Washington, DC (GenevaLunch) – Citizens of Switzerland and the European Union as well as others who do not need visas to travel to the United States, will nevertheless be required to register online with the US government, starting in 2009. US authorities Wednesday published details (link to US government site has since been deleted, 17.04.2018) noting […]
FEATURE / Geneva Kempinski Hotel gets new director
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Michael Henssler 2 June took up the position of managing director of the year-old Kempinski Grand Hotel in Geneva. As part of his first day on the job he proudly showed a small group of guests around the hotel’s remarkable new Geneva Suite. Hessler, 44 years old, comes to the hotel […]
Lausanne-Geneva third rail line must wait
Bern, Switzerland (Le Temps/ats, Fre) – The upper house of Parliament Tuesday morning put on hold proposals for the third rail line between Geneva and Lausanne. The Conseil des Etats made few changes to Zeb, the second phase of the railway development plan, when it reviewed it. The house cited the need to ensure financing […]
Choco-Addict
It all began innocently enough, my addiction to the confections of Tristan, the maitre chocolatier of the minuscule village of Bougy-Villars, in the hills above Rolle, just next to Signal de Bougy. After all, who on this earth doesn’t love chocolate? And isn’t one of the prime pleasures of living in – or in my […]
Geneva’s Cointrin Airport: strong growth
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Cointrin Airport in Geneva will now focus sharply on the future, Geneva council Francois Longchamp and Robert Deillon, AIG director, said Tuesday, as they presented the AIG 2007 annual report’s ”exceptional" figures: turnover of CHF280 million, CHF51 million in net profits and a 9.5% increase in passengers to nearly 11 million. […]