Photos, Mondial du Pinot Noir, courtesy Liam Bates. GenevaLunch is, exceptionally, bringing you a weekend bulletin, to keep pace with a busy time locally and in the world. Expect to see us back with our normal publishing schedule, including weekly highlights for events and resources, by the start of September. In world news, the New […]
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Lausanne prepares for its new Metro line
Lausanne, Switzerland (24 Heures, Fre) – Lausanne’s new M2 public transport lines are starting to excite public interest, with a city-wide festival scheduled to celebrate the inauguration, 18-21 September. Street fairs and the Festival Label Suisse will follow the official ceremonies, with the metro line free until Sunday and additional "pyjama" buses and trains running, […]
Paleo boss raises a glass to local and global
“My philosophy is simple: I like the world of music, and there I think global because you have to let yourself think big enough. But I drink “local,” Daniel Rossellat smiles, raising a glass of very good Chasselas from the vineyards near Paleo, the festival he founded more than 35 years ago. “I always taste […]
New study shows glacier resorts unprepared for meltdown
Switzerland (24 Heures, Fre) – An unpublished study of 130 resort towns by the Swiss land development foundation, SL-FP, on the impact of melting glaciers on tourism near them, shows that most of the 130 communities studied are unprepared for their demise, according to 24 Heures. The newspaper takes a close look at the impact […]
Bed and breakfast tourism takes off in Switzerland
Switzerland (TSR, Fre) – For nearly 20 years a small number of people worked to get the bed and breakfast tourism industry off the ground, without enormous success. Now, according to TSR, which carries a 2:07 minute video that visits several B&Bs, looks at why this is now growing at 20% a year, thanks to […]