Six months after the landslide in Blatten, southwestern Switzerland, tourism managers in the Lötschental are cautiously optimistic about the winter season. A hotel is being built on the Lauchernalp to compensate for lost capacity. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "The construction of the hotel is on track," said Mathias Fleischmann, head of Lauchernalp Bergbahnen and Lötschental Marketing, in an interview with the Swiss News Agency Keystone-SDA. "The interior work is currently being completed and the official opening is on December 19. We will welcome the first guests from December 25." The provisional hotel, whose construction costs amount to CHF4.5 million ($5.6 million), comprises 19 rooms with a total of 64 beds and is located directly at the mountain station of the Lauchernalp cable car at 1,970 metres above sea level. The landslide on May 28 destroyed three hotels in Blatten with a total of around 100 beds. According to Fleischmann, the new hotel ...
