The water display by the Moment Factory in Leukerbad
“We try to give access to the inaccessible. If
there’s a restaurant you need to book months in advance we’ll use our contacts to get a table at four hours notice
The planned Igloo hotel
ous partnerships to benefi t owners. Owners become members of a local golf club. Trips to the region’s vine- yards and wine tasting can be co-ordinated, as well as to events in the area, such as the Montreaux Jazz Festival. Chardonne is also just one hour away from skiing, and a wide range of water sports take place on Lake Geneva in the summer. SDG’s attention to detail and pas- sion for quality can be seen in the restoration of the Du Parc Kempinski private residences. The marble tiles used in the bathrooms are 19mm thick: three times the minimum. They have worked with Historic Monuments along the way to make sure that fi n-
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ishes and colours are authentic and original, and kept the original lobby, even though rebuilding it along the original lines would have been much easier. Local architects Brönniman & Gottreux, who designed Le Mirador Kempinski, were used for their local knowledge. Everything in the apart- ment – lights, televisions, taps – can be controlled by an iPad. Thankfully, they can still be used manually too. More sites are in the pipeline. Igloo, in the Peak of Mont d’Arbois in France, is currently in the pre-development planning stages. An existing hotel, accessible only by cable car, snow crawler or helicopter, is being trans- formed into a luxury mountain retreat
with 32 rooms and amenity spaces. Away from ski resorts, a beach- front project in Porto Heli in Greece is being undertaken with Dolphin Capital Investors. This will transform a 1970s-style Nikki Beach hotel into something fabulous. Even with a hefty starting price of £6m Fr (£4.2m, E4.9m, $6.5m), 60 per cent of the apartments have already been sold off-plan. Proof that SDG knows its clientele. Like the artisan chocolatier and the wine maker I also met on my visit to Switzerland, SDG uses only the best ingredients, has a passion for detail and an awareness of tradition. Plus, it also offers stunning views. ●
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