Switzerland

Having just joined the IHG Group, lifestyle brand Ruby Hotels has unveiled a new project in Geneva. This will be its second hotel in the Swiss metropolis. After transforming three office buildings located above the Passage Malbuisson, between Rue du Rhône and Rue du Marché, the brand, which focuses on...

The Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) have set Basel as their flagship city for 2026. The metropolis in north-western Switzerland will see the biggest expansion of its rail services for twenty years. This will also strengthen the role of Basel Central (Basel SBB-CFF) as a hub for rail traffic...

Geneva-Cointrin has finally returned to the level of passenger numbers seen in the past. Last year, the French-speaking hub welcomed almost 18 million passengers. This is barely less than the traffic forecast for 2019. The last year before Covid saw 17.93 million passengers use Switzerland's second busiest airport. Geneva thus...

2019 was a record year for Euroairport Basel-Mulhouse, with 9.1 million passengers. Last year, the Franco-Swiss airport platform almost regained this level, missing its pre-Covid performance by just 1.9%. Switzerland's third-largest and France's 6th-largest airport welcomed 8.9 million passengers. Of which...

On Thursday 30 January, on board a TGV stationed at Paris Gare de Lyon, Lyria's teams unveiled the revamped travel offer that will be available to passengers between France and Switzerland from 5 February. First of all, three new classes will be introduced, with the...

With the new timetable due to come into force on 15 December 2024, Swiss Federal Railways is continuing to adapt its rail services throughout the country on the main national and European lines, as well as on regional services. SBB has made a special effort to help the French-speaking part of the country. For several years now, the cantons have been...

Thanks to the many daily round trips offered by the Franco-Swiss airline Lyria, Geneva and Basel can be reached in just 3 hours from Paris. To reach Zurich, allow 4 hours (you continue the journey after passing Basel). And if you're organising your event in Lausanne, you'll need to take the...

An activity of the utmost importance. In Geneva, business travel - including individual trips and MICE - accounts for 80% of overnight stays. The presence in the city of major international organisations such as the UN and the Red Cross obviously has a lot to do with this high figure, generating numerous trade fairs, conferences and...

The demand for eco-responsible seminars and events is exploding. Whatever the reasons, good or bad, greenhushing or greenwashing, CSR criteria are playing an increasingly important role in the choice of destination. Choosing CSR activities, working with committed service providers, assessing the carbon footprint of your event:...

To keep its passengers informed and occupied between Paris, Dijon and the Swiss cities of Basel, Zurich, Lausanne and Geneva, Lyria has just redesigned its on-board information and entertainment portal. This development has been carried out in collaboration with the specialist company Moment - which has already developed digital solutions for the Inoui TGVs...

Since their launch in France last April, Michelin has been steadily expanding the range of its Clefs, the hotel counterpart to its starred restaurants. Following in the footsteps of Italy, Spain, Japan, North America and Thailand, several major European countries are now seeing their most prestigious or distinctive hotels recognised. At the beginning of October...

On the shores of Lake Lucerne, Lucerne is both a charming historic city and a destination with a modern infrastructure, ideal for hosting MICE operations supported by the services of its Convention Bureau. It was by playing with the water of this lake that Jean Nouvel designed the architecture of the KKL, the emblematic...

Nestling at an altitude of 1560 metres at the bottom of the Landwasser valley in Graubünden, Davos, with its 12,000 inhabitants, is the highest town in the Swiss Alps. A holiday resort in summer and a rather posh winter sports centre, Davos is best known internationally for its World Economic Forum, which brings together the world's top business leaders every...

Between the Olympic Games in Paris 2024 and those in Los Angeles in 2028, there's another Olympic capital close to home: Lausanne, the smallest of Switzerland's major metropolises with just 150,000 inhabitants. A dynamic, attractive city all year round, it boasts the title of "Best Small Town in Switzerland".

By the end of 2024, Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) will be making it possible to plan journeys abroad even more flexibly. In addition to purchases at the ticket office and on SBB's online website, new functions on the app will bring together journey planning, ticket purchase and digital assistance in a single location. These services,...

Swiss businessmen are flying more often again. This is the conclusion of a survey conducted by B2B payment services provider AirPlus in the Swiss Confederation. The payment specialist based its analysis on data relating to airline tickets sold to Swiss companies. In the first half of 2024, the number of...

Monika Ribar, President of SBB (Photo: SBB) On 12 August, SBB President Monika Ribar explained the Swiss rail group's strategy in detail in a lengthy interview with the daily Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ). Cooperation in Europe was at the heart of this conversation. Here is a summary of her interview. According to Monika Ribar, the...

Work on the complete reopening of the Gotthard rail tunnel in Switzerland is nearing completion. The tunnel - the longest in the world at 57 km - was damaged by fire at the end of August 2023. Since 19 August 2024, trains have been running through the restored west tube...

Since 2021, Air France has been offering Air France Smart Connect, a combined booking platform developed by Dohop. It enables passengers to book an Air France-operated flight combined with a Transavia flight in a single transaction. The product offers a significant advantage over a simple connecting flight booking. Customers using...

From 2 August 2024, Basel-Mulhouse airport will be welcoming its first non-stop service to a country in the Persian Gulf. The leisure airline Flydubai will be the first UAE carrier to land at Euro Airport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg (BSL). The flights will be operated four times a week by...