'Hotel Room' With No Walls Lets You Sleep In The Swiss Mountains

A new hotel suite lets you stay in a wall-less room, with 360 degree views of the Swiss Alps.

The open air room is a joint effort between a hospitality professional and conceptual artists. The idea originated from an art installation in an underground bunker called Null Stern, which means Zero Stars.

Zero Real Estate

Zero Real Estate is the set of hotel suites which were founded by Daniel Charbonnier, who works in hospitality and artists Frank and Patrik Riklin.

The pair had made the bunker installation in 2009 and when Charbonnier saw it, he realised that the experience is what many people are looking for.

Speaking to Insider, he said: "For me, the concept spoke to me as a hotel professional. All across the segmentation of hotels, from camping to two stars to palaces, I felt the value system for guests shifted from being tangible aspects to experiences and intangible aspects."

The three of them created a hotel in the nuclear bunkers. For £20 a night, guests could stay in one of the 14 beds. But Charbonnier was shocked when guests were willing and even wanted to pay more for the experience.

Zero Real Estate

Having worked in the industry for years, Charbonnier had never seen guests offer to pay more, despite owning luxurious rooms.

He explained: "I used to give guests gold and crystal and marble and still it was difficult to get money from them.

"If I can make people happy in a nuclear bunker it really demonstrated for me that what matters is the experience."

Zero Real Estate

The three of them decided to close the bunker, moving on to a new idea with the concept of the 'experience' still at its core. .

In 2016, they opened the open-air hotel, which was 6,463 feet above sea level, in the Swiss Alps.

There are a total of seven beds in different locations in Switzerland, which cost around £251 per night. In the first day of them going on sale, two of the rooms sold out through the whole of 2020, with 9,000 people on a waiting list.

Zero Real Estate

They are managed by a local resident who is trained as a 'modern butler', to make beds in high winds and carry trays of food across the terrain. If it rains, guests are taken to an indoors room.

Charbonnier added: "It's the simplicity of the experience with the exclusive service.

"At the end of the day, the concept puts the guests at the center."

Amelia Ward

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