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LONDON - Room Rates Fall Across All Continents
The average price of a hotel room around the world fell by 12% last year,
according to the latest Hotels.com Hotel Price Index.
COPENHAGEN - Milestone Systems, the open platform company within IP video management
software, sets up subsidiaries in Australia and Spain to support continued
long-term business growth in these regions.
SAO PAULO - TAM S.A. (NYSE: TAM, BOVESPA: TAMM4) will release its results for the
fourth quarter 2008 (4Q08) on March 31, 2009. The information will be
available on the company’s website www.tam.com.br/ir, and through the CVM
(Comissao de Valores Mobiliarios) and SEC (Securities and Exchange
Commission) “before market open”. The conference calls in Portuguese and
English will be Tuesday, March 31 at 10:00am and 11:30am (Eastern Time),
respectively. More information to be provided later.
COPENHAGEN - Saxo Bank, the Online Trading and Investment Specialist, Today
Announces the Opening of a New Office in Milan
BASINGSTOKE, England - Latest Global Beverage Forecasts from Canadean
The combined forces of the economic downturn and environmental pressures
are causing a sharp slowdown in the global bottled water market, according to
a recent analysis by global beverage industry specialists, Canadean. The
situation is most marked in the USA, where Canadean is forecasting annual
growth of under 1% for the next five years. This is a significant
deceleration from the double-digit rates seen from 2000 to 2008, and has
major implications for the PET plastics industry, in particular.
LONDON - The Economics of Lithium (11th Edition)
www.roskill.com/reports/lithium
- New Report From Roskill Analyses Worldwide Lithium Supply and Demand
LONDON - Security concerns in the present world continue to grow in intensity and
complexity. This opens the door to many opportunities within the European
biometrics market, which is expected to experience substantial growth in the
coming years despite the current economic downturn. Many of the common
identity management measures currently in place such as access cards,
employee IDs, password protection, personal identification numbers (PINs),
passports, and the like, can be forgotten, lost, disclosed, or changed.
Biometrics offers a more secure solution because it identifies an individual
through the unique physiological or behavioural patterns.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Attn: Healthcare Editors
Screening for prostate cancer can reduce deaths by 20%, according to the
results of the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer
(ERSPC) published online 1700 hours CET 18 March (NEJM, Online First*). ERSPC
is the world’s largest prostate cancer screening study and provides robust,
independently- audited evidence, for the first time, of the effect of
screening on prostate cancer mortality.
BOZEN, Italy - Health Robotics today announced the European launch of its i.v.STATION
Robot with a demonstration at the European Association of Hospital
Pharmacists in Barcelona, Spain [Booth 21, Level -1] next week. Health
Robotics also announced an updated list of the i.v.STATION installations
around the world, and the simultaneous showcase of CytoCare(TM), the world’s
only Chemotherapy IV Robot, at the EAHP booth of one of its strategic
partners (B|Braun, Booths C9-C12).
UTRECHT, The Netherlands - InterRailing is about much more than just getting from A to B, announces
the Eurail Group G.I.E.
LONDON - New Slovenian Client Expands Ventyx Leadership in Global Nuclear Market
Ventyx(R), the world’s largest private software provider to the energy
and utility industry, today announced that Nuklearna elektrarna Krsko d.o.o.
(NEK) has selected the Ventyx Shift Operations Management System (eSOMS)
software solution to enhance the efficiency, productivity and safety of the
utility’s operation and maintenance activities at its Krsko Nuclear Power
Plant. The new license with NEK marks the continuing expansion of Ventyx’s
customer base in the nuclear industry, where the company owns unparalleled
market share and deep domain expertise unmatched in the enterprise software
market.
HOLLYWOOD, California - 2008 was the year that America saw Los del Rio (LDR) back on television
to celebrate the Quinceanera of “Macarena” and promote their new album. In
Latin America, the Quinceanera, much like the American “Sweet Sixteen,” marks
the celebration of a young girl’s fifteenth year and is commemorated in a
unique way from her other birthdays. This year in the U.S. alone, it is
estimated that over 400,000 Latinas will have parties marking this festive
occasion. With the release of Quinceanera Macarena, Los Del Rio’s debut album
for IMC (International Music Content Records), Antonio Romero and Rafael Ruiz
are hoping the fun will include dancing the “Macarena” all over again. If you
haven’t heard by now, Macarena, is the biggest selling Latin Single in Music
History and only second to Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind.”
LONDON - Celebrity Cruises (www.celebritycruises.co.uk) ‘Celebrity Eclipse’
has been announced as the third-ship in the new Solstice class and is the
first to sail from Southampton for a full season, being inline with
continuing ship investment to markets outside mainland North America. The
five-star contemporary ship, uniquely designed with interiors by Tihany
Design, offers five different European and Mediterranean cruising itineraries
from April 2010 designed for travellers who prefer to depart from the UK.
ARNHEM, The Netherlands - Favorable Market for Energy Consulting, Testing and Certification
Activities
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