Our story
Our story begins in 1963. The first generation of the Stragliati family came to Morzine to buy a guest house and turn it into a hotel: L'Ours Blanc was born.
Rita and Mario Stragliati
Founders of the L'Ours Blanc Hotel; hoteliers from 1963 to 1987
Rita and Mario Stragliati
Two of our Le Julianna apartments are named after the couple!Their son François Stragliati took over the hotel's management with his wife Laurence in 1987, having worked as the chef at Le Samoyède Hotel for a few years.
Laurence and François Stragliati
L'Ours Blanc hoteliers from 1987 to 2011Arnaud, son of François Stragliati, was in charge of the hotel from 2011 to 2020 with his wife Amandine: the third generation of the family to do so.
Amandine and Arnaud Stragliati
L'Ours Blanc hoteliers from 2011 to 2020, and managers of Le JuliannaIn April 2020, we (Arnaud and Amandine) decided to turn the hotel into an aparthotel offering free services called Le Julianna (after our daughters' names, Juliette and Anna). The apartments will be ready in December 2020. They will keep the family adventure alive as we'll be in frequent contact with guests, providing services like transfers to the slopes and fresh bread and croissant delivery ourselves.
So, this isn't the end of the story by any means. It's the start of a whole new chapter...
Memories, memories...
