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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…

Basel (Switzerland) - October 31, 2018 (travelindex.com) - Baselworld presented its hotel partner programme today. A total of 40 hotels became partners of the world watch and jewellery show: 26 of the participating hotels are "Official…

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…

Langkawi (Malaysia) - August 15, 2018 (travelindex.com) - Fifteen of the most innovative start-ups have been invited to the World Tourism Forum Lucerne (WTFL) Start-Up Innovation Camp 2018 taking place at PATA Travel Mart 2018 (PTM 2018) on…

Madrid (Spain) - July 27, 2018 (travelindex.com) - Promoting a greater engagement of the tourism sector with sustainable development is the main objective of the Tourism for SDGs Platform. The online tool is designed to advance the…

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,…

Biel/Bienne (Switzerland) - February 26, 2018 (travelindex.com) - Five years after unveiling Ahton, his now legendary sculpture, master jeweller Andreas Altmann is applying his creativity and expertise to watches suffused with Haute…

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…

Bienne (Switzerland) - October 20, 2017 (travelindex.com) - Swiss watch brand Strom today presents the "In Memorian HR Giger" watch, one of the final projects on which the artist worked before his death in 2014. A veritable "wrist…

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…

Basel (Switzerland) - June 16, 2017 (travelindex.com) - Moevenpick Hotels and Resorts will open a new 264-room hotel in Basel’s city centre in 2019, set to become the hotel group’s flagship hotel in Europe. Located in the heart of the city,…

Lucerne (Switzerland) - May 2, 2017 (travelindex.com) - Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles Candidate for the post of Secretary General of the UNWTO will be in Lucerne to join with around 500 participants from 70 countries will walk the talk and…

Baar (Switzerland) - April 4, 2017 (travelindex.com) - Swiss hotel management company, Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts has signed its first hotel in Ethiopia, in the capital Addis Ababa, as its expansion in sub-Saharan Africa gathers pace.…

Lucerne (Switzerland) - April 2, 2017 (travelindex.com) – The World Tourism Forum Lucerne will take place in central Switzerland for the fifth time from 4 to 5 May 2017. Within the framework of the Forum's global orientation and expansion,…

Basel (Switzerland) - March 31, 2017 (travelindex.com) - Although only 29 Swiss watchmaking and jewellery brands attended the first ever show in 1917, this year’s Baselworld played host to no fewer than 220 companies. And as this major…

Basel (Switzerland) - March 24, 2017 (travelindex.com) - Baselworld 2017, the premier trendsetting show for the entire global watch and jewellery industry, was inaugurated today for the 100th time in the presence of Swiss Federal Councillor…

Basel (Switzerland) - February 24, 2017 (travelindex.com) - In one month, the new creations and innovations of the global watch and jewellery industry will be exclusively presented to the world at Baselworld 2017. Renowned as the one…

Davos-Klosters (Switzerland) - January 22, 2017 (travelindex,com) – Jack Ma, Executive Chairman of Alibaba Group, People’s Republic of China, joins the Foundation Board of the Global Shapers Community, an initiative of the World Economic…

Davos-Klosters (Switzerland) - January 22, 2017 (travelindex.com) – Leaders from business and policy-making are not expecting a return to 1930s-style trade war, despite the populist backlash in parts of the world against globalization and…

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…

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…

Basel (Switzerland) March 25, 2016 (by Bernard Metzger) - Baselworld 2016, the unique and unmissable trendsetting show for the global watch and jewellery industry came to a positive conclusion today after eight eventful and memorable days.…

Davos-Klosters (Switzerland) - January 24, 2016 (travelindex) – Europe is at a critical tipping point and, depending on how much political will is mustered in Brussels and by member states, it could go either way. This year is a determining…

Davos-Klosters (Switzerland) - January 24, 2016 (travelindex) – “Low oil prices will not prevent, will not limit, will not stop energy reform,” Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto told participants at the World Economic Forum Annual…

Davos-Klosters (Switzerland) - January 24, 2016 (travelindex.com) – Concern has been growing over the past two years that the global public Internet is in danger of splintering into a series of bordered cyberspace segments. Troubling trends…

Davos-Klosters (Switzerland) - January 24, 2016 (travelindex.com) – Despite significant market turbulence in the beginning of this year, there are reasons to remain cautiously optimistic about the trajectory of the global economy throughout…

Victoria (Seychelles) - April 8, 2013 - Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles Minister responsible for Tourism and Culture, answered questions from the European press on his participation at the third World Tourism Forum Lucerne which will be…

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…

St. Moritz (Switzerland) - March 25, 2013 - AG Grand Hotels Engadinerkulm St. Moritz is delighted to announce that, as of 1 April 2013, Heinz E. Hunkeler, the current Director of Grand Hotel Kronenhof, Pontresina will take over the…

Zurich (Switzerland) - October 14, 2012 – The international hotel group Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts continues to expand its portfolio in China. The future deluxe hotel will be located in Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province and the…

a Rippe, Switzerland - September 8, 2012 - On August 22, WATA signed a partnership agreement with asr Allianz selbständiger Reiseunternehmen – Bundesverband e.V. to develop business opportunities, exchange expertise, and join forces on…

Gstaad (Switzerland) - 18 August 2012 - Gstaad Palace has announced the appointment of Melanie Ehlert as its new Director of Sales and Marketing. Arriving in the Swiss chalet village with experience in the luxury hospitality industry across…

Basel (Switzerland) - 12 June 2012 - Continuing its dedication and passion for innovation in design, W Hotels Worldwide today unveiled the works of the 2012 W Hotels Designers of the Future Award winners during Design Miami/ Basel. Now in…

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…

Alicante (Spain) - April 5, 2012 - Volvo Ocean Race CEO Knut Frostad issued a statement on Wednesday expressing his concern at the continuing instances of boats suffering serious damage in the 2011-12 edition. Frostad, who competed in…

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…

Lausanne (Switzerland) - 8 March 2012 - The third annual Young Hoteliers Summit, held at the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, is fast approaching and promises to deliver value to students and the hospitality industry by offering collaboration…

Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 27 January 2012 – African leaders called for greater market integration on the continent, the freeing-up of border controls and more coordination in developing infrastructure, with Alpha Condé, President of…