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NOVEMBER 2018 N° 11/2018 (98) 9,60 PLN (8% VAT included) SWITZERLAND CAMBODIA CAIRO PLUS The best venues and attractions Cambodia’s majestic temple Expansion in the shadow Hotel, restaurant, in Lausanne,Bern and Lucerne is much more than meets the eye of the pyramids and airline news MEET THE BIDDER Polish MICE market on the rise NA TOPIE SPIS TREŚCI NOVEMVER 2018 DESTINATIONS COVER STORY 18 BREAK WITH CONVENTION The best venues and attractions in Lausanne,Bern and Lucerne NOVEMBER 2018 N° 11/2018 (98) 9,60 PLN (8% VAT included) SWITZERLAND CAMBODIA CAIRO PLUS The best venues and attractions Cambodia’s majestic temple Expansion in the shadow Hotel, restaurant, 18 in Lausanne,Bern and Lucerne is much more than meets the eye of the pyramids and airline news 10 24 AWE-INSPIRING ANGKOR WAT POLISH MICE MEET THE BIDDER MARKET ON THE RISE Cambodia’s majestic temple is Polish MICE market on the rise much more than meets the eye 28 ANCIENT AND MODERN Cairo - expansion in the shadow of the pyramids 36 WEEKEND ON THE DAUGAVA 28 Inspiring journey to the capital of Latvia 64 4 HOURS IN HELSINKI 4 2 EDITORIAL 3 6 TRENDING Hotel, restaurant, and airline news 50 58 THE LONGITUDE 16 NEW GALAXY NOTE9 AND THE SHORT FOR THOSE WHO WANT OF IT TO HAVE EVERYTHING Breguet timepieces, 48 MERCURE FASHION NIGHT refreshed version BY THE POLISH FASHION of the Marine ACADEMY AND NOVELTIES AT series MERCURE POZNAŃ CENTRUM 52 50 THE PLACE TO WORK AND RELAX 52 AVIS IS AN EXPERIENCED LEADER TURBULENT TIMES Interview with Sascha Hummerich, New challenges for the aviation the General Manager for Poland 40 industry and the Czech Republic at Avis 48 Budget Group 54 ACCOR AMONG THE TOP 100 WORLD’S BEST RECOGNIZED BRANDS Interview with Steven Taylor, 62 BACK TO THE FUTURE Global Chief Brand Officer, New edition of Certina DS PH200M AccorHotels 66 ASK PETER TRIED AND TESTED Piotr Kalita answers questions from 56 La Malmaison Nice our readers PAŹDZIERNIK 2018 businesstraveller.pl businesstraveller.pl NOVEMBER 2018 NOTE9 KNOX Business Traveller 208x275+4mm.indd 1 29/10/2018 14:52 EDITORIAL SPIS TREŚCI Business Traveller Poland ul. 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Enjoy your reading. © 2009 Perry Publications Ltd – a subsidiary of Panacea Publishing International Ltd, United Kingdom EDITOR-IN-CHIEF NOVEMBER 2018 businesstraveller.pl businesstraveller.pl PAŹDZIERNIK 2018 ON TOP ON TOP PRAGUE CELEBRATES other items from the inter-war period when technology and industry in Czechoslovakia 100th anniversary of Czechoslovakia. The the First Republic existed. Those include and the unique products of that time that Museum of the City of Brno at Špilberk One hundred books and examples of design or functional conquered the world. Castle has organized an exhibition called graphics. In Plzeň, western Czechia, you can go on “1918 – What the war took and gave The National Museum of Technology a city tour in the style of the First Republic. us…”, where until the end of this year years of has launced an exhibition entitled “Made The city hall has put on display the original you can admire 9 out of 20 paintings from in Czechoslovakia” (19 October 2018 - 30 manuscript of the Czech national anthem. the renowned “Slav Epic” series by Alfons Czechoslovakia June 2019), presenting the development of Brno in Moravia is also celebrating the Mucha; czechtourism.com Throughout 2018, Prague hosts unique cele- brations, exhibitions, concerts and social and cultural events, commemorating the centenary of Czechoslovakia. On this unique occasion, the National Gallery in Prague has prepared several new exhibitions extending over two floors of the Trade Fair Pa- lace. 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