The latest dispatch from our anonymous on-site correspondent in Davos, Switzerland, for the 2013 World Economic Forum. Check out the rest of the series here. 

Reuters interviewed Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, directly in front of the Reuters Library this morning. No sooner had the cameras packed up than UK Prime Minister David Cameron and his posse walked by on their way to the Congress Center, while an armored van with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev exited in the opposite direction. Our prime location at the Davos Library ensures that everyone entering or exiting the Congress Center passes in front of Reuters.

Above, Global Sales & Marketing Managing Director Christopher Perry smiles as Reuters interviews Boris Johnson in the background. (more…)

The latest dispatch from our anonymous on-site correspondent in Davos, Switzerland, for the 2013 World Economic Forum. Check out the rest of the series here. 

The World Economic Forum kicked into high gear today, with the Congress Center rocking with business meetings and programs all day, as well as the opening reception this evening. Now that dusk has fallen, the Reuters library is lit with orange spotlights, bathing the building in a soothing color reminiscent of an orange-and-cream ice cream bar.The Reuters library has been booming all day, starting with the 6 a.m. to  8 a.m. television show where Reuters TV journalist Axel Threfall interviewed an impressive series of government leaders and business and financial CEOs. Throughout the day staffers handed out Reuters magazine to everyone who passed by on the way to the Congress Center, and at sundown our executives gathered for an evening check in.

The town of Davos has been transformed into a warren of business offices, with companies such as RBS and Barclays renting entire storefronts as a meeting space and visibility center.

Others rent space in the Steigenberger Belvedere, but in all cases it’s business, business, business. Rumor has it some local shop owners pay their entire year’s rent on what some companies (not Thomson Reuters!) pay for one week.

More World Economic Forum coverage:

• Follow live and taped interviews with financial and government leaders online on Reuters Insider.
• Watch coverage and read what Reuters journalists are saying on Reuters.com.
• And catch up with our correspondent’s earlier posts: Davos Diary: Monday and Davos Diary: Tuesday

The latest dispatch from our anonymous on-site correspondent in Davos, Switzerland, for the 2013 World Economic Forum. Check out the first post here. 

Tuesday, Jan. 22: Security in Davos has transformed itself overnight, with high security fencing cordoning off the Congress Center and passes needed for everything. Passes for cars to enter the security zone: AA means you can go in, no AA means you have to go around.  (more…)

Here is the first dispatch from our anonymous on-site correspondent in Davos, Switzerland, for the 2013 World Economic Forum.

Arrived in Davos on a snowy weekend, with large luscious snowflakes falling. The number one thing I’ve been warned about is that the city of Davos does not salt their streets and sidewalks to preserve the pristine water, so I arrive with boots with treads, snow crampons and a bottle of ibuprofen in case I actually do fall. But never fear; a small army of storekeepers are sweeping in front of their stores, the municipal snow cleaner is plowing away and a small army of Swiss policemen have been pressed into auxiliary snow removal.   (more…)