The Lily of the Valley hotel lands on Courchevel’s altiport in December 2027, with 30 Starck suites

In Courchevel, before there was a road, you came up by plane. It is beside that mountain runway, the altiport, that the Weill family will open its second hotel. Lily of the Valley Courchevel will open in December 2027: 30 suites designed by Philippe Starck, ski-in ski-out, facing Mont Blanc.

Thirty suites facing Mont Blanc

The official website promises 30 suites of refined elegance, with terraces looking out to Mont Blanc. Guests will ski straight from the hotel onto the slopes of the Three Valleys.

Philippe Starck has drawn a house built entirely of wood, turned towards a 360° panorama of the Alps, with wide bay windows and generous terraces facing the mountains. The only rendering released so far shows timber façades, an ivy-covered stone base and a plane parked on the runway.

When Courchevel was reached by plane

In 1961, Michel Ziegler, a high-mountain guide and founder of the airline Air Alpes, laid out the first mountain landing strip at more than 2,000 metres. A new word had to be coined for it: the altiport.

The star aircraft, the Pilatus, first flew in 1959 and could land where no one else dared. In 1965, a chalet opened at the foot of the runway and took its name: the restaurant Le Pilatus. In 1992, the runway was redesigned to take larger aircraft during the Albertville Olympics.

The Pilatus becomes a Lily of the Valley

The new hotel will rise on the site of that chalet. Alain and Lucie Weill, the brand’s co-founders, are bringing the iconic Pilatus back to life, billed by the house as the highest hotel in Courchevel, to preserve its soul and reinvent the experience.

The resort keeps drawing new addresses, such as the Bourbon Hotel announced in Courchevel 1850. For comparison, see the 9 new luxury ski hotels of winter 2026-2027, a year before Lily of the Valley arrives.

A timber build signed by WO2

Construction has been entrusted to WO2, a developer specialising in solid timber, founded in 2014 by Guillaume Poitrinal and Philippe Zivkovic. It is the firm’s first luxury hotel, according to the press release of 4 September 2026.

The project features a timber structure and timber interiors, plant-based materials, geothermal energy and a heat-recovery system. For Lucie Weill, the longevity promised to guests “means thinking in decades rather than seasons”.

Saint-Tropez wellness at 2,000 metres

The flagship opened in 2019 facing Gigaro beach, on the Saint-Tropez peninsula. A member of The Leading Hotels of the World and open all year round, it is built on light cuisine, sport and treatments, a method devised with the nutritionist Jacques Fricker.

Courchevel will offer tailor-made programmes in summer and winter alike, with sport and treatments. The Var address features among our best spa hotels in the Var, the finest pools in Saint-Tropez and our family hotels with kids’ clubs.

A 575 m² chalet already in Courchevel 1850

The brand already knows the resort: in Courchevel 1850 it offers a 575 m² ski-in ski-out chalet, designed by Charles Zana, with six bedrooms, a pool, a hammam, a private cinema and a chef. It is booked in its entirety via the chalet page.

How much will a suite cost?

Rates have not yet been published and bookings are not open. As of 18 October 2026, the official Lily of the Valley Courchevel page simply invites visitors to sign up for updates. The chef and the treatment menu are still to be revealed.