TSR, Fre - The Montreux Jazz Festival version 2008 will have 80 instead of 120 concerts in 16 days, all in the same location. Drinks will be cheaper and the "jazz" coins used as money during the festival will be replaced by Swiss francs. The changes come as part of an effort to cut costs, confirming news published earlier this week by Matin Bleu. The Jazz Festival office says the budget this year will be SFr16.3 million, down SFr3m from last year. The festival has operated in the red for the past (continue reading)→
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Montreux, VD, Switzerland
Montreux Jazz Festival 2008 restructures, cuts costs
February 23, 2007 - 10:21 Montreux, VD, Switzerland :: posted by Ellen Wallace
Montreux Jazz Festival tightens its belt
November 24, 2006 - 12:03 Montreux, VD, Switzerland :: posted by Ellen Wallace
24 Heures, Fre - The Montreux Jazz Festival looks likely to open in 2007 without performers at the Casino, although festival authorities say they cannot confirm any changes until the end of 2006. When the 2006 festival closed director Claude Nobs made it clear that without state funds to help balance the budget the festival would need to find ways to cut costs. The Casino is the original festival's home but had to be abandoned in 1991 for the larger Stravinsky Hall. Three years (continue reading)→
Canton rewards Montreux and Lausanne convention groups
November 8, 2006 - 13:10 Lausanne, Switzerland, Montreux, VD, Switzerland :: posted by Ellen Wallace
Le Matin, Fre - Montreux has just pocketed a check for SFr1.7 million francs from canton Vaud for which it has been waiting for five years. The subvention was requested to improve the Montreux convention centre. The canton insisted that the money would be delivered only when it saw signs that Montreux and Lausanne were working together to economize and improve the infrastructure. Late in 2005 the two groups agreed to coordinate some of their work and since then they have joined forces with the tourism offices of the two cities and other services. The group, under the name Swiss Riviera Events, is actively prospecting to bring in new international business. (continue reading)→
Lake Geneva, Montreux, August 2006
August 18, 2006 - 22:01 Montreux, VD, Switzerland :: posted by Ellen Wallace
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Rest assured, Montreux will not be knocked down
August 16, 2006 - 12:09 Montreux, VD, Switzerland :: posted by Ellen Wallace
WRG-FM - Despite the radio station headline, no plans were afoot to knock down Montreux, but WRG does have it right that Franz Weber, noted environmentalist, has gathered enough signatures to stop the town of Montreux from selling a home, bequeathed to it in 1988, to a developer who planned to knock it down and build five new residential buildings.
