Market intelligence

BASINGSTOKE, England - The combined pressures of the economic downturn and volatile energy and packaging materials prices have intensified competition and created fundamental change in food and beverage markets over the last two years according to a new report published by beverage research specialists, Canadean.

MELBOURNE, Australia - Effective Measure Extends its Lead in Online Privacy Effective Measure today announced plans to roll out a new industry leading visitor opt out mechanism that promises a new benchmark in visitor privacy.

LONDON - European Schedules Down by 8%; Asia Relatively Stable - Flights and Capacity Within North America Continue to Decline Sharply - Middle East and Africa Buck the Trend With Healthy Growth in Air Travel The world's airlines have scheduled 6% fewer flights for April 2009 compared with the same month last year, with a 3% drop in seat capacity, according to the latest statistics from OAG (www.oagaviation.com), the world's leading aviation data business and part of UBM Aviation.