Those who think that Saanenland and the Pays-d'Enhaut are the cradle of paper cutting, can see something quite different in the museum of Château-d'Oex:
The 2019 Culture Award from the Cultural Association for the Obersimmental Saanenland Pays-d'Enhaut region went to Müller Medien AG from Gstaad.
At the general assembly on 15 April, the shareholders of the Gstaad Menuhin Festival & Academy AG learned that last season had been a record year. The programme was called "Alps" and 25,000 tickets were sold. Now, a new programme is about to begin: "Paris".
Karim Ojjeh shares with us how a rerun of the epic Italian Western film would have given an an epic Italian GT3 race with the difference that the adjectives would have related on how the events of the weekend unfolded.
The Saanen Bank held its general assembly meeting last Friday. Following a very successful previous year, all the significant business figures have risen by a good three percent. In financial terms, the bank continues to be extremely solid. Also, a dozen employees received long service awards.
The Bergbahnen Destination Gstaad AG (BDG) will be offering dynamic prices next winter, following a Swiss-wide trend.
No other areas within the Canton of Bern have as many organic farms as the Saanenland and Obersimmental regions and this success story continues to unfold. Every year, more farms convert to organic methods. Those in charge hope that the demand for organic produce will continue to be sustainable.
The Alpina Gstaad has picked up several awards for the winter season of 2018/19. Guests of this luxury hotel have been pampered there for over seven years. These most recent awards are well deserved by all those involved.
At the glacier lake Faverges, structural work has been carried out to divert water from the melted snow into a glacier mill. This will cost around two million francs.
With 302.37 carats, top D colour and exceptional clarity, the Graff Lesedi La Rona is a record breaking jewel.
On Saturday 6 April and with wonderfully mild spring weather, the 9th Saanen regional cattle show (Rinderexpo Saanenland) took place on the Wispileparkplatz in Gstaad. Alenia by Tamara Perreten from Feutersoey was the supreme champion and Turbach won the local cup.
From among the 47 proposals submitted to redesign the Rütti school complex in Gstaad, the company Comamala Ismail, Architéctes SARL from Delémont has emerged as the winner. The jury unanimously selected the winner of this competition.
Spring is on the way and the liquid manure boxes are getting full. Here and there, liquid manure is on the verge of overflowing. If the weather and thick blanket of snow get in the way, alternative solutions need to be found to stop this from happening.
A wonderful blanket of snow and fine weather prevailed as skiers from Valais dominated the Telemark Swiss Championships in Saanenmöser. Local heroine Simone Oehrli finished as runner-up.
The European Parliament is planning to abolish changing the clocks as of 2021. If summer time is enforced in Europe, there's likely be a referendum in Switzerland.
Winter returned last night to the Saanenland and is to stay for a a day or two.
Future healthcare for the region will be ensured by an integrated health network, with a health campus in Zweisimmen and a health centre in Saanen. The working groups have met to take part in a workshop in Gstaad and October is the month when the actual outcomes will be presented.
The Saanen municipal council has decided to employ the 55-year-old construction manager, who will be Thomas Frutschi's successor. Hans Ulrich Maurer will take up his new post as head of the Department for Building Inspection, Spatial Planning and Infrastructures (BSI) on 1 May 2019.