In the morning we checked out from Magnificent Hotel and we drove by bus to the Shanghai office of Panalpina. There we had the great opportunity to meet the COO of Panalpina, Mr. Karl Weyeneth who was on a business trip in China. Mr. Weyeneth gave us a short and interesting introduction about his company […]

This morning, we had an early start. Our personal bus and tour-guide had already arrived by the time we made it down stars to the Lobby. We all filed on the bus and departed for our first business visit, Geberit. On the way, we able to enjoy a traditional Chinese breakfast of Dimsum, crab and […]

00:00, most of us were entering the biggest club in Shanghai called Babyface. After we had settled our selves we started ordering the first drinks from the waiter, as always bargaining for a better price. Ordering at the bar is not possible in this club, which was rather confusing at first. After dancing for a […]

Our first domestic flight took us to Shanghai. Since the flight was scheduled very early, we had to leave the Hotel Harmony at 5 AM. Some of us tried to stay up the whole night in order to make sure not to miss the plane.  At the end all of us managed it, but the […]

After the interesting speeches yesterday evening we looked forward to visiting the Bird’s Nest (Olympic Stadium) and the Great Wall. In the morning rush hour we drove by coach to the Olympic City were we admired the very impressive national stadium which was constructed by the Swiss architects Herzog and de Meuron. From the outside […]

At 08:00 a.m. we met at the lobby of our hotel for a sightseeing trip to the Forbidden City. We were welcomed by Suzy, our official tour guide, who accompanied us. We all experienced the real group tourist feeling, as Suzy was walking in front of our group holding a flag in her hands. This […]

Dear all, After a successful and very interesting Field Trip to China last year, ZHAW School of Management and Law has again organised a field trip to China under the lead of Prof. Rene Ruettimann! This year, the trip will start on Wednesday 24th June with a dinner at one of the most famous Beijing […]

The last 17 days have been very interesting and exhausting too! The group had a fantastic time in China and Hong Kong! The whole trip went very smoothly and no serious things happend.  The trip ended yesterday with a interesting company visit. Today, the first students have already left Hong Kong this morning while others extend their […]

Last day of our China-Trip – the sky was crying! At it place, it must be mentioned that we were very lucky with the weather during the last 2.5 weeks. Today, we visited Kühne & Nagel, the leading logistic company around the world. After an interesting presentation about the business, Mr. Looschen invited us for […]

Once more, we left early in the morning as we had a tight program and finally, the transfer toHong Kong. We left the hotel shortly before 8am and we made our way through the rush hour to the SGS branch where we arrived 10 minutes prior to our schedule arrival time. Kimmo Ahtokari and Janet Chu […]