MEDIA KIT Lucerne-Lake Lucerne Region

MEDIA KIT Lucerne-Lake Lucerne Region

Lucerne Lake Lucerne Region The Lucerne-Lake Lucerne Region is situated in the heart of Switzerland and the city of Lucerne itself is a stronghold of culture. Nowhere will you find more things to see than in this city nestling in a magnificent landscape characterized by mountains and its eponymous lake. Charming Lucerne is brimming with things to do; Century old sights such as the Chapel Bridge and historic Old Town, museums, shopping, festival and events during all year. The region also contains a wealth of winter activities and record-breaking railways and cableways. Mount Rigi, Mount Pilatus, Mount Titlis, Mount Stoos and many other corners of the mountains are popular excursions with stunning views. www.luzern.com 1

News 2018 / 2019 Lilu Light Festival Lucerne A festival at the cold onset of the new year: with its warm lights, Lucerne's first Lilu Light Festival Lucerne 10 to 20 January 2019 is sure to have you under its spell. Succumb to the enchantment of the luminous light installations in the city and discover Lucerne from a unique perspective. www.lichtfestivalluzern.ch Opening Holiday Inn Express in Lucerne-Kriens The new Holiday Inn Express Lucerne-Kriens is scheduled to open in the second quarter of 2019. The 3-star establishment will have 160 rooms and suites. Two seminar rooms and a conference room will be available for meetings and large gatherings. More information to follow Opening Radisson Blu Hotel Andermatt The new Radisson Blu Hotel Andermatt will open step by step this winter. The hotel is built together with the Gotthard Residences. The hotel, in a separate wing, includes 179 rooms and suites, one restaurant, an inviting hotel bar with open fireplace as well as an event and convention facility with state-of-the-art furnishings and the Andermatt Concert Hall which seats over 500 guests. www.radissonblu.com/en/hotel-andermatt www.luzern.com 2

News 2018 / 2019 «SkiArena Andermatt-Sedrun» This winter, the 10-person Oberalp Pass- Schneehüenerstock gondola lift will transport winter sports enthusiasts and excursion visitors up onto the mountain, ensuring smooth connections in both directions between Andermatt and Sedrun. The «SkiArena Andermatt-Sedrun18» will be the largest ski resort in central Switzerland. www.skiarena.ch Swiss sledge learning run Melchsee-Frutt 15 December 2018 sees the launch of a "sledge learning run", which shows users how to steer a sledge properly. The run starts at the upper terminus of the Melchsee-Frutt aerial cableway. Some 200 m in length, it leads to the old terminus and uses video clips and panels to show how to handle a sledge. www.melchsee-frutt.ch Snow & Safety Days Engelberg-Titlis As part of the free Winter Program, local mountain guides will be ready to lead you to powder snow heaven. You will learn about equipment and safety techniques at the Avalanche Training Center Trübsee. The experienced mountain guides will take you over some of the most impressive and spectacular deep snow runs in Engelberg. Dates: www.engelberg.ch www.luzern.com 3

News 2018 / 2019 Barry Winter Walk on Mount Rigi St. Bernards were already being used on Mount Rigi one hundred years ago, helping the inhabitants in their daily work. The popular dogs are back to the delight of the Rigi's visitors: an entertaining Barry Winter Walk with punch and mulled wine is offered every Wednesday and Saturday afternoon between December 2018 and March 2019. www.rigi.ch Opening Capsule Hotel in Lucerne The first Capsule Hotel of Switzerland is situated in an excellent location on the edge of Lucerne s historic Old Town. The exceptional and innovative accommodation offers incredible value for money in a space design. www.capsulehotel.ch 200 years of the Lucerne Art Society The Lucerne Art Society, sponsor of the Museum of Art Lucerne, is celebrating its 200th anniversary in 2019. The event will be marked by numerous events and exhibitions in the museum. The highlight of the year is the summer exhibition Turner. The Sea and the Alps (06.07. 13.10.2019). www.kunstmuseumluzern.ch www.luzern.com 4

Inspiring story Star in three worlds Discoverer and returnee, purposeful and freedom-loving, eccentric yet quiet. All this is Fabian Bösch, the freestyle star from Engelberg in the Lucerne-Lake Lucerne Region. Fabian Bösch clinched the World Slopestyle title at the age of 17. A mere one year later, in 2015, the Engelberg native made his big coup at the US X-Games in the Big Air category. Bosch has been the first Swiss since 2004 to win gold in the world s biggest extreme sports event. The roots of his success are to be found in his passion for snow sports. It was all very much predestined given that he had one of Europe s most extensive ski regions complete with versatile runs on his doorstep. Bösch catches lines on four to five continents each season, covering thousands of kilometres in the process. He cruises the biggest ski regions and the world s most spectacular parks. Bösch and his friends carve their way down the slope, doing flips or going off-piste, depending on the weather. They cavort around in the snow, moving expertly and at speed. It rarely takes Fabian Bösch long to start executing some jumps. He spent years polishing his technique as a member of Engelberg Ski Club. But his love for tricks was at odds with the racing sport rules. Doing flips is simply a lot more fun, he admits. So he decided to switch to freestyle. The winter sport region of Engelberg offers an altitude difference of 2,000 metres, a paradise that can be justifiably proud of its freeriding terrain and après-ski. Or as Fabian Bösch says Engelberg can hold its own against the best ski regions in the world. www.luzern.com 5

Winter experiences Christmas in Lucerne The lights of Lucerne are especially beautiful during the winter. Christmas lights and Christmas markets, "Live on Ice" and city tours during Advent all render the magic of Lucerne unforgettable in winter. www.luzern.com/xmas Live on Ice The festively illuminated Europaplatz around the ice rink Live on Ice is the place to be for entertainment opens 24 November 2018. Savour the Advent ambience with illuminations, the ice rink and mulled wine. www.liveonice.ch Carnival in Lucerne Strange characters with fantastic masks and costumes parade along the narrow streets while groups of carnival musicians (Guggenmusigen) blow their instruments in joyful cacophony and thousands of bizarrely clad people dance away the spirits of winter. www.luzern.com/carnival www.luzern.com 6

Winter experiences Winter activities Fun in the snow in the heart of Switzerland what could be more beautiful? Here, where you can even arrive by boat, the winter resorts show their true variety. Ski and snowboard slopes, sledge runs, cross-country ski trails, snowshoe trails and winter footpaths: the unique winter sports destinations of the Lucerne-Lake Lucerne Region offer all this and more. www.luzern.com/en/winter Winter Tell Pass The Lucerne-Lake Lucerne Region can also be thoroughly enjoyed without having to strap skis on. Whether your thing is snowshoeing through glorious winter scenery or simply taking a cableway to catch some sun above the clouds, the Winter Tell Pass is the most convenient way of getting there by boat, railway, cableway and bus. www.luzern.com/winter-tellpass www.luzern.com 7

Further Information Your contact Sibylle Gerardi, Head of Corporate Communications sibylle.gerardi@luzern.com I Phone: +41 41 227 17 33 Luzern Tourismus AG Tourist Board Bahnhofstrasse 3 CH-6002 Luzern www.luzern.com Request for picture and film footage: media@luzern.com Texts, media releases and further information: www.luzern.com/media Individual media trips We are of course more than happy to organise individual media trips in return for a destination feature. We can help with developing ideas, setting up programmes and providing relevant contacts. Please get in contact with us: media@luzern.com Social Media Share your moments with #MyLucerne and #LakeLucerneRegion @ilovelucerne @I_love_lucerne @ilove_lucerne Luzern Tourismus www.luzern.com 8

Top Events 2018 / 2019 10. 18. November 2018 Lucerne Blues Festival www.bluesfestival.ch 17. 25. November 2018 Lucerne Festival at the Piano www.lucernefestival.ch 24. November 2. January 2019 Live on Ice www.liveonice.ch 28. February 5. March 2019 Lucerne Carnival www.luzern.com/carnival 6. 14. April 2019 Lucerne Festival at Easter www.lucernefestival.ch 6. 14. April 2019 Fumetto Festival Lucerne www.fumetto.ch 31. May 2. June 2019 Lucerne Regatta www.lucerneregatta.com 9. July 2019 Athletics Meeting Lucerne www.spitzenleichtathletik.ch 19. 27. July 2019 Blue Balls Festival www.blueballs.ch 16. August 15. September 2019 Lucerne Festival Summer www.lucernefestival.ch September 2019 (tbd) World Band Festival www.worldbandfestival.ch October 2019 (tbd) SwissCityMarathon Lucerne www.swisscitymarathon.ch More events: www.luzern.com/events www.luzern.com 9