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Concierge, Security, Family and Pets

The concierges, close protection, nannies and pet travel specialists who look after a household in the mountains.

Last checked October 2026.

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Concierge

  • Leo TrippiSwitzerland, with teams in London and Dubai (the Swiss, French, Austrian and Italian Alps)

    A Swiss company (Leo Trippi AG) that takes its name from a hospitality business founded in Samedan, near St. Moritz, in 1882, and was re-established as a ski travel specialist in 2008. It arranges luxury chalets with a ski concierge across more than 30 resorts, was named Top Recommended for travel services in the Spear's 500, 2026, and has won World's Best Ski Travel Agent at the World Ski Awards twelve years running. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

Close protection and security

  • Intelligent Protection InternationalLondon, Paris and Geneva (the Swiss Alps)

    A close-protection firm with a Geneva office on Rue du Rhône since 2016. It provides skiing bodyguards who accompany clients on the slopes in Davos, St. Moritz, Verbier, Zermatt and Klosters, and publishes its CNAPS authorisation for France. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

Family, nannies and children

  • Airelles Courchevel Winter CampCourchevel 1850 (France)

    The children's club of Airelles Courchevel, a palace hotel. It has a heated treehouse, an indoor kids' village, a private cinema and a teenagers' room, with ski and skating lessons given by instructors; its sister hotel in Val d'Isère runs a similar Winter Camp. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Scott Dunn Explorers Private NannyLondon (Val d'Isère, Tignes, Courchevel and Méribel)

    The private-nanny service of the luxury tour operator Scott Dunn, for guests on its ski holidays, for children from four months to eleven years, eight hours a day, six days a week, with daily updates to parents. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Greycoat LumleysLondon and Zurich (Swiss and Alpine chalets)

    A private-staff agency of more than 25 years, ranked by Spear's in its Domestic Staff, Nannies and Nursing category, with a Swiss office on Löwenstrasse in Zurich. It places ski nannies and chalet staff and holds recruitment events in resort each season. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Gstaad Palace Kids' ClubGstaad (Switzerland)

    The children's club of the Gstaad Palace, for ages five to twelve on their own and from three with an adult, open in both the winter and summer seasons, with parties for "very important kids" over Christmas and New Year. The hotel holds the Worldwide Kids Seal of Young Guest Excellence for childcare standards. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

  • Palazzino Kids ClubBadrutt's Palace, St. Moritz (Switzerland)

    The children's club of Badrutt's Palace, for ages three to twelve, open from December to March and from June to September, with kids' yoga and skating lessons on the hotel's own rink. It is free for hotel guests, booked in advance. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

Pet travel

  • Moving AnimalsZurich Airport and Geneva Airport (Switzerland)

    A Swiss pet relocation company, an IPATA member since 2009, based at Zurich Airport with a desk in the Geneva Airport cargo building. It handles accompanied pet travel by air, customs clearance, permits and veterinary paperwork.

  • K9 JetsUnited Kingdom (Geneva)

    A British pay-per-seat private jet service on which dogs and cats fly in the cabin beside their owners. It flies Geneva to Teterboro, New Jersey, with departures from December to July. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗

That makes 9 entries in all.

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