Industry Elite to be Honoured at Frost & Sullivan’s Excellence in Best Practices Awards Banquet

September 27th, 2009 LONDON - Frost & Sullivan held its prestigious 'Excellence in Best Practices Awards Banquet' on Thursday, September 24, 2009 at the Marriott Marble Arch, London. (LOGO: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO) The Frost & Sullivan 'Excellence in Best Practices Awards Banquet' honours those companies whose diligence, perseverance, and dedication have enabled them to excel in the increasingly competitive global marketplace.

September 14th, 2009 LONDON - Frost & Sullivan will host its prestigious 'Excellence in Healthcare Awards Banquet' on Thursday, October 8, 2009, at the Guoman Charing Cross, London. (Logo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO) Frost & Sullivan's highly competitive awards recognise companies in a variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development.

July 29th, 2009 LONDON - Security standards in the international hospitality industry need to be urgently reviewed in response to the growing global terrorist threat. In the last twelve months, the number of deadly attacks on luxury hotels has accelerated significantly, and the bombings of the Ritz-Carlton and Marriott hotels in Jakarta a couple of weeks ago highlight yet again how urgent this need has become.

July 29th, 2009 BERLIN - - "European Property Award" for Best Real Estate Office and Best Real Estate Agent Website Goes to Berlin Capital Investments; - Sales-Service for International Real Estate Customers and "Serviced Living"-Concept Honoured; - Structure and Operation of Innovative Real Estate Agent Website for International Customers Convinced the Jury Berlin Capital Investments (www.berlin-capital.com). The international business division of Zabel Immobilien KG has been honoured with the European Property Award as being the Best Real Estate Office as well as having the Best Real Estate Agent Website.

July 6th, 2009 MANCHESTER, England - - With Photo United Utilities has scooped the top national award for responsible business practice. The organisation, which keeps the taps flowing and loos flushing for seven million customers in the North West as well as operating and maintaining electricity and gas networks, has won the coveted Business in the Community (BITC) Company of the Year Award.

May 28th, 2009 LONDON - Frost & Sullivan celebrated the success of outstanding business achievement at the "2009 Growth Excellence Awards Banquet" on Wednesday 20 May. (Logo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO) Movers and shakers from around the world were honoured during this event which was held at the Sofitel St.

May 27th, 2009 LONDON - "We have seen the economy bottom out in early May with indicators all around us that the recovery has started, confidence is driving an upswing in all market sectors." With a positive outlook ahead, Frost & Sullivan's Chairman David Frigstad inspired the 120 plus CEOs and their growth teams that gathered in London last week for GIL 2009: Europe, Growth, Innovation and Leadership Congress on Corporate Growth. GIL Global is the industry's only event designed to support senior executives in their efforts to achieve sustainable, top-line growth.

March 24th, 2009 LONDON - The Healthcare Group at Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce its 2009 Quarterly Analyst Briefing Presentation on the European Medical Imaging Equipment Market to be held on Wednesday, 1st April 2009, at 4 p.m. GMT. (Logo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO) In 2006 the third amendment of the electrical equipment safety standard was introduced, requiring that manufacturers of electro-medical equipment have a formal risk management process.

March 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Global and European Awards recognise Healthcare Excellence The Healthcare industry's top performers were honoured at Frost & Sullivan's 'Excellence in Healthcare Awards Banquet' on Thursday 19 March at ZSL London Zoo, London. (Logo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO ) In a time of economic uncertainty, these awards are a testament to the Healthcare industry's continued success and growth, with companies awarded across various disciplines including Product Innovation, Green Excellence, Product Quality, Research Excellence and Company of the Year.

March 17th, 2009 LONDON - Industry's Top Performers Remain Successful Despite Economic Downturn The current economic downturn has had an undoubtedly profound effect on companies from every industry across the globe. The news is littered with stories of bankruptcy, budget cuts, delayed projects and downsizing.

August 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Lok Sabha Speaker, Meira Kumar, on Monday felicitated artistes of Oscar winning 'Slumdog Millionaire' before the movie was screened for the lawmakers. A special screening of the movie was held for members of both the houses.

April 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Eight of India's leading scientists were Friday honoured with Thomson Reuters Research Excellence - India Research Front Awards for their groundbreaking work and influential contribution to global research and development. The eight awardees were presented with the accolade after their research was analysed using Thomson Reuters Research Front Methodology to assess their level of influence on specific scientific fields, Thomson Reuters said in a release here.

March 13th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Magazine Publishers Association of Singapore (MPAS) with support from Pressmart has launched the first Singapore Magazine Awards to recognize the best magazine publishers in Singapore. Pressmart is the leading hosted print-to-online publishing service in the world with publishers from over 45 countries using its services and MPAS is an organization dedicated to best practices in Singapore's professional magazine publishing industry.

March 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra will receive the Nielsen Box Office Award for outstanding contribution to Asian cinema. The award will be presented during the 3rd Annual Asian Film Awards March 23.

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - State-run steelmaker Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) Thursday announced its SAIL HR Excellence Awards for seven Indian manufacturing firms including Tata Motors and Jindal Steel. The SAIL has instituted the award to commemorate its 50th year of production.

April 7th, 2009 LONDON - Jade Goody has been honoured with a posthumous award for her TV appearances. The former Big Brother star, whose funeral was held on Saturday, was given 'Ultimate Reality Star' gong at the first ever Digital Spy Reality TV Awards.

August 4th, 2009 LONDON - A cookbook that can enable one to taste a dish before it is made is among the winners of the 2009 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), which have just been announced. It has been designed by Scott Shim of Ohio State University and Xi Calvin Chen of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.

February 15th, 2009 NEW YORK - After winning top honours at the Golden Globes and BAFTA, Oscar favourite 'Slumdog Millionaire' has won an award at the Art Directors Guild Awards. Danny Boyle's movie was named the Best Contemporary Film at the black-tie ceremony held at Beverly Hills Saturday.

August 24th, 2009 INDONESIA - Pressmart Media Ltd, (www.pressmart.com), a global leader in the digital publishing and delivery solutions, today announced the launch of "Pressmart-Indonesia Print Media Awards (IPMA)" in a bid to recognize the best publishing houses in Indonesia over the calendar year 2009, just after associating with the magazine publishers in Singapore, for its awards as the lead sponsor. IPMA will be conferred annually starting February, 2010, is the exciting new competition created to promote magazines, tabloids and newspapers - both in print and digital and also encourage the publishing industry in Indonesia.

March 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - American actor Tom Hanks is to be honoured by his peers at a star-studded gala tribute in New York. The double Oscar winner will be honoured at the 36th annual Film Society of Lincoln Centre gala by stars like Sally Field, Ron Howard, Mike Nichols and Julia Roberts, reports Contactmusic.