SWISS SME Competition
Winter magic in Lapland: Experience the magic of the north with Mastercard!
Experience Nordic magic, and with a little luck, win a tailor-made break full of winter adventures and Arctic charm.
A summary of your prize:
- 4 days / 3 nights in a luxury glass igloo
- Return flights from Zurich to Rovaniemi (direct or via Helsinki)1
- Husky safari or snowmobile tour through the snowy landscape
- Reindeer safari with a local guide
- Exclusive Northern Lights dinner under the polar sky
Recommended travel period: February – March 20262
Feasibility depends on availability.
Apply for a SWISS SME card package of your choice by October 19, 2025, at the latest, and once your card has been issued, you will automatically be entered3 into a prize draw for an unforgettable trip to Lapland for 3x2 people.
1 Edelweiss only offers direct flights from Zurich to Rovaniemi on Mondays and Thursdays until 8 March 2026. If the winners would prefer to travel on a different day of the week or if the travel period is after 8 March 2026, their flight will depart from Zurich with at least one stopover in Helsinki. The organiser will endeavour to organise the best possible arrival and departure times within the limits of the available flight connections. Changes or restrictions due to flight schedules or airline availability remain reserved and are beyond the control of the organiser.
2 The travel period will be agreed individually with the winners and should be between the beginning of February and the end of March 2026.
3 Eligibility requirements for the SWISS SME card package competition – Winter Magic in Lapland
The competition is being run by Swisscard AECS GmbH (hereinafter "Swisscard"). Swisscard is not the organiser of the trips offered as a prize. The prize will be issued by Mastercard Europe SA, Chaussée de Tervuren 198A, 1410 Waterloo, Belgium (hereinafter "Mastercard"). There is also a free participation option (see details below).
In submitting a basic account application followed by the successful issuing of a SWISS SME card package consisting of an American Express Card and a Mastercard, your company automatically takes part in the prize draw. There will be 3 exclusive packages, each for 2 people, one of whom must be at least 18 years old. Each prize package includes: 4 days / 3 nights in a luxury glass igloo / Flights from Zurich to Rovaniemi (direct or via Helsinki) / Husky safari or snowmobile tour through the snowy landscape / Reindeer safari with a local guide / Exclusive Northern Lights dinner under the polar sky. The trip must commence between 1 February 2026, and 8 March 2026. Public holidays in Switzerland (https://feiertags.info/schweiz) are excluded from the travel period. The binding notification of the preferred travel period and the number of people going on the trip must be received by 17 January 2026. Edelweiss only offers direct flights from Zurich to Rovaniemi on Mondays and Thursdays until 8 March 2026. If the winners would prefer to travel on a different day of the week or if the travel period is after 8 March 2026, their flight will depart from Zurich with at least one stopover in Helsinki. The organiser will endeavour to organise the best possible arrival and departure times within the limits of the available flight connections. Changes or restrictions due to flight schedules or airline availability remain reserved and are beyond the control of the organiser. The respective terms and conditions of the organiser and its contractual partners apply.
The winners are responsible for ensuring that they and their accompanying persons meet the necessary requirements for the trip (in particular, valid travel documents). The winners shall bear all taxes, fees, or charges incurred in connection with the prize. Any services beyond the scope of the prize package shall be borne by the winners themselves.
All companies based in Switzerland to have successfully applied for a SWISS SME card package during the campaign period from 4 September 2025 to 19 October 2025, are eligible to participate. Free participation is also possible without a card application by sending a postcard stating your full name and address to the following address:
Swisscard AECS GmbH
"SWISS SME card package" prize draw
P.O. Box
CH-8810 Horgen
The postcard must be delivered in person or received by post by 19 October 2025 (date of postmark) at the latest to be included in the prize draw. Each postcard received will be taken into account and is equivalent to an entry ticket. Multiple entries by the same company or its employees are not permitted.
The competition starts on 4 September 2025 at 00:00:01 a.m. CET and ends on 19 October 2025 at 11:59:59 p.m. CET (closing date for entries). The winners will be selected by Swisscard on 1 December 2025, and subsequently notified of their win by email and/or telephone by the Mastercard Promotion Office K&R GmbH. The winners will be contacted a maximum of 3 times within 7 days of the draw. The following data will be collected and processed for this competition: surname, first name, date of birth, telephone number, email address, address, zip code and town ("personal data"). If the winner cannot be contacted or fails to respond within this period, the right to claim the prize will expire and a new winner will be drawn at random. There will not be any correspondence regarding the prize draw and there is no right of appeal. A cash payment of the prize is not possible. The resale or auction of the prize and/or parts thereof is not permitted. Any taxes, fees or duties as a result of the prize must be paid by the winner and/or their companion. Swisscard and Mastercard reserve the right to withhold all or part of the prize in the event of an infringement.
The personal data of the winners and their companions will be forwarded to Mastercard Aktionsbüro K+R GmbH for the purpose of processing the prizes and, in the case of travel prizes, to Reisebüro Eschborn, Hauptstraße 70, DE-65760 Eschborn, Germany, where it will be processed exclusively for the purpose of organizing and implementing the prizes.
The winner is responsible for ensuring they and their companion satisfy the necessary requirements for the trip, specifically that they have valid travel documents.
The activity of Swisscard is restricted to the organisation of the competition. Swisscard is in no way responsible or liable for the trip, and in particular, it is responsible for neither its organisation nor its implementation. The trip will be organised and provided exclusively by the Mastercard Switzerland campaign office K+R GmbH, Hauptstraße 81-85, D-65760 Eschborn as the tour operator together with a travel partner. Certain additional tourism services will be organised and provided by the partner hired by K+R GmbH. Implementing travel agency: Reisebüro Eschborn Sabine Larisch GmbH, Hauptstraße 70, D-65760 Eschborn. Any claims of the trip participants in this context therefore arise toward K+R GmbH and are to be filed with them accordingly. The winners will receive all the information and contact details necessary for the relevant services.
Legal recourse is excluded and no correspondence will be entered into regarding the prize draw. Cash payment of the prize is not possible. The resale or auctioning of the prize or parts thereof is not permitted. Swisscard and Mastercard reserve the right to retain the prize or parts thereof in the event of a violation. If a participant violates these conditions of participation or otherwise violates the law, he or she will be excluded from the competition.
The liability and responsibility of Swisscard in connection with this competition, its organisation and the redeeming of the trip are excluded to the extent permitted by law.
Swiss law applies exclusively.