on snow, Nordic walking, curling from October to March, alphorn lessons with a regional musician, a flower arrangement course and a paper cutting course with a regional artist. Therapists can also come into the seminar room to lead short physical exercises. The hotel says the Saanenland offers 250 km of ski pistes and 42 mountain railways and ski lifts.
Rooms and capacities
- Salon Festival: 180 m², up to 124 people.
- Läsi-Stube: 47.5 m², up to 28 people.
- ERMITAGE Cinema: 25.5 m², up to 22 people.
- Sunnigi Matte: 18.5 m², up to 9 people.
The Salon Festival suits a plenary session or a larger group. The smaller rooms work for workshops, breakout groups and management meetings. Layouts are not detailed on the page that was read, so ask the hotel which seating plan applies to your group size.
Accommodation
Each room is individually furnished, with wood as the main material, a wide balcony front with panoramic windows and sound insulation. The hotel also has suites and junior suites. The number of bedrooms is not given on the pages read, so confirm it when you request an offer. The hotel opened one of the first saltwater pools in the Alps, and its wellness area now extends over about 3,700 m² with indoor and outdoor saltwater pools and saunas.
Catering
The kitchen is led by chef Marius Kinsler and cooks with regional and seasonal ingredients where possible. The style is Alpine-Mediterranean, and the pasta is made in house. Several venues sit in the hotel: the ERMITAGE Stuben for hotel guests, the Fondue Spycher for winter fondue, and the One Million Stars Bar. A gourmet half-board option exists for hotel guests.
History and setting
The hotel is an official partner hotel of the Gstaad Menuhin Festival and Academy, and it hosts jazz nights and concerts listed in its own calendar. The setting is a mountain village at 1,200 m in the Saanenland, in the canton of Bern, with walking, biking and ski terrain starting near the hotel.
