The company's purpose is to hold, acquire and sell participations in Swiss and foreign companies, as well as to provide advisory services, particularly in the hotel and restaurant industry. The company may also grant or request loans to its associates, subsidiaries or related parties and carry out all commercial, financial or other transactions that directly or indirectly pursue its purpose. It may notably establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire companies with an identical or similar purpose, or merge with such companies, carry out all operations and conclude all contracts that are suitable for developing and expanding its purpose or are directly or indirectly related to it. The company may carry out, either on its own account or on behalf of third parties, all financial, commercial, industrial, movable or immovable transactions, except for those prohibited by the LFAIE, that are directly or indirectly related to its corporate purpose. It may acquire, hold and dispose of real estate.