Health hotel
gesundheitshotel


Requirements



1. Classified as, at least, a 3-star hotel.
2. The following areas are adapted for the guests/patients: access path, building entrance, reception, dining room, lounge, WC facilities.
3. Rooms adapted for the guests with appropriate bathrooms and furnishings.
4. Non-slip flooring.
5. At least 50% non-smoking rooms.
6. Smoke-free lounge with natural light, which guarantees peace and quiet.
7. Surroundings/situation of the hotel: quiet, easy to walk around and suitable for spending time outdoors.
8. Structurally or at least optically well-separated smokers’ zone in the dining room (otherwise smoke-free).
9. Functional orientation system (signs) in the building.
10. If available: opening hours of the wellness facilities: at least from 8-10 a.m. and 3-8 p.m. each day.
11. If offered: written information on using the wellness equipment/sports gear.
12. If wellness infrastructure is offered: provide bathrobes, slippers and hair-dryers on request, free of charge.
13. Recreational activities (e.g. prepared craftwork, games, magazines) are offered.
14. At least 1 relaxation activity in the hotel or near the hotel each day (massage, yoga, meditation, autogenic training, breathing exercises etc.).
15. Guests are made aware, verbally and in writing, that a range of exercise, health education and cultural activities can be organised on request.
16. Information on the exercise, relaxation and cultural activities in the town/in the region (information board or folder).
17. At least 1 person in charge of convalescent care is available every day for health questions.
18. Well-balanced menus (carbohydrate, protein, fruit/vegetables): low-fat, low-salt, fresh, regional and seasonal products.
19. At least 1 vegetarian alternative of equal value (aside from salad or vegetable dishes).
20. At least 1 reduced-calorie alternative.
21. A free or reasonably-priced range of non-alcoholic drinks.
22. Breakfast buffet: various types of bread, muesli, fresh fruit.
23. Option of a light lunch, range of small snacks (small menu or salad buffet or fruit basket).
24. If possible, the patients’ needs are established before the reservation through a questionnaire.
25. Therapy rooms: for every 30 rooms, at least one 10 m2 separable room that is as sound-proof as possible.
26. There must be easily accessible showers in the bathrooms (no bathtubs).
27. Grounds accessible by wheelchair (only when physically disabled patients and people in wheelchairs are received.
28. The enterprise holds, at least, the Swiss Tourism seal of quality level 1 or the same in an equivalent system or features on the cantonal hospital or nursing home list.
29. Information on the health philosophy of the enterprise is made available (guest newspaper or guest folder in the room or posters or events.