airline catering headquarters z rich airport switzerland area served worldwide key people xavier rossinyol ceo revenue chf 3.0 bn number of employees 28 865 website http www.gategroup.com gategroup is the parent company for 10 brands that provide services to the travel industry including catering hospitality provisioning and logistics . its head office is at z rich airport . 1 prominent services include flight catering airport services and lounge operation . in 2009 gategroup won a contract to operate the skyteam alliance s lounge at london heathrow airport . 2 gategroup styles itself as the leading independent global provider of products and services related to a passenger s onboard experience 3 and offers its services via a portfolio of 10 brands . contents 1 history 2 company information 3 leadership 4 references 5 external links history edit gategroup has its roots in swissair catering from which now subsidiary gate gourmet emerged in 1992 . through a series of mergers and acquisitions gategroup has grown into a multibillion dollar operation . acquisitions include aero chef sas service partner varig kitchens british airways kitchens and iber swiss . 4 company information edit gategroup is a multinational organization with operations on six continents . as of 2015 it has more than 28 800 employees working across 170 facilities in 35 countries . 2015 revenue was approximately 3.0 billion swiss francs . 5 in may 2009 gategroup was listed on the six swiss exchange under symbol gate . 6 in 2010 gate gourmet acquired cara airline solutions the catering business from cara operations thus controlling airline catering services in canada . in february 2016 the acquisition of swedish travel retail specialist inflight service group ifs was completed . 7 in march 2016 gategroup acquired 75 % of cambodia air catering services . 8 in april 2016 chinese conglomerate hna group offered to buy gategroup for 1.4 billion swiss francs . 9 gategroup has 10 subsidiary brands dester egate solutions gate aviation gate gourmet gate retail onboard gatesafe harmony performa pourshins supplair leadership edit name title xavier rossinyol chief executive officer christoph schmitz chief financial officer jann fisch president asia pacific herman anbeek president americas & emea references edit contact us . gategroup . retrieved on 17 september 2011 . global and european headquarters balsberg p.o. box qv ch 8058 z rich airport switzerland gategroup to operate skyteam s new lounge at heathrow . gaeatimes.com . retrieved 22 march 2015 . gategroup serving people on the move . gategroupmember.com . retrieved 22 march 2015 . gategroup serving people on the move . gategroupmember.com . retrieved 22 march 2015 . gategroup improves financials and growth in q1 pax international . pax intl.com . retrieved 20 may 2016 . gategroup holding ag gate six swiss exchange ceo & executives businessweek . businessweek.com . retrieved 22 march 2015 . gategroup improves financials and growth in q1 pax international . pax intl.com . retrieved 20 may 2016 . gategroup improves financials and growth in q1 pax international . pax intl.com . retrieved 20 may 2016 . hna group of china offers to buy gategroup for 1.5 billion . the new york times . retrieved 16 jun 2016 . external links edit switzerland portal companies portal aviation portal food portal official website www.egate solutions.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gategroup & oldid 726341069 categories aircraft ground handling companiestransport companies of switzerlandhidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 21 june 2016 at 15 18 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view