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Archives for October 2010

Swiss back new fair trade tourism ventures

29/10/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Two Swiss travel companies, Imagine and Kuoni, have launched the world’s first fair trade travel packages, according to the Swiss government, whose State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) in South Africa has supported the development of the new products. The packages will carry the FTT (fair trade tourism) label, which guarantees […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: fair trade tourism, FTT, Imagine, Kuoni, packages, Switzerland, tours

Lausanne Marathon to disrupt lakefront Sunday traffic

29/10/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The lake road between Lausanne and La Tour-de-Peilz will be closed to traffic (residents excepted) Sunday from 07:30 to approximately 17:00. More than 10,000 runners are registered for the Lausanne Marathon and the road will re-open depending on when the runners finish. The marathon itself is just one of several events […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: La-Tour-de-Peilz, Lake Geneva lakefront, Lausanne, Lausanne marathon, racing, road closed, running, sports, traffic

Ticino gets honours: 2010 Swiss Winemaker of the Year (update)

28/10/2010 by Ellen Wallace

New edition of Swiss Wine Guide launched Update 23:45  Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – And the winner is: Meinrad Perler, named the best winemaker in Switzerland for 2010! The news was announced Thursday evening, 28 October at a gala event and dinner for the world of Swiss wines, the award ceremony for the Grand Prix du […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Agriloro, Arzo, Grand Prix du Vin Suisse competition, Meinrad Perler, red wine, Swiss Wine Guide 2011-2012, Swiss Winemaker of the Year, Switzerland, Ticino, Vinea Association, Vinissimo Prize, Vinum wine review, wine

Lausanne’s M2, world’s steepest metro, a success

27/10/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The M2, the underground metro system in Lausanne and the only fully driverless in the country, is celebrating its second anniversary with a positive balance sheet. The success of Lausanne’s M2 Metro is clear, 24 million tickets were sold in the last 12 months which represents an increase of 3 million […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: automatic trains, Lausanne, M2, metro, public transport, undergound metro, Underground

No cocaine in my wine, please

15/10/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) -Magnetic Resonance Symmetry (MRS), the technique behind MRI scans done in hospitals could well be adopted by customs officials, if Swiss researchers in Lausanne and Geneva have their way. MRS has been shown by the group to be useful for scanning large cargoes and spotting cocaine that is being smuggled in wine […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: cocaine, customs, drug detection, EPFL, Giulio Gambarota, imports, law, society, Swiss research, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne

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