Travel in Switzerland

Millions of people look to TikTok every day to plan their next vacation. So airlines, destination marketers, and hotels create short videos on the platform to influence final booking decisions.

Climeworks, a startup that directly captures carbon dioxide from the air, is partnering with Swiss Air Lines to remove tons of CO2 on behalf of the European airline in one of the first deals of its kind.

There's nothing like the thrill of skiing and snowboarding—but it's no secret that mountain sports are expensive hobbies. After purchasing cold weather gear, travel, and lodging, the last thing you want to do is overpay for lift tickets.

Climeworks, a startup that directly captures carbon dioxide from the air, is partnering with Swiss Air Lines to remove tons of CO2 on behalf of the European airline in what appears to be the first deal of its kind.

China has announced a 15-day visa-free entry for citizens of six additional European countries: Switzerland, Ireland, Hungary, Austria, Belgium, and Luxembourg.

Most cities are known for something. In Los Angeles, it’s movies. In Paris, it’s fashion. And in Zurich, Switzerland’s gleaming metro set along a lake dotted with white swans and shiny bikes, it’s money. To be more specific, it’s “serious money,” as a Swiss colleague insisted during our afternoon tea. In Zurich, the serious money of the world is deployed, managed, and grown for generations to come. Accordingly, the people that hold the serious money of the world need somewhere to stay when a trip to Zurich is called for. As another Swiss businessman told me: “There’s only one place you stay when you come to visit your money in Switzerland. It’s the Baur au Lac.”

When I decided to visit Germany, Austria, Italy, and Switzerland for the first time in just two weeks back in 2022, I wanted to take trains and maximize my time exploring each country.

What makes one passport more powerful than another? The best-known passport ranking, from London-based investment migration consultancy Henley & Partners, focuses solely on visa-free travel. Essentially, the more countries a citizen can visit without a visa, the better. In that ranking, six nations—France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore and Spain—tie for the top position, with 194 visa-free destinations apiece. (In 2024, the U.S. is tied for sixth, with 189.)

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Emily Crider . It has been edited for length and clarity.

Now we’re in March, it seems as if spring might be just around the corner. As the flowers bloom and baby animals appear, it’s a great time to plan a trip to some of Europe’s most beautiful destinations.

The area around Hardcastle in West Yorkshire springs into life in mid-March. The woodland floor transforms as if by magic into a soft carpet of wildflowers with bluebells appearing later in the season. The area was once called Little Switzerland because of its steep lush valleys bisected by rushing rivers, silver streams and footpaths. We found it to be the perfect antidote to winter, with shafts of golden sunlight casting their magic rays on all the lovely foliage. Head for a nice pub lunch at the Old Gate in Hebden after a morning walk.Nigel

The table is set with a crisp white tablecloth, there’s a soft glow from a tablelamp and outside the window, snow-dusted trees are whizzing past at 120 kilometres per hour.

Current members Christina Foerster, Harry Hohmeister, Detlef Kayser to leave on June 30, 2024, Remco Steenbergen to leave on May 7, 2024. Grazia Vittadini and Dieter Vranckx newly appointed. Michael Niggemann to additionally serve as interim CFO.

Air Botswana is the flag carrier of Botswana operating scheduled flights to domestic destinations such as Maun, Kasane, Francistown and Gaborone as well as regional destinations including; Cape town, Johannesburg, Lusaka and Harare.

7-night itinerary with MSC Opera to some of the most sought-after winter sun destinations in the Canary Islands and Madeira – sales now open.

The airline has also relaunched its route from Newcastle to Amsterdam for next summer.

To address the main topics, the meeting will focus on health and wellness tourism, sustainability, the promotion of premium tourism in mountain areas, emerging tourism products and the training and recruitment of human talent. 

A major transformation is underway at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).

Located high in the mountainous Engadine in Switzerland, St Moritz is the famed Alps ski town in which Badrutt’s Palace is located. A historic ski resort attracting the rich and famous, as well as young European aristocrats, St Moritz continues to amaze.

A stellar December with double-digit growth in hotel overnights from the UK helped make 2023 the most successful year for travel from the UK to Switzerland in over a decade. Compared to 2019 – before Covid – Switzerland recorded +2.8% of hotel overnight stays of UK travellers in 2023. At a recent conference in Zurich, Switzerland Tourism announced that of all European countries, the results for the UK stood out.

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