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In keeping with its premium product range, leading Swiss e-bike specialist Flyer has expanded its selection of add-on accessories. The enlarged selection includes a choice of bags, safety jackets, a shopper and (from 2016) a new top quality bikers' clothing collection – all in exclusive Flyer look.
The Switzerland-based World Tourism Forum Lucerne is to expand its international orientation at two key events in China in 2016 – the "World Tourism Development Convention" in Beijing in May followed by the "WTFL Innovation Day China" in September.
The Swiss E-bike manufacturer Flyer complements its model portfolio for 2016 with the fast U series and the Uproc7 electric mountain bike. Both models are equipped with the exclusive FLYER Intelligent Technology (FIT), with which Biketec takes system integration and proprietary innovative components to a new level.
A full-suspension trekking e-bike and a new folding bike – leading Swiss e-bike specialist Flyer has already announced its first new models for 2016.
Ischgl is hurtling its way into the motorcycling season by inviting all makes of bikes to the Alps’ highest biker meet from 6 to 9 August 2015 at 2,300 metres altitude. It will be a weekend full of motorbikes, guided tours and parties.
Switzerland-based city travel specialist travel.ch has entered into partnership with the US online travel portal Expedia Affiliate Network. Under the deal, travel.ch clients will now be able to access 70,000 additional hotels – and benefit from even lower prices.
More and more businesses are relying on the Swiss company DSwiss and its SecureSafe high-security online data storage service to protect their data from misuse. By the end of this year, the company predicts a growth of around 300 percent in the business sector. Demand is particularly high among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Innovation as the driving force behind international tourism was a major theme which dominated this month's 4th World Tourism Forum Lucerne in Switzerland. Reason enough therefore to launch the event's first "Start-up Innovation Award", won by initiatives from Vietnam, the USA and Australia.
Sharing economy and digitalization take centre stage at the 4th World Tourism Forum Lucerne. The 4th World Tourism Forum Lucerne has closed in an air of optimism at the end of the two-day event in the central Swiss city, attended by some 450 participants from the international travel and tourism industry. The overriding opinion among participants – the sharing economy, dynamic digitalization and ever increasing technology remain the mega trends within the global tourism sector.
Some 450 specialists from 65 countries – representatives of tourism, economics, politics, finance and science – are assembling in central Switzerland for the 4th World Tourism Forum Lucerne. Over the next two days they will discuss changes and challenges facing the global travel and tourism industries. One of the keynote speakers is Jeremy Rifkin, Founder and President of the US-based Foundation on Economic Trends.
Switzerland-based e-bike pioneer Biketec predicts a record year for 2015 – despite the continuing strength of the Swiss Franc. Thanks to increased investment in research and development, the manufacturer of the internationally acclaimed FLYER range is planning to expand into new foreign markets. July will also see the appointment of Christian Müller to the newly-created post of Chief Sales Officer.
The 4th World Tourism Forum, Lucerne, to be held in central Switzerland on 23 and 24 April 2015, has selected Azerbaijan as its first-ever guest country. The aim – to initiate more focus on emerging markets.
Biketec of Switzerland – the country's leading manufacturer of E-Bikes – has taken an international award for its new mountain bike model, the Flyer Uproc6. The company, competing against strong opposition, won the honour at the "Design & Innovation Award 2015" organized by the German trade publications "Enduro Mountain Magazine" and "E-Mountainbike Magazine".
On 23 and 24 April 2015, top tourism industry specialists and speakers from more than 60 countries will assemble in Switzerland for the 4th World Tourism Forum Lucerne.
The Swiss electric bike manufacturer Flyer, situated in Huttwil (BE), is launching three new electric mountain bikes in 2015 (E-MTB) and setting new technical standards in the process. The new flagship "Uproc6" combines technically pioneering benefits with timeless design. Flyer also has new models in the urban range.
Holidaymakers generally favour the idea of sustainable travel, but are not willing to pay significantly more for a “sustainable” holiday. This finding was confirmed in a study conducted by the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts in preparation for the World Tourism Forum Lucerne 2011. The study is based on the responses of nearly 5,000 Swiss customers of the travel operator Kuoni.
The second World Tourism Forum Lucerne – dedicated to the topic “Sustainability in tourism: Challenges, pathways and intelligent business models” and attended by 230 participants from around the world – drew to a close at the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne. Besides a series of keynote addresses, the Forum centred on numerous interactive workshops, breakout sessions and a World Café, not to mention networking events at the highest level held throughout the three days. “We saw that it is essential for all stakeholders to work together if we’re going to make any decisive progress in the areas of sustainability and talent management”, concludes Martin Barth, General Manager of World Tourism Forum Lucerne. The event attracted 230 decision-makers from 30 countries to Lucerne, clearly surpassing the number and the importance of participants of the first event in 2009. The three-day Forum offered a comprehensive overview of trends and developments in tourism.
The second World Tourism Forum Lucerne got under way this afternoon with an opening event hosted by its General Manager, Prof. Martin Barth. The three-day international summit is fully dedicated to the topic “Sustainability in tourism: Challenges, pathways and intelligent business models” and 230 members from 30 countries have travelled to Lucerne to participate.
World Tourism Forum Lucerne is scheduled to take place for the second time at the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne from 13-15 April 2011. With its select group of participants and renowned speakers from the international tourism scene, the Forum offers CEOs as well as young talents a unique opportunity to discuss the very latest global developments and challenges affecting the industry and to further expand their network of contacts.
World Tourism Forum Lucerne is scheduled to take place for the second time at the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne from 13–15 April 2011. Since its successful start in 2009, the Forum has gained the status of a major summit of the
international tourism industry. So far, numerous prominent speakers from Switzerland and abroad have agreed to participate in the event, where they will engage in a solution-oriented dialogue on the challenges facing the tourism industry in the coming decade.
