Alain Cheseaux visited today ArtBasel. Great source of inspiration for the development of new concepts. Thinking out of the box, from the scratch or just crazy and tremendeously "sexy". Its all there... Combine the right ingredients and colours with passion and your heart, people will like and visit your place like they do until Sunday @ the magic Basel fair!

Alain and Anne attended the Hospitality Gipfel - Claus Jacobs Network. In a panel, Anne discussed about the attractivness of hospitality industry for institutional investors. A bunch of very interesting panels, great networking, awesome place. Congratulations Claus!

Today managing partner Alain Cheseaux attended the site construction event of the «Andreasturm» hosted by Implenia in Zürich Oerlikon. Impressive next to one of the 6 largest Swiss train stations. Zürich is really climbing the sky and future employees will discover an efficient thought working environment in a tremendous surroundings. Check out the impressions. Well done all stakeholders!

Anne Cheseaux gave a speech at the Real Estate Conference Day, “Academy for best execution” on May 18. The discussion was about opportunities and risks of hotel investments and about matching investor profile and the asset type. Swiss institutional investors are usually very reluctant to consider hospitality in portfolio. In our opinion, well positioned business or MICE hotels with sustainable concepts and solid operators represent interesting alternatives for investors seeking returns above those of residential investments. Hotels in leisure destinations are usually assessed as more risky because of the higher volatility and seasonality but can also be considered into a portfolio strategy.

Anne Cheseaux was co-moderator at Immohealthcare 2017, the 9th edition of the only congress for healthcare real estate in Switzerland. Several speakers shared their experience about hospital constructions, technical solutions or strategic extensions of nursing homes. IT and e-solutions were a highly discussed topic, specially their integration in the environment of elderly or sick people. A speed pitching session allowed 6 start ups to explain their products and services.

Last Thursday on 18th May 2017, Managing Partner Alain Cheseaux and Junior Consultant Benjamin Nikzad attended the annual Tourism Forum Zürichsee which was held at the Kunst(Zeug)Haus in Rapperswil-Jona. The discussed topics focused on how culture and art can be opportunities for the tourism industry. Culture and art have always been destination magnets for visitors but businesses like hotels somehow lost sight of how to use these magnets for one’s own benefit. Today hotels try to cater to customers who expect everything, everywhere, anytime. Diversification is important but keeping identity while doing so is challenging. Digging deeper into history of the surrounding area can reveal opportunities, which strengthen the business identity and authenticity. In a world where the word ‘instant’ dominates, one would be surprised how much customers, now more than ever, seek simplicity and ‘back to the roots’ concepts.

Last Wednesday on 10th May 2017 CAA was hosting the first Partners-Day at the newly renovated ‘’Lake Side’’ in Zurich. During this full day seminar our partners got the chance to present current projects and discuss cross-industrial trends. During a workshop we established the basis for new strategies and new ways to provide our clients an even more efficient, personal and tailored service than before. In the afternoon we filled our inspirational and creative minds during a trend tour of the brand new 25hours hotel Langstrasse in Zurich. From beginning to end it was a successful event that added value to our partners, our firm and conclusively to our clients. Thanks to all the participants and the organisational team for this enriching day.

Last Thursday Managing Partner Alain Cheseaux and Junior Consultant Benjamin Nikzad attended the SME Business Forum Obersee which was held at the HSR Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil. The subject of the forum was "Tradition, Innovation and Trends". Three attributes that have strong value in the hospitality and healthcare industry and seem to conflict each other at times. Guest speakers from companies like Roche and Swisscom but also from smaller start-ups in the B2C and B2B sector, shared their experiences and ideas in how to bring these attributes together. The conclusion was that no matter the size of the company, what all of them have in common is that trends move quickly and every business needs to adapt by being innovative wherever they can, but always staying loyal to its core values of the business; its tradition. www.kmuforum-obersee.ch

Alain shortly published an article in the htr hotel revue about the sale potential from right positioned and promoted hotel properties. Have a look it is interesting. http://www.caa-audit-consulting.ch/caa-cheseaux--referenzen.html

Congratulation to the lintharena in Näfels for its new food concept. Alain is proud to work as a consultant for the organization.

Anne was shortly interviewed by the Gastrojournal about cooperation in tourism. Have a look it is interesting. http://www.gastrojournal.ch/gj_archive/2016/43_2016/index.php?goto=15