A growing number of non-profit organizations – my favourite for this is UNHCR – are finding that the easiest and best solution to providing up-to-date photo collections for public perusal and media use is to post them on a photo-sharing site. The Nyon Tourism Office has joined flickr, and has some great shots from the […]
Archives for June 2009
Geneva ranked with Zurich in “liveability survey”
London, England (Economist Intelligence Unit) – The annual Economist liveability survey of 140 cities worldwide ranks Vancouver in first place with an almost perfect 98 score out of 100. There are four European cities among the top 10. Vienna is in second place, Helsinki in seventh, just ahead of eighth-tied Geneva, Sydney and Zurich.
Savoie Philippe Chevrier: gourmet cruise on restored 1914 steamboat on Lake Geneva
Geneva’s star of stars: Chateauvieux chef Philippe Chevrier Philippe Chevrier of none other than the exclusive Domaine de Chateauvieux in Satigny has fond memories of childhood lake cruises in steamboats. It is therefore with nostalgic pleasure that he took on the task of organizing gourmet cruises on the steamboat Savoie in Geneva, commissioned in 1914 […]
Average user given say in public transport schedules
Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The famous Swiss system of consulting widely on political issues is now bringing public transport users – local, regional and national – the chance to have their say in the new schedules for 2010/2011. The “projet d’horaire” web site, in German, French and Italian, provides the current schedules for all transport systems, […]
Hotel and restaurant business pushed to make prices more transparent
Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The hotel and restaurant industry in Switzerland is under pressure from the Swiss Federal Department of Finance to conform to newly published federal ordinance that covers room and food advertising and pricing. The ministry argues that transparent prices and the ability to compare prices are two essential ingredients in a market […]