On the lake with Peter Ruegger: the Lake Lucerne Navigation Company has many events on the slate for 2008. In this business profile, spokesman and executive Peter Ruegger talks about the ferry company, its challenges and the changing face of the Swiss tourism industry.

Swiss News › Nbr. 2008, April 2008

Author: Mangold-Vine, Gail

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On the lake with Peter Ruegger: the Lake Lucerne Navigation Company has many events on the slate for 2008. In this business profile, spokesman and executive Peter Ruegger talks about the ferry company, its challenges and the changing face of the Swiss tourism industry.

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Born in 1959 and raised in Zofingen in Canton Aargau, Peter Ruegger began training for his current career at age 16, when he enrolled in the Olten traffic school for a two-year programme, followed by a two-year internship.

"That was the usual way people in the Swiss railway companies or the airline business--includ...

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