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Archives for May 2013

Most welcoming Swiss hotel winners named

31/05/2013 by Ellen Wallace

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland’s 100 most welcoming hotels in four categories, selected by guests who rated their stays online, were named 31 May by the Swiss national tourism office. If  you’re looking for the perfect place to take visiting family and friends when they come to Switzerland, or you’re heading out for a weekend in […]

Filed Under: Travels

Oddest little story today, Venezuela’s communion wine

28/05/2013 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Among the many stories that have crossed my editor’s path today, this ranks as one of the oddest. Venezuela’s Catholic Church says it has a worrisomely short supply of wine left, only two months worth, according to the BBC and thedrinksbusiness, a wine industry newsletter. Currency controls have […]

Filed Under: Food & dining

CFF/SBB wins int’l. award for CFF.Connect app

28/05/2013 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss rail company’s CFF/SBB.Connect application was named the winner out of 20 bids for the International Public Transport Union’s prize for innovation in customer service. The prize was awarded at the IPTU’s annual meeting, being held this week in Geneva. The free app has a client base of 30,000 since it […]

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Nyon restaurant shut – manager in bike accident

28/05/2013 by Ellen Wallace

NYON, SWITZERLAND – Le Navigateur restaurant in Nyon is closed temporarily following a motorcycle accident Monday that left restaurant manager  Arnaud Leroux in serious condition at the Hug university hospitals in Geneva. The Société Nautique de Nyon says it will need a few days to sort out how to re-open the restaurant, while it’s thoughts […]

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Colombian coffee gets Switzerland’s 1st foreign IGP protection

28/05/2013 by Ellen Wallace

BERN, SWITZERLAND – Colombian coffee now has IGP/GGA (indication géographique protégée, PGI in English) protection in Switzerland, one of only nine products given this, and the first foreign one on the official Swiss list. The name cannot be used except by Colombian coffee producers who meet IGP legal requirements. Colombian growers registered the PGI in […]

Filed Under: Food & dining

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