Originally Posted by
bhrubin
My husband used to work in Switzerland, and he said it can be quite the insular nation.
I think Atlantis by Giardino is a Design Hotel and not part of the Luxury Collection for a reason (aside from not wanting to pay more to Marriott). It looks like luxury but doesn’t provide service and/or service recovery like a proper luxury hotel. My guess is that it serves the Swiss market more than a global market and is therefore luxury by Swiss standards more than global luxury standards.
Your husband certainly understands better than I do but that may be it. The location is more likely to attract Germans and Swiss, and perhaps some other Europeans than a global audience.