Switzerland

Yotel is landing in Geneva, not at the airport itself, but just a few minutes from Geneva Cointrin, almost on the shores of Lake Geneva. Originally known for its capsule hotels in the world's major hubs - its YotelAir brand is present at Paris CDG, Amsterdam Schiphol, London Gatwick, Istanbul and Singapore Changi - the brand is continuing to expand...

2023 was a good year for SBB, with traffic returning to the record levels of 2019. Every day, Swiss trains carried 1.32 million passengers, compared with 1.16 million in 2022. Total passenger traffic for the year was close to 482 million. The return of customers has naturally...

Euroairport Basel-Mulhouse will soon have another airport with intercontinental connections from France and Switzerland. Despite the economic potential of its catchment area (Alsace, Baden-Württemberg and the Basel region), Euroairport Basel-Mulhouse has not offered any intercontinental services for over two decades. The airport handles more than 8 million passengers a year...

As with the vast majority of airports in Europe, Euroairport Basel-Mulhouse, the largest in the Grand-East region and also Switzerland's third-largest airport, continued to return to traffic levels more in line with its importance. Last year, the airport recorded passenger traffic of "only" 11%, below its record...

For the 2024 summer season, Swiss will be offering its passengers an even wider range of European short-haul destinations. According to Tamur Goudarzi Pour, Chief Commercial Officer, "the airline is delighted to be expanding our range of European destinations. This reinforces our commitment to offering a first-class service and a wide choice of destinations...

The modernisation and renewal of track on the French and Swiss networks will result in changes to services on the France-Switzerland route in 2024. According to the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) line programme, TGVs running on the Paris-Geneva-Lausanne route will be affected by the work. Benefits for the railways

Every year, the Horwath HTL consultancy provides an analysis of hotel trends in the DACH region, an acronym that in fact covers Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Three countries whose culture and economic and social structures share many similarities. Like, for example, the predominance of independent hotels in all three countries....

The Hyatt group is continuing to expand its footprint in Europe, this summer in particular with the opening of a Hyatt Regency resort in Bulgaria. Located an hour from Sofia, with a view over Pravets lake, the new establishment is ideal for leisure activities, thanks to its 18-hole golf course, but also for business meetings with its...

Since the launch of their strategic partnership in October 2019, Swiss and Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) have been constantly expanding their joint services and products. The two carriers are extending the Air Rail offer via Geneva airport. This extension will offer Swiss passengers travelling to or from...

At the beginning of the year, the Intercity Hotel brand set up shop in the immediate vicinity of Berlin Brandenburg International airport, continuing a development strategy geared towards business travellers. Being as close as possible to major hubs or central railway stations: this desire had already materialised in Switzerland with a hotel close to the Zurich hub. Now...

The Mandarin Oriental Savoy will welcome its first guests in Zurich this winter. With this announced opening, the Asian luxury group, which has been established in Geneva since 2000 with the purchase of the Hôtel du Rhône, will provide business travellers with an elegant base in Switzerland's two major business cities, the gateways to the...

There's good news aplenty for Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). Demand is soaring and SBB is making money again. In the first half of 2023, the number of daily passengers stood at 1.33 million, an increase of 21.4% compared to the same period in 2022. This...

The same message is appearing on the various rail companies' online booking sites: trains cancelled between France and Italy. The situation is critical for road and rail traffic between the two countries. With torrential rain in the Alps, a landslide occurred on Sunday in the Maurienne Valley...

Considered to be the railway project of the century, the Gotthard Tunnel was dug in the heart of the Swiss Alps. With a length of 57.1 km, it has been the longest tunnel in the world since it opened in 2016. For travellers, the tunnel means considerably shorter journey times. You can travel...

Swiss has therefore decided to capitalise on a trend that benefits business travellers. The airline will be offering its passengers in-flight Wi-Fi from 2 August. And unlike other carriers who have also adopted a "generous" stance towards their connected customers -...

In response to strong demand, Swiss International Air Lines is expanding its flight schedule on European routes for the coming 2023/2024 winter season. It will include new destinations and more frequent flights to some of the airports already served. Swiss's short- and medium-haul network will thus comprise 68 destinations from...

Euroairport Basel-Mulhouse may be a medium-sized airport with 7.05 million passengers in 2022, but it is still subject to regular congestion at its facilities. France's sixth-largest hub has seen more traffic in the past than it does today. In 2019, the airport welcomed 9.1 million passengers. At the time, it ranked...

The first elements of Swiss's 2023-2024 winter programme were unveiled on 26 April. The airline intends to focus on several strategic areas for business travellers, on long-haul routes. The Lufthansa Group carrier will be significantly strengthening its service to Miami. Swiss will be doubling the frequency of flights to...

Refinement and conviviality: this is the promise made by Swiss to mark the reopening of its non-Schengen lounge at Zurich airport. Located in the airport's transit zone in terminal D, the redesigned lounge covers 650 m². Enough space to subdivide the lounge...

So which destinations are the safest to travel to? Every year, different players take part in this exercise, using different methodologies and on different scales. The latest ranking was published in the UK by Which? based on data from STC. Several criteria were combined, including the risk of...