Roadmap

This list shows planned features. Specifically planned features contain a date from which the feature should be available in the test environment. Newly implemented functionalities can then be seen in the release and business notes. This is not a complete list of planned developments.

ID Description State Target Date
1581 Simple statistics
Some basic statistics about api-consumption, data in the infocenter, usage of the profile (logins) and sales in the marketplace are available in the partner portal.
In Progress 10.07.2025
1629 Experience Bank booking
Marketplace connector to book activities available in Experiencebank. Makes many other systems such as Walhardt and Trekksoft available to the marketplace. 
These activities are part of the  discover.swiss infocenter for quite a while already, now we add the booking process.
In Progress 20.06.2025
5749 Detailed marketplace invoices and statistics
Detailed invoices of the marketplace orders are created automatically as PDF and are visible in the partner portal for each partner. It contains all orders, fees and commissions according to the defined payment splits for each partner.
In Progress 08.05.2025
7179 ZHT card v 2.1 including Publibike (full version)
Publibike bikes can be booked directly in the marketplace and we deliver a code to open the lock to the client. The handling of the bike is directly implemented in the "Zürich City Guide" native Apps (by Binarium) so the guest does not need to use an additional app. The Bike ticket is combined with the Zurich Card and the price automatically split to Publibike and SBB. The technology is open and available for other destinations,
In Progress 15.05.2025
8564 GRF - Personalisierung
The Infocenter search functionality will incorporate a personalization layer that dynamically adjusts search results based on user-specific data, namely their interests and motivations as defined in their profile. This feature will be controlled by a flag, allowing for easy activation or deactivation at request level.
In Progress 30.01.2025
8673 Use dynamic prices by Spotlio (Catelate) for skidata products
Spotlio provides the dynamic pricing for ALD. We support them in the marketplace and as well in the availability requests to show them on a calender view by date.
In Progress 12.06.2025
9253 Support all tickets available in Skidata
All types of tickets offered in Skidata are avalable in the marketplace of discover.swiss. Supports Swisspass as a key card and direct to gate.
In Progress 13.03.2025
9548 Boncard voucher in marketplace
After the integration of E-Guma vouchers we add support the boncard System. Boncard can be used as payment in a marketplace and Boncard has products (voucher) which could be bought in a shop. In both cases the Boncard-API is connected.

ALD will implement both in two phases. Phase 1 2025: payment

In Progress 03.07.2025
9786 VGL - Glarnerland Pass + integration AVS (TSO)
An overall integration of the guest card delivered by AVS in the digital presence of Visit Glarnerland:
  • Onlineform for filling in the data for Meldeschein and guest card in the look and feel of Visit Glarnerland and the usage of the discover.swiss profile service
  • The guest card appears automatically in the guests profile and in the App of Visit Glarnerland
  • Import and keeping up to date of guest cards which have been created elsewhere as well
  • Relations of data in the infocenter to offers and the usage of the guest card
In Progress 20.03.2025
11527 REKA check & card for payments
REKA is a swiss "travel organisation". They run holiday parks for families and do have a strong brand with vouchers valid in the travel industry of Switzerland.
They provide
  • REKA check: value voucher
  • REAK card: more like an prepaid online service
New
11588 TESSVM - Wintersport extensions
The wintersport extensions package enhances the platform to better support winter tourism use cases. It includes deeper integration of ski area data. Key aspects include:
  • The system allows to overwrite the state property (e.g., open/closed)
  • Wintersport connectorsare enhanced to include for restaurants status
  • All ski areas in the platform are updated to include their corresponding OpenStreetMap (OSM) IDs
  • Ski area geometries are made available as Vector Tiles to enable efficient client-side rendering.
In Progress 21.03.2025
11809 ALD - Parking with OM
Parking lots in Lenzerheide are patrolled by OM-inspectors and parking-tickets can be bought on online. We add the possibility to by parking tickets in the marketplace and offer support cases like changing the vehicle numbers in the partner portal as well. Tickets can be good for several vehicles and the duration of the offered products is freely configurable, First use case: seasonal passes sold together with the skipass.
In Progress 22.05.2025
12517 GRF - Touren Sperrungen (ASTRA)
The "Touren Sperrungen (ASTRA)" feature integrates official condition data from ASTRA (Swiss Federal Roads Office) into the tours in the infocenter. The data is processed through a connector that creates structured conditions, links them to affected tours, and automatically adjusts each tour’s status to reflect accessibility and safety.
In Progress 15.04.2025
12785 Improve Infocenter search relevance using a content quality score
The Content Quality Score feature introduces a new scoring mechanism to evaluate the quality of content entries (e.g. POIs, events, tours). The score is calculated based on predefined quality indicators and is used to influence the ranking of search results in the Infocenter. This ensures that users are served with the most complete, up-to-date, and trustworthy data first.
Committed
12804 Automatically enrich tours with elevation and duration data when not provided by source
This feature ensures data completeness and enhances the usability of tour content by automatically calculating key metrics—such as elevation extremes and estimated time—when these are not provided by the content source. The calculation is based on the tour's GPX geometry or similar geospatial path data.
In Review 22.05.2025
12880 [CS-1316] MFA for the partner portal
To enhance security and protect personal data (e.g. names, addresses, contact information, booking history), users of the Partner Portal must authenticate using a second factor (such as a mobile code, app-based token, or biometric verification) in addition to their password. This adds a critical layer of security, especially for partners handling sensitive guest records.
New
13065 GRF - Manage webcams at discover.swiss
As a partner organization, I want to be able to create and manage my own webcams within the discover.swiss platform,
So that I don’t have to rely on third-party or external systems to publish or control webcam content for my destinations.
Approved
13815 TSO - Infocenter views
Create predefined search queries in the partner portal to create your custom navigation (categories) added to the infocenter data and to use in the search api.
Approved 13.06.2025
13983 discover.swiss vouchers and promo codes
Well known providers of vouchers offer prepaid cards and all kind of nice handling, but product specific offers and vouchers reducing the price they can not support. We add this functionality to the marketplace: product or service specific vouchers, free products, discounts, "goodwill" and split the money to specific partners.
New
13984 Enhance image handling to reduce duplication, optimize performance, and improve default behavior
As a platform user or integration partner, I want images to be deduplicated across sources, load faster with thumbnails by default, and remain accessible even if external systems are slow or offline, So that I can deliver a consistent, efficient, and reliable visual experience for end users.
New

The following list includes completed features that were previously announced in the roadmap.

ID Description State Target Date
10169 Use a E-Guma voucher for payment (redeem) Done 18.04.2024
13370 VGL - Marketplace CommunityPass Done 24.04.2025