Seminars and company events
Hotel Walhalla hosts seminars, conferences and company events for up to 168 people in theatre layout, and private celebrations for up to 170 guests, with more than 100 rooms and suites in the same building. The four-star business hotel stands at Poststrasse 27 in St. Gallen, Switzerland, directly beside the main railway station.
Five meeting rooms carry the names of architects and builders. Three of them, Heinrich Graf I, II and III, open into a single space of 172 square meters for a plenary session, then split back into breakout rooms for workshops. The hotel describes daylight, current seminar technology and high-speed internet, and sells day packages for different budgets and formats. A banquet document with floor plans is available on request. Because delegates step off the train and into the hotel, St. Gallen works well for a meeting that brings people from Zurich, eastern Switzerland, Austria and southern Germany.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel takes weddings, family celebrations, birthdays and anniversaries for up to 170 guests. Menus can be chosen from a set of suggestions or built to order, from aperitif finger food to dinners of several courses. Wedding guests can book rooms upstairs, which spares them a late journey home.
Rooms and capacities
Santiago Calatrava, 80 square meters, seats 70 theatre style, 40 for a banquet and 24 in a U-shape, block or seminar layout. Mario Botta, 51 square meters, seats 40 theatre style, 20 for a banquet and 16 in a U-shape. Heinrich Graf I, 48 square meters, seats 30 theatre style and 20 for a banquet. Heinrich Graf II and Heinrich Graf III each cover 62 square meters, for 56 theatre style, 30 for a banquet and 24 in seminar layout. Combined, Heinrich Graf I-III covers 172 square meters for 168 theatre style, 100 for a banquet and 70 in seminar or block layout.
Accommodation
The hotel has more than 100 rooms and suites with 230 beds, in Business, Deluxe, Junior Suite, Longstay and Family categories. Reception is staffed around the clock, and rooms are ready from 2 p.m. Ten parking spaces in the inner courtyard are available on arrival without booking, and the public Rathaus parking garage is next door.
Catering
Catering is run by Candrian Catering, the hotel's partner, which prepares food in its own kitchen, butcher shop, bakery and patisserie and handles more than 100 events a year. The hotel itself serves breakfast and runs a bar and lounge for informal evenings.
History and setting
The Walhalla has been a hotel since 1904 in the center of St. Gallen, within walking distance of the old town and the Abbey district.
Getting there
St. Gallen station is directly next to the hotel, with direct trains from Zurich. Zurich Airport is about one hour by car, and St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport about 20 minutes.
