Switzerland Geneva Moevenpick

[Chris26WI]

I stayed for one night in the Moevenpick which is located just opposite of the airport. They have a shuttle service (every 15 minutes during the day I think) to/from the hotel which takes only some minutes to get to the hotel. Walking is fine too, takes you about 10 minutes to/from the hotel.

Check-in was very friendly and no priceline-mention. Got a superior room (standard for double room; single rooms are only 18sqm!) in the 11th floor. The room was really huge (around 30sqm) but very outdated in terms of design (1980s). Only the executive rooms are renovated (but of same size). They offered me an upgrade to executive (including lounge benefits) for 100 CHF but I denied. There was a seating area with a small couch near the window and a comfortable king-size bed. Unfortunately only a quite tiny TV (hard to see from the seating area, better from the bed). The room was however very clean, especially the bathroom. No small bottles of shampoo/lotion etc, no soaps, only these wall-mounted refill-boxes for fluid soap, no really what I expect from a 5star hotel (it's rated as a 5 star in Swiss classification). A lot of towels, no seperate shower cubicle, only a tub/shower-combination, but ok, no complains here.

The minibar was of course expensive (5 CHF for a coke of can), but well, it's Switzerland, everything is expensive here. TV offered several cable channels (and Pay-TV). The large desk had broadband internet access, but for a decent charge only (don't remember the sum anymore).

I ordered room-service dinner and breakfast, and both was of excellent taste and delivered on time by a friendly waiter (but expensive again, of course).

Check-out went smooth and friendly again.

As I didn't stay longtime in the hotel, I didn't check out the facilities of the hotel, of course there's a restaurant (2 I think, one of these a Japanese restaurant) and a bar, and there's a hotel casino in the annex of the building. There's a fitness center too with sauna, hairdresser and beauty-shop, but I didn't use these.

Allover, a comfortable hotel with a high service level. Just the design of the standard rooms looks very tired (I assume they will renovate the standard rooms too soon). The location is ok, well, it's an airport hotel, but the train takes you in just less than 10 minutes from the hotel to the central station (city centre), so it's still ok (and I went on business trip, so didn't do any sightseeing, so it was ok for me).

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