Zurich Hotel Ascot bankrupt – After 27 years Christian Frei has to hand over the key



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Since the property owner insists on renting and guests are absent due to the Corona crisis, Christian Frei can no longer operate his hotel.

Director Christian Frei at the Ascot Hotel Turf Bar: The financial burden has become too great, you have to send your life's work out of business.

Director Christian Frei at the Ascot Hotel’s Turf Bar: The financial burden has become too great, you have to send your life’s work out of business.

Photo: Dominique Meienberg

A little over 24 hours. Then it’s done. So Christian Frei has to leave the place where he has spent the most time in his life. A place that you love with soul and heart. On Friday, shortly after noon, the bankruptcy office takes control of the Ascot Hotel on Tessinerplatz in Zurich. The hotel manager, Frei, will hand over your keys and the officials will seal the doors of the house. The only things the 60-year-old can take with him are his cell phone and laptop.

A desk that looks like a piano.

The 60-year-old man is not really aware of what is happening at the moment. Say hello to the journalist in his strange workplace. This is a small desk that you installed between the hotel’s main entrance and the reception. It looks more like an electric piano, which got the guests teasing and encouraging them to make music.

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