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EU holds emergency air travel meetings, Switzerland closed until Tuesday (update)

19/04/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Swiss air space closed until at least Tuesday 20 April 08:00 Swiss skies open under 11,000 metres (36,000 feet) Note to travelers: Check our earlier stories for useful links to airports and more, plus background Update 11:00  Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Swiss civil aviation authorities said Monday morning 19 April that Swiss air space will […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: air space, airlines, airports closed, ASK, Basel, Geneva, skies, Switzerland, volcano, Zurich

Closed airspace is driving people to – Geneva

18/04/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Are we surprised that the £1,200 which is a UK taxi company’s biggest fare ever ended up in Geneva? So the businessmen who took the ride won’t be surprised at taxi fares in Geneva. They were driven from Northhampton to Geneva to catch a flight to Portugal, so they’ll probably be stuck with another large […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: airport, ash, England, Geneva, largest ever, taxi fare, UK, volcano

Manage your Arvinis visit: winery tweets (update)

17/04/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Update 21:30 I’ve started tweeting wineries + 1 type of wine for each, some of my top picks among the Swiss wines at Arvinis, in addition to the California and selected Swiss tasting notes I’ve already posted here. It’s always hard to decide which ones are worth a stop and once there, what wines to […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Amigne, Arvinis, California wines, Chasselas, Ermitage, Fendant, GenevaLunch on Twitter, Johannisberg, Malvoisie, Morges, Pinot Noir, producers, Swiss wines, Tasting notes, wine-tasting, winemakers, wineries

Top picks at Arvinis wine fair

17/04/2010 by Ellen Wallace

What to expect and some of the great finds at Arvinis in Morges Notes on wines from California, Swiss top picks I spent a few hours Thursday at Arvinis and my first tip is this: do spit out the wine and do take along a bottle of water to keep yourself well hydrated if you’re […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: producers, Swiss wines, US - California, vineyards, wine-tasting, wineries, World wines

Swiss rail profits up, 88.2 % passengers arrive on time

16/04/2010 by Ellen Wallace

CFF points to major challenges in near future Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The present looks rosy, but the future less so, Switzerland’s CFF rail company indicated Friday oring 16 April in its annual report. Traffic rose in 2009, more passengers arrived on time, and profits were up, but the company says heavy investments are necessary […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: annual report, CFF rail, customers, making connections, profits, punctuality, rail, Swiss trains, travelers

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