Globetrotter is making a loss this year. Now he’s cutting travel agencies in Zurich, Bern and Interlaken – and will sacrifice jobs.
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–Prescribes a shrinking cure for his company: André Lüthi, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Globetrotter.
Foto: Beat Mathys
A day, after Hotelplan announced 425 job cuts, The next negative message comes from the Swiss travel industry: the fourth largest travel provider Globetrotter, headquartered in Bern, is closing four of its 21 branches due to the Corona crisis. Dany Gehrig, head of the Globetrotter Travel Service, confirms this to this newspaper.
The Zurich-Europaallee, Zurich-Löwenstrasse, Bern-Aarbergergasse and Interlaken branches will be closed by the beginning of next year at the latest. The exact time is still open. This leaves two branches in Zurich, those on Rennweg and Stadelhofen. In Bern there is still a branch on Neuengasse. The branch in Olten closed at the end of February – but not because of Corona.
«It won’t work without job cuts. The number of jobs that will be deleted is still open. »
The staff must also fear for their jobs. “It won’t be possible without job cuts,” says Gehrig. “The number of jobs that will be deleted is still open.” Globetrotter currently employs 240 people.
There is no target for how many jobs will be sacrificed. According to Gehrig, however, the goal is for the company to generate an operating profit margin of at least 1.5 percent again next year. “It’s pretty much a loss this year.”
Globetrotter, like the entire travel industry, is suffering from a drastic slump in travel. That is why André Lüthi, President of the Globetrotter Board of Directors, recently retired to St. Petersinsel on Lake Biel with the managers of his 14 subsidiaries, as the Sunday newspaper reported. At the management meeting, the branch closings and job cuts were apparently decided.
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