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The news platform of the Swiss bar scene recently received a relaunch. The focus is on the users. The revised website is clearer and users can find their way around better.

After the redesign of the print magazine, the online platform barnews.ch was recently relaunched. The website was revised in terms of content and concept and adapted to today's needs. Thanks to the revised look ... Read more ...

From lateral entrant to lateral dropout

Business closure Breil Pur

With Breil Pur, Beat Sidler and Gusti Inglin already made a name for themselves years ago, when the gin craze was just beginning to really take off.

In July 2020, some 7 years after holding their first bottle of Breil Pur in their hands, the two career changers announced that they had just bottled their last batch and ... Read more ...

Change at Appenzeller Alpenbitter AG

Pascal Loepfe-Brügger becomes Managing Director

Pascal Loepfe-Brügger will become managing director of Appenzeller Alpenbitter AG on 1 October. After almost 50 years, a member of the shareholder family is once again taking on this task.

The 41-year-old business economist already knows Appenzeller Alpenbitter AG as a long-standing member of the Board of Directors, as head of various projects and as a member of the shareholder family. Nevertheless, he went through the multi-stage application process that a management recruitment company ... Read more ...

Spirits producer needs space

Appenzeller plans plant expansion

Every year, around 25,000 visitors come to see the Appenzeller Alpenbitter production facility. The high number of visitors is one of the reasons for the planned expansion of the plant.

Visitors, trucks and residents cross paths in front of the main entrance, and now these traffic flows are to be disentangled. An extension is planned on the east side, between the existing production halls and ... Read more ...

Despite declining turnover

Oettinger Davidoff achieves business targets

While total sales for the 2019 financial year were down at CHF 453 million (-9.4%), Oettinger Davidoff managed to achieve its financial targets. This was partly thanks to innovations in the area of limited editions, as well as increased brand awareness through a focus on digital consumer engagement.

In the private label segment, the company recorded a decline of -3.6% compared to the previous year. This follows a strong 2018 in which the Davidoff and AVO brands celebrated anniversaries, which were celebrated with various products ... Read more...

Max Kopp
New club management

Max Kopp is the new DistiSuisse President

DistiSuisse awards the best Swiss spirits every two years. The upcoming award is under new leadership. Max Kopp was recently elected president of the DistiSuisse association in a digital vote.

108 companies from all regions of Switzerland took part in last year's award with 622 different spirits. A new participation record and a success story on which Max Kopp, the newly elected ... Read more ...

ZAGG Fair Lucerne
Because of the Corona pandemic

ZAGG 2020 cancelled

The organisers announced in their press release of 14 July that there will be no Zagg in 2020. The reason given is the Corona pandemic and the associated planning uncertainty.

It would only have been possible to hold the fair under certain conditions, which would not have done justice to the character of the gastronomy fair. "The cancellation was very difficult for us," says Suzanne Galliker, exhibition manager. "Especially in the ... Read more ...

Suvretta House St. Moritz
Karl Wild Hotel Rating 2020

Suvretta House is Hotel of the Year

Every year, the Swiss hotel industry eagerly awaits the rating of hotel expert Karl Wild. Here, the leading hotels are evaluated according to criteria such as investment activity, innovativeness, ratings from other hotel and restaurant guides and many more.

For the Suvretta House in St. Moritz, the award from the renowned hotel tester Karl Wild means equal recognition for the legendary service that has been provided for over 100 years with ... Read more...

Sabine Lüthi
New editor-in-chief at htr hotel revue

Sabine Lüthi takes over

The new editor-in-chief of htr hotel revue takes over from long-time editor-in-chief Gery Nievergelt, who retired at the end of February 2020. The 50-year-old brings with her experience from major Swiss publishing houses such as Tamedia and NZZ.

Most recently, she worked for Migros Medien. "With Sabine Lüthi, we have been able to win over a committed woman who will help shape the future image of HotellerieSuisse and the independent htr hotel revue ... Read more ...

BCB 2020
Pouring Digital

BCB 2020 as a live and digital event

Due to the requirements of the authorities, the Bar Convent Berlin cannot take place this year from 12 to 14 October as planned. However, the BCB team is working on an alternative concept consisting of a live and digital event, according to a media release.

The BCB team is aware of its responsibility, on the one hand as a trade fair that brings together many thousands of people in one place, but also as part of a globally networked bar scene. "So ... Read more ...

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