GenevaLunch » hotels http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 07:51:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no European tourist numbers fell in 2011, others rosehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/21/european-tourist-numbers-fell-in-2011-others-rose/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/21/european-tourist-numbers-fell-in-2011-others-rose/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:23:14 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66841 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The tourist industry saw a slight decline in visitors in 2011, final year-end figures show, to 35.5 million overnight stays. Overall the drop was 2 percent. Decreases were seen only with European tourists, down 7 percent, in terms of overnight stays. The Americas are treated together statistically and while visitors from the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/21/european-tourist-numbers-fell-in-2011-others-rose/feed/ 0 Swiss business roundup: food, energyhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/19/swiss-business-roundup-food-energy/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/19/swiss-business-roundup-food-energy/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:44:08 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62612 GenevaLunch.com  Nestle expands, Migros deals go social, Russian renewable energy in, ice cream boss dies GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Swiss business news highlights this week: Nestlé is expanding its largest instant coffee manufacturing plant, in Russia, investing CHF240 million for its soluble coffee factory in Timashevsk, Russia, in the Krasnodar region. The plant uses freeze-dry technology and  [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/19/swiss-business-roundup-food-energy/feed/ 0 Lausanne’s Chateau d’Ouchy, Geneva’s Le Richemond get new ownershttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/04/lausannes-chateau-douchy-genevas-le-richemond-get-new-owners/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/04/lausannes-chateau-douchy-genevas-le-richemond-get-new-owners/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:15:30 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59461 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA / LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The Loterie Romande’s offshoot, Romande des Jeux, Monday 4 July sold the Chateau d’Ouchy to the Lausanne Palace hotel and spa for CHF45 million. The Loterie Romande paid CHF35m for it several years ago with the idea of turning it into a casino. The federal gaming authorities refused to give [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/04/lausannes-chateau-douchy-genevas-le-richemond-get-new-owners/feed/ 1 China gets tougher on smoking, but gentlyhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/26/china-gets-tougher-on-smoking-but-gently/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/26/china-gets-tougher-on-smoking-but-gently/#comments Sat, 26 Mar 2011 07:28:34 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=55754 GenevaLunch.com Foreign tobacco companies may have undermined new laws China will soon take the dramatic step of banning cigarettes in hotels, restaurants, shopping malls and most other indoor public spaces, 1 May, but the huge shift away from public smoking comes with so little in the way of punishment that the sting is missing from the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/26/china-gets-tougher-on-smoking-but-gently/feed/ 0 Travel: Zurich puts on the charm for a holiday weekendhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/18/travel-zurich-puts-on-the-charm-for-a-holiday-weekend/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/18/travel-zurich-puts-on-the-charm-for-a-holiday-weekend/#comments Sat, 18 Dec 2010 17:23:32 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=51336 GenevaLunch.com 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 [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/18/travel-zurich-puts-on-the-charm-for-a-holiday-weekend/feed/ 4 Swiss economy shows mixed bag in Marchhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/07/swiss-economy-shows-mixed-bag-in-march/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/07/swiss-economy-shows-mixed-bag-in-march/#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 08:30:27 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=41596 GenevaLunch.com Tourism up strongly, unemployment down slightly, retail sales slip Geneva continues to have highest jobless rate Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Swiss economic indicators this week are showing a mixed picture, with several federal statistics published Friday. Overnight stays rose by 5 percent overall and by 6 percent for foreign visitors in March, compared to March [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/26/afghan-suicide-bombers-target-foreigners/feed/ 0 Aminona Russian Alpine resort faces WWF oppositionhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/08/aminona-russian-alpine-resort-faces-wwf-opposition/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/08/aminona-russian-alpine-resort-faces-wwf-opposition/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:57:33 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=33277 GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The WWF Switzerland and the Swiss Fund for the Protection of Nature (FP) said Tuesday 8 December they have filed an appeal against the Aminona resort project near Crans-Montana in canton Valais, saying they “fear a fiasco for nature and the surrounding countryside, as well as for the region itself.” The [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/08/aminona-russian-alpine-resort-faces-wwf-opposition/feed/ 1 Swiss tourism’s summer of 2009 was not sunnyhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/04/swiss-tourisms-summer-of-2009-was-not-sunny/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/04/swiss-tourisms-summer-of-2009-was-not-sunny/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:33:27 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=33078 GenevaLunch.com Neuchatel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss government’s figures for tourism during the summer of 2009, from May to October, show a gloomy picture, with a 4.2 percent drop in the number of overnight stays compared to 2008. Swiss tourists fell by 2.1 percent but a sharp drop in foreign tourism, down 5.8 percent had a [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/04/swiss-tourisms-summer-of-2009-was-not-sunny/feed/ 0 Swiss hotel mini-bars labeled energy hogshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/02/swiss-hotel-mini-bars-labeled-energy-hogs/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/02/swiss-hotel-mini-bars-labeled-energy-hogs/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:03:36 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=32867 GenevaLunch.com 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 [...]

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