This week’s torrential floods have taken their toll in Chablais, but the syndic (mayor) of Yvorne near the hard-hit Monthey area told the wire service ATS the grape harvest will be fine. With only a month to the start of the harvest in most areas the word is not yet in on what the harvest […]
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Don’t steal! Blog spam and the theft of a traveller’s tale
How many people do you know think it’s okay to reproduce an article from a web site? Most, including you? Wrong: it’s illegal unless you’ve asked and received permission, and it’s getting easier to chase people who steal material. This includes spam bloggers. If you think spam is limited to e-mail and blog comments, or […]
INTERVIEW / Patrick Mossu, Geneva’s new Kempinski director
Hats off! post on killing a business hour at the Kempinski Patrick Mossu, general manager, Grand Hotel Kempinski, Geneva "We want to give the hotel back to Geneva," says Patrick Mossu, general manager of the new Grand Hotel Kempinski Geneva, a five-star hotel which 1 December 2006 took over the old Noga Hilton. "We want […]
Aigle autumn hike and wine
By Ellen Wallace – The vines are great any time of year, but it’s hard to do better than autumn, when the vine leaves are turning the hillsides into golden mazes, fermentation is in the cool air and skies are blue. One of my own favourite areas is beyond the famous Lavaux terraced vineyards and […]
No booze buying after dark, the Swiss government suggests
Bern, Switzerland (TSR, Fre) – The Swiss federal health department Wednesday proposed to sharply curb sales of over-the-counter alcoholic drinks, as part of national alcoholism prevention efforts aimed particularly at young people. The department’s new guidelines call for alcohol sales to be banned from 21:00 to 07:00 in petrol stations, train stations and grocery stores. […]