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Geneva, Switzerland, April 21, 2021 / TRAVELINDEX / Unilabs, the leading European diagnostic services provider, and the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the trade association for the world’s airlines, have signed an agreement…

Geneva, Switzerland, March 16, 2021 / TRAVELINDEX / Just over one year since the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic, a new World Economic Forum/Ipsos survey found notable increases in COVID-19 vaccination intent with a…

Geneva, Switzerland, March 10, 2021 / TRAVELINDEX / The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced results from its latest poll of recent travelers, revealing growing confidence in a return to air travel, frustration with…

Geneva, Switzerland, January 13, 2021 / TRAVELINDEX / The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the recovery in passenger demand which had been slowing since the Northern hemisphere’s summer travel season, came to a…

New York, USA, September 14, 2020 / TRAVELINDEX / Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), 5G, distributed ledger technologies and quantum are increasingly being used by financial services firms and forming clusters that…

Grütli, Seelisberg, Uri, Switzerland. August 1, 2020 / TRAVELINDEX / Founding of the Swiss Confederation in 1291 Since 1891, the first of August has been celebrated as Swiss National Day. The date refers to a historic alliance concluded in…

Geneva, Switzerland, May 28, 2020 / TRAVELINDEX / The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released analysis showing that the airline industry’s global debt could rise to $550 billion by year-end. That’s a $120 billion increase…

Geneva, Switzerland, May 1, 2020 / TRAVELINDEX / The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that its rescheduled 76th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit will take place in Amsterdam, the…

Geneva, Switzerland, April 22, 2020 /TRAVELINDEX/ The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for governments to work with the industry on confidence-boosting measures in the face of an anticipated slow recovery in demand for…

Geneva (Switzerland) - March 26, 2020 (travelindex.com) - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed the support of those governments around the world that have provided financial relief to airlines and urged other…

Geneva (Switzerland) . March 13, 2020 (travelindex.com) - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed the announcement by the European Commission (EC) granting the temporary suspension until June 2020 of the 80-20 “use it or…

Geneva (Switzerland) – December 16, 2019 (travelindex.com) – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) asked the European Union to support aviation’s energy transition to sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) as part of the bloc’s Green…

Geneva (Switzerland) - July 9, 2019 (travelindex.com) – Tourism’s unique potential as a tool for driving the global sustainable development agenda has taken center stage at a special event hosted by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) in…

Geneva (Switzerland) – May 3, 2019 (travelindex.com) –WISeKey International Holding Ltd, a leading global cybersecurity, Blockchain and IoT company, WISeCoin AG and the SUNx - Strong Universal Network, announced today a partnership to…

Geneva (Switzerland) – May 2, 2019 (travelindex.com) – Founded nearly 400 years ago, Robert & Fils 1630, currently headed by Gilles Robert – representing the 11th generation of watchmakers – presents an astonishing 100% Swiss Made…

Basel (Switzerland) - December 18, 2018 (travelindex.com) - From 2020, the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie in Geneva (SIHH) and Baselworld in Basel, the two major events in the watch industry, will synchronise their calendars. In…

Davos (Switzerland) - October 23, 2018 (travelindex.com) - The World Economic Forum objects to the proliferation of the use of the "Davos" brand for events that have nothing to do with its own activities. The Forum, together with the City…

Geneva (Switzerland) - April 19, 2018 (travelindex.com) - WISeKey International Holding Ltd, a leading Swiss cybersecurity , Blockchain and IoT solutions company, today announced that it has partnered with TraNexus, headquartered in Dublin,…

Geneva (Switzerland) - January 23, 2018 (travelindex.com) – His Holiness Pope Francis helped open the 48th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting with a special message, passionately calling on participants to overcome fragmentation between…

Geneva (Switzerland) - December 19, 2017 (travelindex.com) - Participants from around the world joined the Official Closing ceremony of the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development 2017 at the Palace of Nations, in Geneva,…

Geneva (Switzerland) - November 24, 2017 (travelindex.com) - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the Passenger Agency Conference (PAConf), composed of IATA’s member airlines, adopted Resolutions for the full…

Geneva (Switzerland) - October 25, 2017 (travelindex.com) - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects 7.8 billion passengers to travel in 2036, a near doubling of the 4 billion air travelers expected to fly this year. The…

Geneva (Switzerland) - July 14, 2017 (travelindex.com) - Tourism can make a strong contribution to the economies of Least Developed Countries where the sector is a major exporter concludes the report ‘Tourism for Sustainable Development in…

Bangkok (Thailand) - January 28, 2017 (travelindex) - Arnoma Grand Bangkok is proud to announce that they have engaged two students of the prestigious Hotel Management School in Geneva, Marie de Freudenreich and Simon Corchia. The school…

Geneva (Switzerland) - December 25, 2016 (travelindex.com) – Green energy generation has reached a tipping point, the World Economic Forum asserts in an investors handbook released on Thursday. The cost of generating energy through solar…

Geneva (Switzerland) - December 1, 2016 (travelindex.com) – Increased integration into the global economy of the economies that comprise the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has made the region a more accessible market for…

Geneva (Switzerland) October 19, 2016 - (travelindex.com) - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects 7.2 billion passengers to travel in 2035, a near doubling of the 3.8 billion air travelers in 2016. The prediction is…

Geneva (Switzerland) - October 17, 2016 - (travelindex.com) - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the Secretariat of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding…

Geneva (Switzerland) - October 7, 2016 - (travelindex.com) – Jeremy Jurgens, Chief Information and Interaction Officer at the World Economic Forum, has been appointed to the organization’s Managing Board. As the Fourth Industrial…

Geneva (Switzerland) - September 18, 2016 (travelindex.com) – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the 2016 World Passenger Symposium (WPS) will focus on key initiatives that are transforming the passenger…

Geneva (Switzerland) - Sept 7, 2016 (travelindex.com) - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expressed optimism for an agreement on a Carbon Offset and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) when governments meet…

Montreal (Canada) - September 2, 2016 (travelindex.com) – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Alexandre de Juniac has officially taken on the role of Director General and CEO of the organization. He succeeds…

Geneva (Switzerland) - May 10, 2016 - (travelindex.com) – The role of Africa in a global economy that is becoming increasingly characterized by machine learning rather than manpower, and where economic prosperity is built on the knowledge…

Geneva (Switzerland) - April 26, 2016 (travelindex.com) – Businesses that are successful in mastering “hypergrowth” – defined as having a compound annual growth rate of over 40% – are increasingly likely to come from a diverse cross-section…

Montreal (Canada) - April 6, 2016 (travelindex.com) - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced a decision of its Board of Governors (BoG), unanimously approved at an IATA BoG meeting today, to recommend Alexandre de…

Geneva (Switzerland) - April 1, 2016 (travelindex.com) – Eleven social entrepreneurs from around the world have been recognized by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship as the 2016 Social Entrepreneurs of the Year. Social…

Davos (Switzerland) - January 28, 2016 (by Bernard Metzger) – Eight senior decision-makers in global finance and economics have agreed to join a high-level Taskforce focused on the Future of the Global Financial System. This group, which…

Geneva (Switzerland) - November 24, 2015 (travelindex) - The heads of major multinationals from Brazil, China, Europe, India and the United States are urging world leaders to reach an ambitious climate deal that they argue will generate…

Geneva (Switzerland) - February 28, 2014 - From super - light cars to smarter drugs, the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Emerging Technologies has identified the top 10 emerging technologies of 2014 that could reshape the…

Geneva (Switzerland) - December 11, 2013 - The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2014, taking place in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland on 22-25 January, will convene under the theme “The Reshaping of the World: Consequences for Society,…

Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) - November 25, 2013 - A new global online platform for entrepreneurs to share their experiences and knowledge, the Global Entrepreneurship Library (GEL), is being launched in conjunction with Global…

Geneva and Santa Clara, CA (USA) – May 24, 2013 – Europe’s oldest luxury hotel brand, Kempinski Hotels, announced today that it has selected Nor1, Inc., the technology leader in upsell solutions, to provide its data-driven upsell platform…

Geneva (Switzerland) - April 4, 2013 – Kempinski Hotels officially opened Palais Hansen Kempinski Vienna with a Grand Opening Gala hosting over 700 guests. Originally designed as a hotel for the 1873 World Exhibition by Theophil Edvard von…

London, (UK) - 6 May 2012 - Dorchester Collection is delighted to announce the appointment of Klaus Kabelitz as general manager of Le Richemond in Geneva. Reporting directly to Dorchester Collection's chief operating officer, François…

Los Angeles, California (USA) - 30 March 2012 - Green Globe today announced certification of the Mövenpick Hotel & Casino Geneva in Switzerland. The hotel is situated on the banks of the largest lake in Continental Western Europe, Lake…

Geneva (Switzerland) - January 16, 2012 - A group of 70 exceptional individuals under the age of 30 will be engaging with world leaders and shaping the agenda at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012, taking place in Davos-Klosters…

The Rolex watch company of Geneva is now accepting pre-applications for the Rolex Awards for Enterprise. For more than three decades, this international philanthropic programme has honoured and supported pioneering individuals whose…