Ladies and Gentlemen

I look back happily on 2018. House of Winterthur successfully completed its first financial year as integrated location marketing for the city and region of Winterthur. The key figures that are relevant to us were particularly impressive last year: Never before have so many guests stayed overnight in our region, never before have we counted so many employees and students. Winterthur is booming!

I am proud of what our employees have achieved in the past year: establishing the Winterthur brand, holding the International Vocational Training Congress for the third time, advising thousands of people at the Tourist Information, the record number of city tours, the success of Urban Golf and Foxtrail, the Job Creator Award, the opening of the Digital Hub Winterthur and much more.

We also have a lot planned for 2019. Always on behalf of our members, based on our strategic principles and for the Economic regionthe destination and the educational region of Winterthur.

Finally, I hope you enjoy reading our annual report - now digital and online, in line with the trend towards digitization. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has supported us over the past year and to encourage you to continue to stand up for Winterthur and our shared success in the future!

Cordially

Michael Domeisen