The purchase and maintenance of the new equipment is a joint project of Gstaad Saanenland Tourism, Bergbahnen Gstaad, Destination Gstaad AG and Glacier 3000 AG. Their new technology provides a much improved visual stream from the current nine webcams operating in the region. For instance the Rellerli camera now pans nearly 360 °and delivers a view of most of the area.

"The number of webcams will eventually be expanded so that guests can get a more complete picture of the current situation in our region," said Deputy Director Michel GST-Matti, whose department falls under the supervision of tourism infrastructure.The images are not only on the Gstaad web platform portals but also on many other tourist partner platforms.

The webcams are important," says GST-Marketing Manager Reto Tschannen. More and more, mainly day visitors, decide on the basis of the current images, whether they will take a trip to the region or not. "We are putting in a large effort to offer our visitors the best possible webcam service."