Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss hotel industry can expect its worst year since 1982, according to a report prepared by consultants BAKBasel, and released 19 May by the Swiss Secretariat for the Economy, Seco. Overnight stays for the 2009 summer season (May to October) are expected to drop 7.2 percent compared to last summer. […]
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The chemical joys of wine
I have mixed reactions when I read in the space of a minute that a) there are things in red wine that are good for me (hooray!) and b) the chemical reaction is therefore going to be reproduced in a drug, to be put to wider user (oh no! but wait, that must be good […]
Swiss wine fair offers a first for St Emilion
Sierre, Valais, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The opening of the 6-7 September (Saturday-Sunday) Vinea wine fair in Sierre promises its usual spectacular weather, with pleasant temperatures and sunny skies.
Remembering Swissair crash, flight SR111 over Halifax
Switzerland and Halifax, Canada (TSR, Fre) – Ten years ago flight SR111 from New York to Geneva crashed into the Atlantic just off the coast of Halifax, near Peggy’s Cove, killing the 229 people on board. It is Switzerland’s worst air disaster and prompted national mourning for the last-ever SR111 flight, often referred to as […]
Lose your license abroad and you lose it at home in Switzerland
Bern, Switzerland (Le Matin, Fre) – If your Swiss driver’s license is confiscated abroad because of a serious infraction, the driving ban will apply in Switzerland as well, starting Monday 1 September. Since June 2007 a hole in the law has meant that if your license was taken away elsewhere the same did not apply […]