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Swiss Say `Spasibo' as Russians Fill Hotels, Buy Gucci Sleds

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Bloomberg - Jan. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Rolf Seibold, a private banker at Credit Suisse, is posting fliers in grocery stores throughout Zermatt. He's looking for someone to teach him Russian ...
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Skiers face speed cameras as Swiss step up safety - Feature

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Earthtimes - The Swiss insurance company Suva is behind the safety campaign allowing skiers to pit themselves against radars placed at 13 destinations across the country, including Zermatt, Davos and ...
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Tom Stienstra

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San Francisco Gate - In 1994, when I retired, I hiked the Haute Route from Chamonix to Zermatt. In 80-plus miles with 27,000 feet of ascent and 27,000 feet of ...
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Indians' latest craze: Polar vacations

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Daily Pioneer - Zermatt and Lugano in the Italian-speaking Swiss canton are virgin trails for the Indian tourist. "In Austria, Indians are moving beyond Vienna, Salzburg and Innsbruck and are ...
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Sundance Dispatch: Checking In With Jackie The Jokeman

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Cinema Blend - Jackie seemed rather pleased, and even though I lacked his pseudo celebrity to motivate things along behind the hotel counter, the folks at the Hotel Zermatt staff ...
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Stienstra Outdoors: Readers' blister treatment

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San Francisco Gate - In 1994, when I retired, I hiked the Haute Route from Chamonix to Zermatt. In 80-plus miles with 27,000 feet of ascent and 27,000 feet of ...
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Dangers of skiing the Alps

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MSNBC - At one end is Chamonix, France; at the other, Zermatt, Switzerland. In between are enough glaciated ridges and sheer drops to make you wonder why you didn't just ...
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What's new in Germany, Scandinavia and Switzerland

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Seattle Times - Zermatt's former Alpine Museum, now renamed the Matterhorn Museum, has been rebuilt as a glass-dome-covered quasi-archaeological dig, featuring old buildings of Zermatt's past. Lausanne's funicular, connecting the ...
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The Alps' ski-and-see track to the trail

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Chicago Tribune - Based on a January departure, a Zermatt package with Ski Europe starts at ,290 per person. The price includes round-trip airfare from Chicago, round-trip second class rail ...
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The Alps' ski-and-see track to the trail

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Chicago Tribune - The Glacier Express, a.k.a. "Switzerland's most spectacular train ride," is no express. But who wants to rush through country like this. It takes all day to travel ...
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