30 Aug 2016
Badrutt's Palace Hotel - On Horseback
Tags: Badrutt's Palace Hotel, Switzerland, St. Moritz, Hotel, polo, CBC Sport Arena Polo World Cup, CBC, Polo World Cup, Azerbaiijan
ST. MORITZ, August 2016 - Four teams, six nations. 17 world class polo players meet in Baku, Azerbaijan for the CBC Sport Arena Polo World Cup from September 9 to 11, 2016. As the official polo hotel in St. Moritz, Badrutt's Palace is once again sponsor and has its own team at the legendary Snow Polo World Cup St. Moritz in winter 2017. This year for the first time they are also competing to win the Grass Arena Polo World Cup Azerbaijan with the Badrutt's Palace Hotel team.
Reto Gaudenzi, President of the Polo World Cup GmbH and founder of popular polo tournaments all over the world, embodies the typical Badrutt-like pioneering spirit: he was the first to organise a polo match on the frozen lake in 1985 and introduced a variety of beach polo in Miami. Grass Arena Polo World Cup Azerbaijan also became another success story for him last year. This year Badrutt's Palace Hotel is acting as partner of the CBC Sport Arena Polo World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan, as well as taking part in the tournament for the first time with their own team - thanks to Gaudenzi who initiated the contacts with the organisers in Baku.
The Badrutt's Palace hospitality tent, the nine-strong Palace team and the delicious Swiss gourmet treats, all ensure presence in Baku, promoting the champagne climate of St. Moritz and its exclusive events such as the Snow Polo World Cup St. Moritz which takes place again in St. Moritz from January 27 to 29, 2017.
Polo in Baku - not just for equestrian fans
90 well-trained polo ponies and four motivated teams are competing to win the CBC Sport Arena Polo World Cup Azerbaijan. The teams are Badrutt's Palace Hotel from Switzerland, Gilan Holding from Azerbaijan, Bogner from Spain and Italdizain Group from Argentina. A press conference on September 8th, 2016 introduces all the polo players, including Tito Gaudenzi, son of Reto Gaudenzi, plus the players in the Badrutt's Palace Hotel team, and Michel Jost, Executive Chef of Badrutt's Palace Hotel. #BadruttsCulinary is the keyword here, where Michel Jost reports on the culinary highlights brought to the guests in Azerbaijan.
"We want to arouse passion in the Baku guests for winter and the Snow Polo World Cup in St. Moritz and hopefully be able to welcome some of them in St. Moritz next year", adds Yves Gardiol, General Manager of Badrutt's Palace Hotel.
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