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UK media love Swiss clichés (and expenses-paid trips)

17/01/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Geneva, a city you’ve probably never seen, even if you live there Some things never change, and a certain class of wealthy Brits seeing quaint little Switzerland as a playground is one of them. Another is the itch of UK newspaper writers to get the editor to pay for a trip, preferably during the ski […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: bankers, banks, boring, Britain, British, Community, events, expensive, forfait, forfeit, Geneva Financial Center, hedge funds, Ivan Pictet, Lake Geneva region, lump sum, moving to Geneva, Switzerland, tax, taxes, Telegraph, times, UK, UK Times

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

Swiss national holiday: travel alerts, last-minute planning

31/07/2009 by Ellen Wallace

If you’re looking for something special to do for the First of August holiday, check our GenevaLunch events page.

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: 1 August, airports, alerts, bonfires, events, fireworks, First of August, iPhone app, Jungfrau Climate Guide, roads, sms, society, Swiss national holiday, Swiss news, ThinkSwiss scholarships, traffic, traffic jams, trains, Valais

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