Swiss hotel offers luxury quarantine package including $500 coronavirus test

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Seattle Times By Natalie B. Compton 3/24/2020

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to surge around the world, the hospitality industry has all but shut down. Airlines are cutting flights. Governments are telling citizens to stay home. So, to secure reservations in this unprecedented climate, some hoteliers have gotten creative.

For Le Bijou, a high-end Swiss hospitality company that’s part luxury hotel, part serviced apartment, that has meant launching the Covid-19 Service – a customizable stay with add-ons such as in-room coronavirus testing, doctor visits and 24/7 nurse care.

“In beginning of March, revenues had dropped significantly,” said Alexander Hübner, co-founder and chief executive of Le Bijou Hotel & Resort Management, which operates properties in Basel, Geneva, Zurich and other cities in Switzerland. “We said, OK, we need to react immediately to that.”

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