DAVOS - Police and army specialists finished the inner security ring on the Promenade on Saturday, three days before the World Economic Forum's opening sessions. Hotel lists were checked against accreditation. Local buses ran on a diverted timetable through Wolfgang.
Shopkeepers measured the week in extra shifts, not in speeches. A bakery on the lower Dorfstrasse said it had hired two students from Chur for the duration. The ski area stayed open above the town, with a separate lift queue for people who had not come to discuss trade.
Then the politics arrive
Swiss hosts will use the opening day to talk stable trade. The fences will come down faster than the invoices.