Saas-Fee has erupted into a bitter dispute. In the center of the Saastal Bergbahnen AG. The former leadership, with the Chairman of the Board, Pirmin Zurbriggen, and Director Rainer Flaig has stirred up the winter sports industry with a Saisonabo for only 222 francs. The action, however, led to a million hole in the Fund of the company . Finally, it had to be in October by the Austrian schröck needle group to be saved. This pushed a cut in capital, the shareholders had to write off 50 per cent.
At the annual General meeting of the mountain Railways of 28. In March, there was the receipt, The shareholders refused to Pirmin Zurbriggen and Rainer Flaig, the discharge. You with a liability lawsuit that now threatens to. You could be prosecuted for the damage incurred by the company in its term of office. Among the small shareholders to discuss, whether such a suit will be filed, says shareholder Bernhard Pfammatter.
charges of mismanagement
The allegations of Zurbriggen and Flaig are steep. Three shareholders talk of mismanagement and deception. Background new facts about the 2016 launched Crowdfunding campaign for season pass winter card. At the time, it was said, of the so-called “hammer deal” came into being, if by the end of November 99’999 Tickets were sold. Although officially only 75 were sold 000 subscriptions, declared the action to be valid.
not all subscriptions were purchased by skiers, as is known now. The makers of the action schönten with own transactions, the Numbers. The Crowdfunding partner responsible company in Pfäffikon SZ-based Mountain Marketing LTD, 10’000 winter bought cards and 2.1 million Swiss francs paid. Also, the municipality of Saas-Fee acquired for 1.3 million Swiss francs 6000 subscriptions. To the Public and to the shareholders of this Stratagem was concealed.
“This approach borders, in my opinion, to fraud,” says Bernhard Pfammatter. “Without misleading the shareholders, it would not come to a “hammer” deal.” At the General Assembly, several of the 218 shareholders about the secret Abokäufe defendant, as the “Walliser Bote” wrote.
Bumann: “was not the procedure is illegal”
The Board of Directors of the mountain Railways of new people sit today. Pirmin Zurbriggen and Rainer Flaig resigned in the middle of last year. Added to this were Peter and Markus schröck needle as the representative of the new main shareholder, as well as Simon Bumann, future Director of the mountain Railways.
Bumann confirmed the above purchases, but says: “The procedure was not illegal.” The Whole was intended as seed funding to bring Crowdfunding into the swing. A transparent billing, as shareholders demanded, does not want to disclose to the Board of Directors.
community mixed with
the municipality of Saas-Fee it means that of the 6000 season only 716 have been sold passports. The Rest had been charged to the municipal Treasury. Community President Roger Kalbermatten declared, the municipality and the Burgerrat would have granted the money because of the economic importance of the mountain railway Saas-Fee. Explosive: Kalbermatten sass until the end of October itself, the Board of Directors of mountain Railways. At the launch of the “hammer deal” he was Vice-President. However, he received by the shareholders of the Decharge.
Pirmin Zurbriggen is deeply affected by the reaction of the shareholders. “I’m so disappointed in the SaaS valley, I’m not making any opinion to the media,” he replies in writing. Rainer Flaig explained the refusal to Decharge: “I look forward to the further steps to be relaxed.”
threat to Zurbriggen and Flaig also, because the mountain tracks by Mountain Marketing could be enforced, as research shows. Under her leadership, the mountain Railways with Mountain Marketing a contract for five years. The now of the Schrock needle group is dominated by mountain Railways to have these resolved in advance. Mountain Marketing avoid sales of several million Swiss francs. The company is looking at a lawsuit. The major shareholders Schrock needle, Edmond Offermann and the municipality of Saas-Fee – you keep 70 percent of the vote – have denied the Decharge. That the former Vice-President Roger Kalbermatten, the Decharge was given, raises a number of questions. A possible response from one Insider: “the President of the commune Kalbermatten there are Locals going to happen. The major shareholders do not want to rough with Saas-Fee.”
The competition indignant
The lawsuit is another low-point with a lot of noise started as a marketing idea, which was hailed as “the winter’s tale of Saas-Fee” are threats. The action was intended as a liberation for a Region that suffers more than others from the decline in winter sports. Within ten years, the skier numbers declined in Saas-Fee by one third. New, foreign experts wanted to give against tax: Rainer Flaig, the mountain Railways and Pascal Schär as head of the marketing organization of the SaaS valley tourism. As their President, they won with the Lucerne University Professor Jürg Stettler, a recognised tourism expert. You complained about the residue of the once considered “pearl of the Alps” advertised Region and worked with the 222-franc subscription to the resort and a whole industry shake up.
The competition was outraged by the accusation, threw Saas-Fee price dumping. The “hammer deal” brought the place back into the conversation. In the first year, beds and Restaurants were filled as at the best of times. However, the effect faded quickly. The Aboverkauf broke in the second year 20 percent, the marketing costs were horrendously high. The mountain Railways have been pushed into the red. Pirmin Zurbriggen was a renovation attempt and stepped back.
Now suffering from a hangover. Flaig has left the company before the Start of the third winter card season. He is now in charge of the Andermatt-Sedrun Sport AG. Pascal Schär has changed to the holiday resort of Samih Sawiris. He stands in front of the Andermatt-Sedrun-Disentis Marketing AG.
(editing Tamedia)
Created: 12.04.2019, 22:22 PM
