Peter & Claudia
PIRNSTILL MARCHESI
Life motto
If you can imagine it, you can do it too!
Hobbies
Claudia: Reading, crochet, dancing, languages
Peter: Cooking, diving, reading, fitness
Family
Our son Moreno works as a marketing assistant at a pharmaceutical company in Schaffhausen and is studying business and communication in Zurich.
Born
between 1968 and 1972
About us
Claudia grew up in St. Moritz, in the Swiss Grisons. After completing her commercial diploma in Samedan, she worked as a ski instructor and receptionist in the French-speaking part of Switzerland before going to the hotel management school in Thun.
Peter is from Küssnacht in central Switzerland. After completing his apprenticeship as a chef, he also worked in St. Moritz, but without having met Claudia ; ) After another stop in Chur GR, where he worked as an assistant manager in a restaurant, he also enrolled at the Hotel Management School Thun​
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Common life journey
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1992 - 1995
Hotel management school in Thun. This is where we knew each other.
Traineeships in Gstaad-Schönried, Champfèr, Interlaken and Kandersteg.
1995 - 1997
Two years together as hotel managers in Africa. We managed hotels in Mombasa and Kilifi for the Swiss hotel chain ASC.
1997 - 1998
During one year we were in charge to open the first Swiss Diamond Hotel***** in Moscow, Russia. In a team of eight Western Europeans we had the task of making a 5-star hotel with 300 rooms and several restaurants ready for operation in the Russian Federation.
1999 - 2010
Management of a hotel chain in the greater Zurich area with 4 hotels, several restaurants and spa areas. Marriage and birth of our son Moreno.
2011 - 2022
Independence through the purchase of the Hotel Kronenhof with restaurants, 42 hotel rooms and suites, wellness, seminar and banquet facilities in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. (Sale of the company in autumn 2022)
2023
Acquisition of Les Petites Ecuries from Andrew and Carol Ross.
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