The Rondo Congress & Cultural Centre in Pontresina

Rondo Congress & Cultural Centre Pontresina
The Rondo Congress and Cultural Centre in Pontresina is famous for its extremely spacious facilities. There is the main large plenary hall, seven seminar rooms and three foyers to provide the perfect setting for congresses, conferences, banquets and cultural events. The Rondo has a modern infrastructure for conferences seating 450 people. For ‘meetings with a view’. ‘Allegra’ in Pontresina. Here you find all the necessary information.

‘Meetings with a view’ in the Engadin, Switzerland

The Rondo Congress and Cultural Centre in Pontresina provides a spacious venue for up to 450 people. There is a large plenary hall, seven seminar rooms and three foyers to create the perfect setting for congresses, conferences, banquets and cultural events. The centrepiece of the Sela Arabella Plenary Hall, has excellent acoustics thanks to its particular ceiling construction. The modern, high-performance congress infrastructure meets the highest of demands. The large windows offer a unique panoramic view of the high Alpine mountain countryside.

This is the highest congress centre in Europe and is located directly in front of the Engadin natural countryside to open up a wide selection of opportunities for activities in the Alpine mountain world.

Green Meetings in Pontresina

All events at the Pontresina Congress and Cultural Centre leave a small ecological footprint. It is the first and only congress centre in Switzerland to meet the comprehensive sustainability criteria for the "Sustainable Company" Certification from the Expo-Event Live Communication Association.

A corporate entity can only call itself a "Sustainable Company" when it achieves sufficient performance in terms of energy use, waste avoidance and mobility as well as employee responsibility. For example, the congress centre is powered by 100% certified green electricity and the lighting has been converted to LED.

seminar room Sela Muragl in the Rondo Congress & Cultural Center
seminar room Sela Muragl in the Rondo Congress & Cultural Center
View from the Sela Arabella of the Rondo Congress & Cultural Center
View from the Sela Arabella of the Rondo Congress & Cultural Center
Plenary hall Sela Arabella of the Rondo Congress & Cultural Center
Plenary hall Sela Arabella of the Rondo Congress & Cultural Center
Seminar rooms Sela San Spiert / Giarsun in the Rondo Congress & Cultural Center
Seminar rooms Sela San Spiert / Giarsun in the Rondo Congress & Cultural Center
Sela Morteratsch at the Rondo Congress & Cultural Center
Sela Morteratsch at the Rondo Congress & Cultural Center

Roomspace available at the Pontresina Congress and Cultural Centre

Ground floor

This is where the entrance area and foyer, the smallest seminar room ‘Sela Roseg’, the congress office and the cloakroom are situated. Toilets and storage rooms, a back office and two artists' cloakrooms with direct access to the stage are located in the side corridor. The Tourist Service Centre is also located on the ground floor.

Foyer on the ground floor

The foyer is a spacious entrance area, which also serves as an exhibition space. A mobile 40-inch screen is available for congress information. At the rear is an open cloakroom that can be used as an entry point for congress registrations.

Foyer on the 1st floor

The main staircase leads directly up to the 1st Floor Foyer with floor-to-ceiling windows. Coffee breaks and aperitifs can be organised particularly well here. With the bar in the background, it is an ideal networking space. Prominent exhibition spaces can be set up directly in front of the entrance to the Plenum.

Muragl and Laret seminar rooms, 1st floor

These two roomspaces Muragl 44 square metres and Laret 38 square metres can be booked flexibly as two individual seminar rooms or - with the centre wall open - as a double seminar room. They can also be used as group rooms or exhibitor lounges for larger congresses. The rooms are equipped with large windows, which can be darkened and a permanently installed ceiling projector.

Sela Arabella plenary hall, 1st floor

The Sela Arabella 343 m2 is the heart of the Pontresina Congress and Cultural Centre, and offers views of the glacier world of the Val Roseg. The hall is suitable for congresses, meetings, banquets and events. It provides a large stage facility with all the necessary technical equipment - including a catwalk on request - product presentations and performances can be organised.

Special feature: the suspended wooden ceiling construction offers excellent acoustics - ideal for concerts. Together with the Galeria Salomé, the Sela Arabella can seat up to 450 people in concert seating mode. The kitchen is located directly behind the hall to provide speedy service.

Seminar rooms San Spiert and Giarsun, 2nd floor

The two rooms can be reserved flexibly as two individual seminar rooms or - with the centre wall open - as a double seminar room. They are ideal as group rooms or exhibitor lounges for larger congresses. The rooms are equipped with high window fronts, which can be darkened as required, and a permanently installed ceiling projector.

Sela Morteratsch and foyer, 2nd floor

For larger events, the Sela Morteratsch is suitable as an exhibition space. It offers space for coffee breaks and is therefore a popular networking area. Closing the frosted glass wall turns the foyer into a conference room. The Sela Morteratsch can be used as a lecture room for individual events and as an additional, large group room for congresses.

Acoustic booths

Acoustic booths

Workingspace in the heart of Pontresina

Technology & Service

The Pontresina Congress and Cultural Centre is equipped with state-of-the-art technical facilities.
The modern projection devices ensure high image quality and resolution.

  • Projector (12000 ANSI) with a resolution of 1980x1200 pixels in the Sela Arabella room
  • Projector (1400 / 2000 ANSI) in the conference rooms

High signal quality can be obtained  via fibre optic cables and digital signal processing in the audio and video area. An internet connection can be introduced  via public wireless LAN or a high-speed IT network, and can support  up to 500 devices. The communication and electrical connections can be used flexibly throughout the centre.

A well-coordinated team from the congress office and building services will be at your side from the first contact until after the participants have left. An in-house technician is provided when the large Sela Arabella is hired. This technician is available 8 hours a day to provide help and advice and ensure that the technical facilities function flawlessly.

Event catering is provided by the Hotel Saratz. 

For inquiries and reservations, please contact Banquet & Events of the Hotel Saratz: +41 81 839 40 00 or via the contact form.

Accommodation in Pontresina

Most of the hotels in Pontresina are within two to five minutes' walking distance from the Culture and Congress Centre. Pontresina has a long and enduring hotel tradition, and offers a wide range of accommodation options, from simple lodges to luxurious 5-star hotels, to suit all requirements.

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