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Swiss fine dining galore in coming months (update)

09/02/2016 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

I’m suddenly awash in invitations and news about new, newly improved and improving hotels and restaurants in Switzerland – and this at a time when everyone has been worrying about tourism and the high Swiss franc. Clearly, some of us are expected to keep traveling and eating and spending our money, so some of us […]

Filed Under: Food & dining, Travels Tagged With: Altitude, Ascona, Audemars Piguet, Bellinzona, Benjamin Luzuy, Geneva Airport, hotels, Le Brassus, Le Chef, Lugano, restaurants, Ticino

Italians, Spaniards and French visited Swiss in November

16/01/2013 by Ellen Wallace

BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss tourism figures showed some unusual developments in November 2013, with Italy showing the strongest growth, with overnight stays up 14 percent, France up 8.2 percent and Spain up 14 percent. Italy led the way with the largest overall increase in visitors, but European visits to Switzerland as a whole rose 2.9 […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Basel, China, French, Geneva, hotels, India, Italians, November 2012, overnight stays, Spaniards, statistics, Switzerland, tourism industry, USA

Travel: Zurich puts on the charm for a holiday weekend

18/12/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Your guide to a holiday-season weekend in Zurich, an easy train ride from Lake Geneva Click on images to view larger Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The charm of Zurich is at its brightest in the lead-up to Christmas. Daytime offers plenty of activities for children and adults alike, but the real fun starts in the […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Christmas, Fraumuenster, from Geneva, Glockenhof, Hiltl, holidays, hotels, Jules Verne panoramic bar, Lausanne, Marc Chagall, New Year, restaurants, Seidenhof, The Singing Tree, train, transport, Voderer Sternen, what to do, what's on, Zeughasukeller, zoo, Zurich, Zurich City Card

Swiss hotel mini-bars labeled energy hogs

02/12/2009 by Ellen Wallace

Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The 55,000 mini-bars in Swiss hotels consume far more energy than the average home refrigerator for a family of four, some 24 million kW hours in a year. The heart of the problem is the sad news for hotel clients who love drinks in their rooms that a 40-litre minibar consumes […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: consumption, electricity, energy, energy hogs, hotels, minibars, Switzerland, travel

Hotel and restaurant business pushed to make prices more transparent

04/06/2009 by Ellen Wallace

Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The hotel and restaurant industry in Switzerland is under pressure from the Swiss Federal Department of Finance to conform to newly published federal ordinance that covers room and food advertising and pricing. The ministry argues that transparent prices and the ability to compare prices are two essential ingredients in a market […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: advertising, comparison, hotels, prices, restaurants, Swiss news, travel

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