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Swatch Art Peace Hotel: Boutiques Opening
The opening of the ground floor of the Swatch Art Peace Hotel took place today in Shanghai with four exceptional boutiques in a grandiose architectural environment. The Swatch Art Peace Hotel, an emblematic historical building located at the corner of the Bund and Nanjing Road, reopened today after several years of restoration work that will…
Omega Museum in Biel
Renovated Omega Museum in Biel to reopen on May 3rd The Omega Museum in Biel will open its doors to the public on May 3rd following several months of extensive renovations. The Museum, which opened in January of 1984, is the oldest museum dedicated to a single watch brand. Located just opposite Omega’s headquarters in Biel, it features items…
Solar Impulse maiden flight
On a perfect spring day with a clear blue sky over the Swiss town of Payerne and a dramatic Alpine panorama in the distance, the Solar Impulse prototype plane, HB-SIA, took off on its maiden flight at 10 a.m. on Wednesday. Solar Impulse founders and co-pilots André Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard followed the plane in helicopters throughout its…
Baselworld 2010: The Swatch Art Peace Hotel
Swatch Group introduces the restoration and unique operational concept at the Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai Exhibition at Baselworld details Shanghai’s colourful past, the Peace Hotel’s remarkable renovation , and a unique operational concept Biel / Bienne and Basel, Switzerland, and Shanghai, China, March 2010. The Swatch Group is…
Changes in the Board of Directors
During its last meeting, the Swatch Group Board of Directors made preparations for the Annual General Meeting of May 12, 2010. Due to the increased seating requirements, the 2010 Annual General Meeting will take place at the MCH Swiss Exhibitions Congress Center in Basel instead of Biel / Bienne. The dividend proposed to the Annual General…
Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games
Preface When we recently extended our contract with the International Olympic Committee through 2020, we had a chance to reflect on how things had evolved since 1932, the year that Omega became the first company ever to be entrusted with the timing of every Olympic event. Prior to the Los Angeles 1932 Olympic Games, timekeepers had brought their…