The company's purpose is to own, acquire, sell, lease, operate, manage and administer hotels, restaurants, bars, refreshment areas and any other type of public establishment, either on its own account or on behalf of third parties. The company may also engage in assistance and service activities in the agri-food sector, particularly in the areas of wine, spirits, distillates and similar products; assume representations, engage in import, export, intermediation, international marketing, as well as wholesale and retail trade of agri-food products, wines, spirits, distillates and similar products, as well as beverages of all kinds, agricultural or food products and non-food products, table accessories and other components related to these sectors; it may also provide any type of service in the aforementioned catering and hotel sectors. The company may also acquire, sell, manage, receive and grant the use of technologies, technical know-how, industrial patents, trademarks, licenses and intellectual property rights in general, particularly in the aforementioned sectors. The company may also acquire, encumber, manage, administer and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad, as well as participate in real estate companies and enterprises with headquarters and/or activities in Switzerland and abroad, in compliance with the applicable regulations. Any activity carried out in the real estate sector is not aimed at third parties but is limited to real estate for its own account. The company may assume, on its own account and not in a fiduciary capacity, interests and participations in other industrial, commercial, financial and service companies in Switzerland or abroad, in the sector related to the company's purpose or in other sectors. Finally, the company may carry out all commercial, industrial and financial operations deemed necessary or useful and functionally connected with the company's purpose or aimed at achieving it, and open branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad.