Air China Offers Tourists Exclusive Lhasa-Kathmandu RouteSeptember 20th, 2009 BEIJING -
- Passengers can view Mount Everest from their aircraft
Air China has seen a huge increase in Chinese tourists visiting Nepal. There are now 70 times more Chinese tourists visiting the country than in 2002, the year that Nepal became a tourist destination for Chinese people.
Powertech Awarded Shell Contract for High Capacity Hydrogen Fuelling StationSeptember 9th, 2009 VANCOUVER - Powertech, BC Hydro's subsidiary specializing in clean energy solutions, announced today that it was selected by Shell Hydrogen, LLC to provide a new hydrogen-fuelling station at its gasoline retail station in Newport Beach, California. The station will soon provide California drivers of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles with more flexibility as it expands the network of available hydrogen fuelling stations.
Groundbreaking Maritime Simulator Ship Simulator Professional Introduced at MARSIM'09August 17th, 2009 ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands and PANAMA CITY, Florida - Simulation developer VSTEP announces the worldwide release of their award-winning maritime training and simulation software Ship Simulator Professional v2.0 and Instructor Station at the International Conference on Marine Simulation and Ship Manoeuvrability - MARSIM '09, in Panama. Aimed at maritime professionals, Ship Simulator Professional uses interactive 3D technology from the computer gaming industry to offer a high quality, professional maritime training and simulation tool.
French Advertisement Website First one With Direct ChatAugust 3rd, 2009 CANNES, France - The French advertisement website www.marche.fr will be offering its visitors and advertisers the option to chat with each other online, starting on August 1, 2009. This is a world premiere by Marche.fr.
Para'Kito(TM), the Consumer Prize Winning, French Made Natural Mosquito Repellent, Responds to Demand by Expanding OnlineJuly 15th, 2009 PARIS -
Following the successful launch of Para'Kito(TM), a natural, extremely long lasting and stylish mosquito repellent wristband in France last year, Evergreen Land Ltd. today announced the launch of a new online store ( boutique.parakito.com/ ), making Para'Kito(TM) available worldwide for the first time.
OVH, the Second Largest Web Hosting Company in Europe, is Launching its Business Activities in IrelandJuly 8th, 2009 DUBLIN - For this new branch, 100 beta testers who own a Kimsufi L dedicated server will provide OVH with a better understanding of country-specific details. The aim is to refine the line of products and services of the Irish branch and to guarantee the same service quality as in the ten other countries where OVH is already present.
Holiday Extras Launches Family Friendly Summer DealsJune 4th, 2009 LONDON - To make sure that families get the best possible start to their holidays, HolidayExtras.com is launching a summer of family friendly deals. According to research, the majority of travellers assume that family rooms cost up to twice as much as they can do in reality.
eQuest Introduces French Language Job Posting Delivery VersionMay 18th, 2009 SAN RAMON, California - eQuest, the global leader in job posting and Internet recruitment management services, today announced that beginning June 1, 2009 it will release a complete French version of its job posting user interface application. eQuest provides job delivery services to more than half of the Fortune 100 including multi-national companies doing business in France as well as around the world.
Over GBP6,000 Budget Boost at age 18 for Disabled Children's Child Trust FundsApril 21st, 2009 LONDON - David White, Chief Executive, The Children's Mutual (www.thechildrensmutual.co.uk) welcomed today's Budget announcement, "Children who receive disability living allowance in a tax year will qualify for additional annual payments of GBP100 or GBP200 into their Child Trust Funds. This means that next year approximately 100,000 children will benefit from the additional annual payments of which an estimated 40,000 will qualify for the higher GBP200 allowance.
"27 members and counting..." - Special Programme on EU Enlargement on TV5MONDE 30th April at 8pmApril 8th, 2009 PARIS - In the run up to the European elections, and to mark the occasion of the five year anniversary of the largest enlargement of the EU to date TV5MONDE has filmed special one-off programme on location in Prague. To view the Multimedia News Release, please click:
www.prnewswire.com/mnr/tv5/37704/
Presented by Philippe Dessaint, this special programme will look into the processes and procedures of the EU expansion process which, aside from the tough political challenges to be dealt with, raises numerous questions on how a Europe with 27 members will function on a daily basis.