Published on May 24, 2024 at 5:07 p.m. / Modified on May 24, 2024 at 6:04 p.m.
As soon as he arrives at the hotel, he fumes. Kitchen nightmare. “They changed the menu to simplify it. Except that with me, if we decide on something, we stick to it. Plus, guys talk bad to my boss. You really have a staff problem in Switzerland. But I woke them up. I set the level!” Launched into a boring monologue, Ramdane Touhami escorts us to the terrace with a hurried step. This March morning, the sun seems to devour the Alps. Small cap placed on his head, black sneakers on pink socks on his feet, our host is wearing a hoodie heather gray and military green chinos cleverly rolled up. Loose cuts and loose fabrics. The kind that defies decency and authority.
We are here at his house. At the Drei Berge Hotel, in Mürren, in the Bernese Oberland, a three-star formerly known as Bellevue. At the end of 2022, this Frenchman based in Paris bought this century-old establishment “on a whim”, without any experience in the hotel industry. “I didn’t even check the condition of the building and the machines, everything had to be repaired. Bottom line: this place cost me double the price. Do you know any stupid people? You have a specimen in front of you,” he says, overplaying self-flagellation. We’re surprised: you’re used to doing business, right? Ramdane Touhami fumes (bis), threatens to stop the interview. “I don’t do business! A businessman is someone who seeks to make money, who does benchmarks and all that. I never talk about money, it’s rarely my goal. I want my life to be an adventure. I try things, I do anything. I am “Ramdanian!”
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