A GOOD PIECE OF SWITZERLAND
The Steinenschanze city hotel is centrally located in Basel, an important plus point for all city visitors. What many do not know:
The house at Steinengraben 69 also implements - in addition to its function as a feel-good address and individual
three-star Swiss boutique hotel - many sustainable ideas. Our non-profit approach should also inspire
many hotels in Switzerland (and beyond its borders) and generally serve an individual and responsible coexistence:
Basically, our Hotel Steinenschanze is a private hotel that is run according to economic premises. It is owned
by the association “COMPAGNA moves people”, Basel Stadt section - a charitable association that was founded
around 125 years ago - first under the name “Friends of Young Girls” and deals with various social and integrative
projects in the city of Basel takes care. In a long tradition, the hotel was previously run as a girls' pension
and was only used by the association. Over the past 40 years it has gradually been converted into a hotel and,
through extensive renovation work, transformed into the modern and charming city hotel that we know today.
Our hotel business is geared towards ensuring the work of this association and its social commitment. In addition
to donations and membership fees, the hotel industry ensures the maintenance of the COMPAGNA projects,
the associated expenses as well as operating costs and employee wages. Today the association maintains three
social works in Basel:
- SOS station assistance in the SBB station
The association is organized and managed by 8 board members, all of whom work exclusively on a voluntary basis.
Our hospitality is characterized by the fact that we “(...) offer every guest, regardless of their nationality,
a place on the way to their destination where they can feel safe (...)”
We achieve this by all of our employees agreeing to our mission statement and being able to act accordingly.
The mission statement is the qualitative benchmark for everything we want to achieve together - and it is also the
common denominator for everyone who works for the hotel: from temporary workers to management.
