The purpose of the company is the acquisition, holding and sale of participations in companies of any kind at home and abroad; the trade in real estate, in particular the acquisition, development and sale as well as the brokerage and management of real estate; the operation of restaurant businesses, hotels and gastronomic enterprises, the provision of gastronomic services of all kinds (such as catering) and the wine trade. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire or merge with similar or related companies, acquire, manage and sell real estate, and enter into any business and conclude any contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it.