July 2007 - Edition 2 Montreux-Vevey Tourisme
Lausanne Tourisme
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The multitude of culture and sport events in Lausanne and Montreux-Vevey make summer business stays on the shores of Lake Geneva a must. Discover how the main events, special offers and incentive ideas during the sunny season can add color to your meetings.

 
Majors Event   Seminars & Conferences    Incentive
   
To the rhythm of events 
  Your seminars on the shores of Lake Geneva  
Original ideas
   
Montreux Jazz Festival   Fairmont Le Montreux Palace   Alpine Coaster
   
The Lake Geneva region offers a great variety of sports, music or cultural events all year round. Here is a brief list:

 
Devise a new setting for your summer seminars: on the lakeshores, in a cool forest, in 3 to 5 star hotels, or in our unique Olympic park! 

  • On 6 June, the Montreux Palace joined the collection of Fairmont Hotels & Resorts and was rebaptised "Fairmont Le Montreux Palace".
  • Olympic Museum, Lausanne : a seminar in the world's one and only Olympic Museum means choosing a setting that combines performance and values of sports. 
  • Arboretum national in Lausanne : a meeting in the heart of a luxuriant forest with adapted rooms and equipments? A green seminar associated with sustainable development.  
  • Hôtel Mövenpick in Lausanne .
    15 conference rooms for up to 400 people; ice cream of all possible flavours for a meeting at a stone's throw from the lake.   
     
  • The large conference room Camille Saint-Saëns, which has been entirely renovated, in the Hôtel des Trois Couronnes in Vevey.
  • Alpine Coaster
    The world's highest summer toboggan has opened on Glacier 3000.

    The Alpine Coaster is 1,000 metres long, has 10 turns, including one at 520 degrees, 6 waves, 3 jumps, and 2 bridges. It will give you a real thrill!

    Mad descents that will make your adrenalin go up. At over 6 metres above ground, participants will experience a surge of power.

    Sitting in one of the 30 coasters, you can also admire the view of the surrounding mountains during the 2-minute ride.

    One ride costs CHF 6.00.

  • Sewa Beats
    Rhythmical team building! By combining the primitive language of African percussions with 21st century coaching techniques, course participants soon discover a new and sustainable emotional experience. For groups from 5 to 1,500 participants. 
 
Offres
Special offers for a business clientele
Hôtel Mövenpick
 
  • Olympic package at the Hôtel Mövenpick in Lausanne :
    Double room CHF 330.-
    Single room CHF 255.- 
    Details ››

  • Special offer for August at the Hôtel du Lac in Vevey :
    Half board CHF 365.- a person
    Full board CHF 435.- a person
    Details ››
Out of the Box
AT YOUR SERVICE...Where you can find us in the near future :
  • Workshop SCIB (Switzerland Convention and Incentive Bureau) Francfort & Münich, from 4 to 5 July 2007

  • Trailblazers Dublin, from 13 to 15 July 2007

  • Suisse Emex, from 21 to 23 August 2007. Lausanne: stand 6.314, Montreux-Vevey : stand 6.309

  • IT&ME Chicago, from 24 to 27 September 2007. Lausanne and Montreux-Vevey: stand 511

News & Events

 

Lavaux

  • Lavaux vineyards: part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site : on 28 June, the terraced Lavaux vineyards, which stretch down to the shores of Lake Geneva, cover an area of roughly 900 ha and have a population of 5,300 inhabitants, became part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Details ››

  • Montreux Music & Convention Center : new Internet site. Details ››
Contacts & information
Lausanne Tourisme & Convention Bureau
Mrs Tanja Dubas
Director Sales and Marketing
E-mail :  
dubas@lausanne-tourisme.ch
Internet :www.lausanne-tourisme.ch
Montreux-Vevey Tourisme
Mrs Isaline Corlet
Director Marketing & Sales  

E-mail :  
isaline.corlet@mvtourism.ch
Internet :www.montreux-vevey.com
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