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When I travel, I drink wine. In fact, I usually organize my travels around learning about it because wine isn't a beverage, it's a culture.

Geneva business fliers get new air taxi option

18/09/2009 by Ellen Wallace

Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The airline industry may be hurting from the gloomy economic situation, but business travelers continue to take to the air, and as of Monday 21 September they will have a new option in Geneva: Blink air taxis. Blink, a company which has been operating from London since June 2008, is extending […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: air taxis, Blink, business class, business model low-cost airlines, business travel, Geneva, London, new service

TPG gets tougher on those who don’t pay

17/09/2009 by Ellen Wallace

Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Transports Publics Genevois (TPG) say that it is getting serious about people who don’t pay for public transportation. The company has added eight new inspectors to the 54 it already has, is increasing the frequency of its ticket controls on board Geneva’s buses and trams, and the fines are going […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: controls, fines, Geneva, inspectors, pubnlic Transport, revenues, society, tickets, TPG

Swiss gov’t employees, hooked on Facebook, to lose it 15 September

10/09/2009 by Ellen Wallace

Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The second most visited web site in Swiss government offices, a January 2009 investigation showed, was the social network Facebook. Government employees were invited to show a bit of restraint in May and they did cut back somewhat, but Facebook remains the fourth most visited site at work – and the […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: ban, cutback, Facebook, social networks, Swiss government, Tech/media

Rain holds off in St Prex for Paris dancers Le Riche, Osta

26/08/2009 by Ellen Wallace

St Prex, Vaud, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The main street of the medieval village of St Prex  was graced Tuesday night 25 August with star dancers from the Paris Opera Nicolas Le Riche and his wife Clairemarie Osta in Prokoviev’s “Romeo & Juliet” as part of the St Prex Festival. For the second night running the […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: ballet, Clairemarie Osta, dance, Lausanne news, music, Nicolas Le Riche, outdoor concerts, Paris Opera, rain, St Prex, St Prex Festival, theatre

Glorious Swiss weekend ahead, but first the hot shower

21/08/2009 by Ellen Wallace

Saint Prex, Vaud, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Prepare for a weekend of 18-25C temperatures and sunshine alternating with some cloud cover – a change from this week’s sweltering heat, with Geneva recording its hottest day of the year, over 36C, Thursday 20 August. But before the great Saturday and Sunday weather, prepare for late Friday highs […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: events, festivals, free music, Geneva, Geneva news, Lausanne news, St Prex Festival, summer, Switzerland, weather, wine and chocolate

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