Bangkok--Sep 30--TQPR (Thailand)
Zurich, Switzerland’s beautiful cultural and business center has become one of the country’s major tourist destinations. Z?rich is the city with the world’s highest quality of life that has a good deal to offer with all the attractions of city life: eating out, nightlife, fashion, architecture and design. World-famous cultural institutions and mod-ern design can be found here, as can top restaurants and diverse nightlife attractions in the various trendy parts of the city. Throughout the autumn months of 2004, Z?rich Tourism will be initiating several fascinating, varied and exciting events. Z?rich, “Switzerland’s down-town”, invites you to join us, as we celebrate Autumn 2004.
From Bangkok getting to Zurich couldn’t be easier than on SWISS (Swiss International Air Lines), which operates daily non-stop flights (except Tuesday) between Bangkok and Zurich utilzing its brand new Airbus A340-300. This state-of-the-art aircraft features some of the airline industry’s most advanced innovations in comfort throughout the plane and in all classes.
Events / Outlook
freestyle.ch — window to freestyle culture. The titans of freestyle sport, including Snowboard Big Air, Freeski Big Air, FMX Ramp and Skateboard Streetstyle will go into battle for the title of internationally renowned “freestyle.champ” in September 24-26, 2004 at the Landiwiese situated between B?rkliplatz and train station Wollishofen. Admission is free. For further information, please visit www.freestyle.ch.
Swisscom Challenge — women’s tennis event at Schluefweg from October 17-24, 2004 with 28 of the world’s top women players guarantee an unforgettable highlight in tennis. This year Martina Hingis of Switzerland, former world Number 1, celebrates her comeback in a new role: The Swisscom Challenge winner of 2000 uses her expertise to assist players and partners. Tickets to the Swisscom Challenge include the trip to and from the arena by public transport within the canton of Z?rich. For further information, please visit www.swisscom-challenge.com.
Expovina — wine exhibition on board 12 ships will start from October 29 to November 10 2004. The twelve ships of the Z?rich wine exhibition will be casting their anchors at Z?rich’s B?rkliplatz for the 51th time. Upwards of 160 stands aboard the ships docked in Lake
Z?rich will invite visitors to sample a selection of more than 4,000 wines from 24 countries and five continents. Tens of thousands of connoisseurs are looking forward to the world’s largest tasting fair open to the general public. For further information, please visit www.expovina.ch (opens on 2 October 2004).
Whiskyship — the biggest Swiss whisky and cigar festival on six big large lake-cruise ships, with over 800 of the best malt whiskies and some 300 select cigars from all over the world available for direct sales. Moreover, experts will be offering the unique opportunity to “nose & taste” the finest single malts and other specialties at a cost price. Besides the lake cruising ships, the casino ship calls “All Aboard!” is where you can be initiated by profession-als in the world of gambling. 100 great prizes await the winners on Switzerland’s first floating casino. The festival starts from November 25 to 28, 2004 at the Landesteg. For further in-formation, please visit www.whiskyship.ch.
On the scene
Monet’s Garden — The exhibition at Kunsthaus Z?rich, at the main exhibition room of the Museum of Fine Arts Claude Monet' 75 paintings ranging from early Impressionist pieces painted in the 1870s to the monumental ’Grandes D?corations’ — the lateWater-Lily paintings will be on show from October 29, 2004 to February 27, 2005. Among them major works from European and American art museums as well as rarely seen masterpieces from private collections in Switzerland are also exhibited. For further information, please visit www.kunsthaus.ch.
Z?rich Christmas Village and New Year’s Eve fireworks 2004/2005 Spend the festive season with us, with unforgettable Christmas events, extended shopping hours at a beauti-fully decorated downtown area, discover the city on the banks of the Limmat with its yuletide traditions with the Christmas Stroll, and watch the fireworks display at Lake Zurich and the upper Limmat on the night of the New Year’s Eve. Moreover, Zurich hoteliers will offer their guests one night free at various hotels from November 2004 — 10 January 2005, reservation starts from 14 October 2004. For further information, please visit www.zuerich.com
Special Offer
Health check-up in Z?rich
The check-up center of private hospital group Klinikgruppe Hirslanden, which has a network of 1,200 specialists and 90 competence centers, offers guests a tailored health check-up by highly qualified staff with many years of experience and profound expert knowledge in the areas of diagnosis, prevention and early detection. For further Information, please visit www.zuerich.com
For further information please contact:
Tom Van Blarcom / Maetavarin Maneekulpan or Manuela Barrera
TQPR (Thailand) Co., Ltd. Z?rich Tourism
Tel: 0 2260 5820 Tel: +41 1 215 40 92
Fax: 0 2260 5847-8 E-Mail:manuela.barrera
E-mail: [email protected] @zuerich.com
Website:www.zuerich.com End.
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