Switzerland

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) is temporarily reducing its flight operations to Geneva in view of the tighter travel restrictions imposed by the Swiss Federal Council on February 1. The measure will be in force until the end of February. The decision was taken in view of the fact that Swiss operates a so-called "low-cost" model in Geneva....

At the heart of a region with a population of more than 920,000, as the capital of the pharmaceutical and chemical industries, and with its suburbs lying somewhere between Germany and France, Basel has always had its eyes fixed beyond its borders. [caption id="attachment_103265" align="aligncenter" width="460"] The Trireno S-Bahn network...

While the Geneva hotel industry has been particularly hard hit by the consequences of the pandemic, as evidenced by the closure of one of the city's historic flagships, Le Richemond, a new hotel is preparing to enter the market. Expected to open next spring, The Woodward will add to the Oetker Collection, which already boasts...

Like the other rail operators, Lyria is reducing its offer as a result of the restrictions imposed in France and Switzerland. Since 5 November, the Franco-Swiss operator has seriously reduced its frequencies between the two countries. Lyria now only offers three daily return services between France and Switzerland. Two daily frequencies...

It was one of the first European countries to close its borders and impose a strict quarantine. Today it is one of the first countries to relax these same rules. The Swiss Confederation has just reviewed its entry formalities. And this just a few weeks after restricting international arrivals. The...

At the beginning of September, Swiss was still planning to offer seat capacity equivalent to 50% of that for the 2019/2020 winter season. The second wave of covid-19, which includes new travel and quarantine restrictions, will have decided otherwise. Swiss has just published its winter schedules. And if the carrier...

After Zürich last year, CitizenM has now arrived in Switzerland's other major financial centre, Geneva. This new hotel is the second to be opened by the Dutch brand in 2020, after the one in Seattle South Lake Union and before the one in Washington DC, expected by the end of the year, and another planned near the Champs-Elysées in Paris....

The decline in traffic linked to Covid-19 and ever-increasing sensitivity to environmental issues: these are the two factors that have certainly prompted Swiss to develop a new service between Geneva and Zurich... this time, not by air, but by rail. But there's nothing revolutionary about this, as Swiss will be marketing its new...

With the resurgence of infections linked to the covid-19 pandemic throughout the world, and particularly in Europe, travel conditions are once again becoming stricter for potential travellers. In less than two weeks, for example, the United Kingdom has decided to re-impose a quarantine on travellers from Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Perhaps more than anywhere else, the covid-129 pandemic has hit Geneva hard. The city of Calvin is not only Switzerland's second-largest financial and banking centre, after Zurich. Above all, it is an international meeting place, with its international institutions. Nearly 82% from all...

Ecological awareness and the Covid-19 crisis have had at least one positive effect on Europe's railways: the return of night trains. A fine revenge for a mode of transport that seemed doomed 20 years ago. The SNCF in France, the FS in Italy...

The new stage of "extraordinary situation" declared at the beginning of the week in Switzerland means that the Federal Council can order measures for all or part of Switzerland on its own, without consulting the cantons. With Switzerland now approaching 3,000 cases of the coronavirus, new measures have been adopted following an initial series...

Sunday 15 December will go down in the history of Franco-Swiss business travel. The Léman Express begins operations, becoming the largest cross-border regional rail network in Europe, with 45 stations and 230 kilometres of lines. The Léman Express links Geneva to Annemasse with around forty trains. There will be a link every 10 kilometres.

For several months now, Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) has been testing a new ticket integrated into the SBB mobile application with 15,000 users. The trial was so well received by users that SBB decided to extend the new EasyRide service to all public transport users in Switzerland....

One, Six Senses, was taken over by IHG at the beginning of the year, while the other, Alila, has been part of the Hyatt group for barely a year. These two Asian brands, which represent the ambitions of their owners in the luxury resort segment, will soon be making their appearance in Europe. Hyatt has therefore...

In December, Lyria will begin operating 15 TGV Duplex trains redesigned in its own colours. The new trains will offer passengers greater comfort and new services such as free Wi-Fi, with a 30 % increase in seating capacity. The number of daily services will be increased, with eight round trips...

The Circle, the new zone dedicated to business tourism at Zurich airport, is due to open its doors in September 2020: a sort of small town covering an area of 180,000 m², with restaurants, brand-name shops, art galleries and even an outpatient centre at Zurich University Hospital....

Here's a development that runs counter to the renewed popularity of rail travel in Europe in the face of global warming: last year, SBB saw the number of passengers on its international trains fall by an average of 4%. This decline concerned the three main international markets from Switzerland to...

Trainline, the rail and bus travel booking platform, has entered into a partnership with Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), making it possible to obtain tickets from all Swiss rail carriers, including for cross-border journeys to France, Italy, Germany or Austria. Thanks to this partnership,...

Following on from Yotel and Yotelair, a new incarnation of the hotel group is about to make its European debut. Already present in North America and Dubai, YotelPad aims to embody "a unique accommodation concept for long-term stays, offering a ready-to-use model, access to a community and the elimination of...