GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The latest forecast for tourism in Switzerland is more upbeat than it has been for months, with the winter season promising a 2.9 percent increase in the number of overnight stays and the summer of 2014 numbers rising by 2.3 percent . The increase in the short term from foreign tourism is […]
Zurich Airport gets fake hostage drill
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Zurich International Airport was the scene of much excitement Monday, based on a fictional hijacking of an Airbus 320 with 91 passengers and 6 crew members on board. “Libero 13” was an emergency exercise staged to see how well airport officials, cantonal police, special police forces and the airline (in this case […]
Swiss tourist killed in Kenya robbery
BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Foreign Affairs Department has confirmed to news agency ats that a Swiss tourist died in Kenya, near the beach in the resort of Diani. The village is not far from the port of Mombasa. Few details are available except that the tourist appears not to have been the target. The […]
Wine harvest festival, Bienne
A great opportunity to discover some of the beautiful Three Lakes region wines, home to several award-winning wines. The hamlet of Douanne has the largest wine harvest, or vendange, festival in the Biel/Bienne area. Suggestion – take advantage of the special CFF rail offer with an additional stop added at Douanne during the festival. The […]
Swiss wines 2013: nature makes the calls
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Winery Henri Cruchon in Echichens, just above the Morges Hospital, makes the kind of excellent quality and comfortable wines that let you forget life’s stresses. It’s easy for those of us who drink them to forget that when the time arrives to harvest the grapes the pressure suddenly rises sharply for everyone […]