Fair Price Initiative on the home stretch

The association hotelleriesuisse is fighting against Switzerland as a high-price island for the first time in its history by launching a popular initiative - together with numerous other SME associations. The association has already collected numerous signatures for the fair price initiative with mailing campaigns, at events and with the help of street stalls. On today's national collection day, all forces were mobilized once again: The regional associations of hotelleriesuisse, together with employees from the head office, collected signatures on the streets throughout Switzerland and drew attention to the issue.

Sign against Switzerland as a high-price islandWith the signatures collected today, the Fair Price Initiative is on the home straight: The 100,000 signatures required for the initiative to come to fruition are within reach. hotelleriesuisse President Andreas Züllig is enthusiastic about the commitment of all those involved: "Together, we are sending a strong signal for fair prices and against Switzerland as an island of high prices. The initiative could prevent abusive Swiss surcharges by foreign companies with market power in the future". The Fair Price Initiative aims to ensure that Swiss companies can purchase products from foreign manufacturers and importers at the same prices as customers abroad. The certified signature forms are to be submitted to the Federal Chancellery in December 2017