Expat Expo is a prime event for Anglophone community of Switzerland. The event is intended to gather various renowned businesses, organizations, museums, clubs, service providers and buyers together, under one roof. The exhibitors will display their latest goods and valuable services for the English-speaking market of Switzerland. It will provide opportunity to build and promote brand name, create product image, build business contacts with visitors and exhibitors and create future business prospects. The visitors will get chance to see and compare the various products and services, meet face-to-face with industry professionals, learn about various products and gain valuable knowledge abut various brands and services available in the Swiss market. The Expat Expo is a must-attend event for Switzerland's Anglophone residents.
Integrating into a new country can be a daunting process for anyone and Expat-Expo is designed to help the Anglophone community feel quickly at home by showcasing a wide variety of businesses, organisations, museums, clubs and churches from all over Switzerland. In the space of an afternoon, families can find important goods and services such as bankers, doctors, accountants and lawyers, schools and day-care, museums, clubs and churches, even specialty food items. We believe our service contributes greatly to the successful integration of newly arrived families and veteran expats alike and reduces the stresses of integration for expats and their employers.
Come to say "hi" to Know-it-all passport whether you have already purchased your 2011/2012 edition (the pink and black one) or not! Take advantage of the special price of Fr. 35.- instead of Fr. 38.- on the day! We are located at table G12 just near the stairs to the restaurant/bar.
EXPAT EXPO - 6th edition
Palexpo, Halle 7 (the one next to the Arena)
Geneva
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Featuring 160 exhibitors, Expat-Expo is not just for expats! Come to see what the community holds in the way of goods and services such as doctors, accountants and lawyers, schools and day-care, clubs and churches, even specialty food items, books and toys, cosmetics, crafts, and much more. Click here for more information.
Enjoy an exclusive offer for Know-it-all passport readers at the imported American toy store All for Kids! Fr. 5.- off every Fr. 25.- spent at the ALL FOR KIDS booth (table O1) on October 2nd at the Expat Expo in Geneva. The ALL FOR KIDS catalog offers families in Switzerland with fun learning and creative products in English, that are otherwise hard to find here. Check out their complete selection online at www.allforkids.ch. To take advantage of this offer, simply print out this page and bring it with you to the Expat Expo.
This annual rose competition, Concours international de roses nouvelles de Genève, has been held every year since 1947. Of course, the roses are in their glory throughout the season so make sure to get down there before they fade.
Winter's here, and as always the Maison du Lac is transformed with a stylish Scandinavian decor in warm, sophisticated tones. Danish owner and keen decorator Kristine Rasmussen has created a cosy, festive boutique offering stylish, seasonal ideas for your interior. Look out for a host of unusual accessories, a veritable invitation to the delights of hibernation and cocooning: after you have purchased a few essential items at Maison du Lac you will be able to curl up by the fireside with a soft alpaca throw, or watch the snowflakes fall outside your window while sipping a delicious hot chocolate from one of the boutique's mugs, whose captions invite you to "Have tea with me" or sample a rich "latte").
Best of all, you will be able to invite family and friends to a festive meal around a table decked with "reindeer" candleholders and frosted candles. If you are struggling for home decoration and gift ideas this Christmas, this boutique is definitely one to put on your shopping itinerary!
Maison du lac, Rue Saint-Victor 24, 1227 Carouge / Tel. 022 301 8522 / www.maisondulac.ch
If, like many families living in this region, you bought your first sofa from IKEA, then the chances are that it is looking a little worse for wear now – especially if you have young children or own a cat or dog.
Local mom, Sooah Barbieri, did just that and was wondering recently what to do with her old armchairs, which were now looking very stained after several years abuse by her children! When she went to IKEA to buy replacement covers, she was told that her range had been discontinued and they no longer made covers for them.
She was on the verge of throwing them out, when a friend suggested she take a look at the website of Swedish company, Bemz (www.bemz.com). Bemz sells sofa covers that have been designed to fit all of the most popular models of IKEA sofas and chairs, even the discontinued ones. Selling to over 35 countries worldwide, their covers are custom made and are provided in over 160 designs and colors in natural textiles, including those from well known designers such as Designers Guild and Marimekko. Their covers are completely machine washable and are extremely simple to put on and take off.
Sooah first ordered swatch samples, which are free when you register on the site. This took about a week and when she placed an order for her covers, she was told they would take about 6 weeks to arrive, but in fact she received them within 4 weeks, via TNT. Impressively, there were no additional surprises like extra customs duties or taxes on delivery.
According to Sooah, the workmanship on the new covers is excellent and the price (including shipping) compares very favorably to the price she paid for the original ones. She concludes, “This was definitely an inexpensive way to give my poor, milk-stained armchairs a second life!”
So if you want to give your sofa a new lease of life, take a look at www.bemz.com!
Article update 10 November 2010: Sooah received a customs and duties bill from the carrier shortly after she received her order. So be warned, it's not all good news!
