In March 2012, the second home initiative was accepted. A study now suggests that the regulations have mainly been detrimental to mountain communities with a strong focus on tourism. Moreover, the initiative has further increased the unequal distribution of wealth.
Next summer, the Hotel Bernerhof Gstaad will take over the Hotel Weisses Kreuz in Abländschen and run it under the new name Zur Sau (literally To the Sow).
According to HotellerieSuisse, the second pandemic wave is hitting the hotel industry hard. A wave of redundancies is already in full swing.
After the epidemiological situation in Switzerland had further deteriorated, the federal council has taken the lead again, which had previously been in the hands of the individual cantons.
