Amsterdam (ots/PRNewswire) - Today the German competition authority, the Bundeskartellamt (BKartA) issued a prohibition decision against Booking.com, an operating business of The Priceline Group [NASDAQ: PCLN], in respect of its narrow MFN clauses in its agreements with accommodation partners in Germany. Booking.com strongly contests the BKartA's arguments and intends to appeal the BKartA's decision. The BKartA is the ...
Dublin (ots/PRNewswire) - An island off Ireland's south west coast is wowing audiences at screenings of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. To view the Multimedia News Release, please click: http://www.multivu.com/players/English/7718351-ireland-feels-the-force/ Unveiled in the film's closing minutes, this closely guarded secret ending to Episode 7 was filmed in September 2014 on Skellig Michael Island, a UNESCO World Heritage ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - To celebrate its 80th anniversary, Domaine Clarence Dillon, whose history has always been intimately bound up with fine wine and dining, set out to capture the philosophy, worldview and its unique blend of tradition and innovation, with the creation of its new Paris home: the Hôtel Dillon. Located in the heart of Paris's Golden Triangle, this ...
American Express Meetings & Events
Barcelona, Spain (ots/PRNewswire) - Meeting activity reflective of increased economic confidence in European countries UK respondents express greatest optimism, with most respondents in other regions predicting stability or increases in all meeting types According to the American Express Meetings & Events 2016 Global Meetings Forecast ('the Forecast'), 2016 will see ...
Nuremberg, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - After being pushed off the number one position last year by Germany, the USA has this year taken back its position at the top of the Anholt-GfK Roper Nation Brands IndexSM(NBISM). UK, in 3rd place, edges closer to the top and is followed by France. Further down the ranking, Ukraine and Russia achieve large reputation gains, while Greece stands alone in suffering a steep drop. The ...
Barcelona (ots) - - Multimedia News Release (MNR) is avaliable at: www.multivu.com/mnr/64184-puma-launches-evopower-football-event - PUMA kicked off its 2014 Nature of Believing campaign, with the launch of the revolutionary new evoPOWER football boot at a live event in Barcelona last Friday. PUMA Power players Cesc ...
Chur, Switzerland (ots) - Now everyone can experience the most spectacular hike in Switzerland from their living rooms in HD quality. Hiking fans around the world can "wander" through the ten legs of the Albula/Bernina trail in real time in a 36-hour film at www.webwandern.ch . Hundreds of hotspots along the Rhaetian Railway (RhB) UNESCO World Heritage Site route ...
Altdorf/Andermatt (ots) - The development of the Andermatt Swiss Alps tourist resort continues to progress in leaps and bounds. Further important construction phases are planned for 2012 including the building of the first villa, the first apartment building and the Golf Clubhouse as well as final façade work on the 5-star hotel The Chedi Andermatt, completion of the 18-hole golf course and further development of the new ...
Carouge (ots) - Infomaniak Network SA launches a media storage and publishing platform for large-scale companies. At a time when it is very easy to publish videos on Internet web sites, the fastest integrations are made possible with the use of such platforms as Youtube and Dailymotion. However, these generally free solutions offer very rigid settings and impose ...
Orascom Development Holding AG
Altdorf/Cairo (ots) - Orascom Development Holding AG (Orascom Development) today held its ground-breaking ceremony marking the start of construction of the Andermatt resort, the first integrated holiday resort in the alps. During this first development phase, the Chedi hotel, basic infrastructure as well as ...
Lucerne (ots) - Switzerland's most popular museum currently attracts more than 820,000 visitors a year and is celebrating its 50th anniversary. With the "VHS 2009" investment project covering approximately 50 million Swiss francs, the management of the Swiss Museum of Transport launched and completed what might well be a record- breaking new building and ...
Lucerne (ots) - Open to discoverers! Diversity, fascination and a hands-on experience - the Swiss Museum of Transport presents the development of transport and mobility, on road and rail, on the water, in the air and in space, and explains the principles of communication. More than 3'000 exhibits in approximately 20'000 square metres of museum space testify to a history that is, quite literally, moving. ...
Vaduz, FL (ots) - Travelers worldwide know that they can preview holiday destinations by visiting Google Earth to view pictures from panoramio.com, articles from Wikipedia or videos from YouTube. Now, Webcams.travel makes it possible to see what destinations all over the world really look like at this moment. Webcams.travel makes this possible by providing access to thousands of webcam pictures via its Webcam Community now accessible in 24 languages. Do you want to ...
Sevelen SG (ots) - All outdoor sports activities are so much more fun in good weather. Unfortunately, too much sun can lead to a reduction in wellbeing, performance and even physical health; which is why Schoeller Technologies AG and Clariant International Ltd. introduced the new coldblack® finishing technology ...
UEFA - Union of European Football Associ
Nyon (ots) - The official website of the UEFA EURO 2008 tournament has more than doubled traffic levels and surpassed its own records set at UEFA EURO 2004 The official website of UEFA EURO 2008, euro2008.com, has registered record traffic, with over 1 billion page views since its launch in February 2008. In June alone, over 42 million visitors from over 200 countries logged-in to text, multimedia and video ...
UEFA - Union of European Football Associ
The official UEFA EURO 2008 website offers fans cutting- edge video coverage of the tournament Nyon (ots) - The official UEFA website for the UEFA European Football Championship, www.euro2008.com, today launched its video service for the forthcoming final tournament - allowing fans worldwide to follow matches live and on demand by downloading highlights and full match reruns. The video offering is available ...
UEFA - Union of European Football Associ
Nyon (ots) - Produced by UEFA Media Technologies SA (UMET), the official event website of UEFA EURO 2008, euro2008.com has been launched as part of a converged media offering for football fans. It can be found at www.euro2008.com. euro2008.com delivers comprehensive coverage of the tournament to European football fans across the globe. The site is available in 10 languages - English, Portuguese, French, German, ...
Hersberg (ots) - - The websites http://www.sleep-in.ch or http://www.sleep-in.at have more than 7,500 beds in store for fans from qualifying countries. - These overnight accommodations are provided by more than 1,700 households in Switzerland and Austria, who are eager to celebrate Europe's huge soccer party with fans from other ...
St. Moritz (ots) - The first two days of the 24th Cartier Polo World Cup on Snow have given us a series of action-packed games and some world-class polo. The biggest and most prestigious event on the winter polo circuit expects some 20,000 spectators and over 200 media representatives from all over the globe for ...
UEFA - Union of European Football Associ
Nyon (ots) - Europe's football website boasts record traffic levels during the first half of the 2007-08 season Since the start of the current season, 17.4 million football fans have visited uefa.com, generating over 60 million visits and 700 million page views - a 25% increase compared to the same period last season. Football enthusiasts from throughout ...