London (ots/PRNewswire) - Today Booking.com, one of the world's largest e-commerce companies and a digital technology leader, announced the winners of its inaugural Technology Playmaker Awards. At a special gala awards ceremony in London attended by over 300 technology leaders and individuals who champion women in tech from across Europe, ten prizes were awarded. These ...
Amsterdam (ots/PRNewswire) - Today Booking.com, one of the world's largest e-commerce companies and digital technology leader, announced the 10 sustainable tourism startups that will be joining the 2018 Booking Booster Programme in Amsterdam in May 2018. Building upon its successful launch in 2017, the three-week ...
Montreal (ots/PRNewswire) - The PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games isn't the only thing South Korea is proud of this February. As the world tunes in, South Korea takes the lead with the world's most powerful passport. Ranking with an impressive visa-free score of 162, South Korea joins Singapore at the top of The Passport Index (https://www.passportindex.org/) ...
Paris, Tokyo, and Yokohama, Japan (ots/PRNewswire) - Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, the world's leading automotive alliance, today announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding with DiDi Chuxing ('DiDi'), the leading Chinese mobile transportation platform, to explore future business cooperation on a new electric vehicle car-sharing program in the People's Republic ...
Nuremberg, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - Sydney knocks New York off 3rd place, while Melbourne jumps from 9th to 7th - Tokyo records greatest score gain of all 50 cities The latest Anholt-GfK City Brands IndexSM (CBISM) reveals that Paris retains its position at the top. For the fourth time since the survey began, the global public regards Paris as the highest rated out of 50 cities. Australian cities also show ...
Amsterdam (ots/PRNewswire) - For the first time, apartments take the lead from hotels as the most-awarded accommodation type in 2017 Today Booking.com, the global leader in connecting travellers with the widest choice of incredible places to stay, is honouring its accommodation partners that consistently deliver great guest experiences with a 2017 Guest Review Award. ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - - Cruise liners to be largely powered with LNG propulsion - Consortium led by KfW IPEX-Bank provides over EUR 2.5 billion multi-ECA financing - Support for European shipbuilding with a high share of supplies from Germany KfW IPEX-Bank is financing two reduced-emission cruise ships for Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCCL). The EUR 2.5 billion ...
Amsterdam (ots/PRNewswire) - Booking.com announces the 2018 Booking Booster Programme, as well as a series of weekend programmes for early-stage startups and a new EUR2 million fund for non-profit projects innovating in sustainable tourism Building on its successful launch in 2017, today Booking.com, one of the world's largest e-commerce companies and digital ...
Nuremberg, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - France leaps to second place for first time, while UK regains ground to remain third and Japan enters top five - USA is only country showing overall decline in 2017 - Germany major gains in Governance, People, and Culture In the wake of a substantial drop in global perception ...
Amsterdam (ots/PRNewswire) - The experts at Booking.com, the global leader in connecting travellers with the widest choice of incredible places to stay, have combined customer insights from over 128 million real guest reviews with research from 19,000 travellers across 26 countries around the world to reveal the biggest travel predictions for 2018. 1. New tech frontiers Almost a third (29%) of travellers say they are ...
Montreal (ots/PRNewswire) - Paraguay helps Singapore overtake Germany for the top spot Paraguay removed visa requirements for Singaporeans, propelling Singapore's passport to the top of Passport Index (https://www.passportindex.org/byRank.php)' most powerful ranking with a visa-free score of 159. Historically, the Top 10 most powerful passports in the world were mostly European, with Germany having the lead for the past ...
Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (ots/PRNewswire) - PIF announced the appointment of Dr. Klaus Kleinfeld, the former Chairman and CEO of Alcoa and Arconic Inc. as CEO of NEOM. NEOM, was announced today by HRH Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the Public Investment Fund (PIF) and Chairman of the Founding Board for NEOM. It ...
Amsterdam (ots/PRNewswire) - Four-year contract covers 10 UEFA National Team Football competitions and over 500 matches, including UEFA EURO 2020(TM) Today Booking.com, the global leader in connecting travellers with the widest choice of incredible places to stay, announced a new four-year exclusive global ...
Dublin, Ireland (ots/PRNewswire) - Yesterday the European Commission (EC) announced that it had fined Scania EUR880 million for its participation in the 1997-2011 truck cartel. This is the second highest fine ever imposed on an individual company by the EC. Last Friday 22 September 2017, the District Court of ...
Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg (ots/PRNewswire) - -- Growth in Vehicle Models, Options Drives Increasing Demand for Premium Tires -- Innovative Mercury Production Process Allows On-Demand Fulfillment of Customer Orders -- New Luxembourg Facility to Begin Production in 2019 Advancing its connected-business model, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company today announced plans to ...
The Hague, Netherlands (ots/PRNewswire) - Under the banner of The Hague & Partners, Den Haag Marketing, The Hague Convention Bureau and WestHolland Foreign Investment Agency are joining forces as of today. Deputy Mayor Karsten Klein officially launched the umbrella organisation during a festive event at the Fokker Terminal. The Hague & Partners aims to attract and retain more national and international visitors, ...
Paris and Yokohama, Japan (ots/PRNewswire) - - Shared synergies rise from EUR4.3 billion to EUR5 billion in 2016 - Alliance on track to deliver synergies of at least EUR5.5 billion in 2018 - Engineering, Manufacturing and Purchasing contribute bulk of synergies - Common Module Family architecture delivers continued benefits The Renault-Nissan Alliance today reported a 16 percent increase in synergies for 2016 compared to ...
Moscow (ots/PRNewswire) - Today, in the run up to the Moscow Urban Forum, PwC presents a special preliminary release of the survey, The Future is Coming: Cities Readiness Rating, which rates major global cities and urban agglomerations on their capacity to adopt new technologies. (Photo: ...
Paris and Montreux, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - Clarendelle, exclusive foreign wine partner of the Montreux Jazz Festival Clarendelle joins the Montreux Jazz Festival by supporting the Montreux Jazz Artists Foundation in its mission to accompany the young talents of tomorrow. (Logo: http://mma.prnewswire.com/media/524397/Clarendelle_Logo.jpg ) (Logo: http://mma.prnewswire.com/media/529962/Montreux_Jazz_Arti ...
Ambleteuse, France (ots/PRNewswire) - When a dream becomes reality .... This Morning 8:03 Lift-off Landing 8:53 (French Time) 50 minutes of flight Jérôme Dauffy achieved his crazy challenge: to drive a flying car across the sea. (Logo: http://mma.prnewswire.com/media/523425/Magna_Presse_Logo.jpg ) (Photo: http://mma.prnewswire.com/media/523426/VAYLON_Flying_Car.jpg ) ...
New York (ots/PRNewswire) - The transoceanic exploration vessel, Yersin, will depart from Monaco July 2017 and return Summer 2020. The vessel will navigate during three years the globe with the Monaco Explorations team alongside scientific and media teams, and will visit nine areas to conduct scientific research in ...
Lisbon, Portugal (ots/PRNewswire) - Around the world in 365 days - all expenses paid plus a salary and an incredible opportunity for a group of 12 people to travel, discover, and share with the world. World Life Experience is an international event that can best be described as the journey of a lifetime. It is in search of 12 people - 6 women and 6 men, between the ages of 20 and 35 from around the globe to take a 1-year ...
Nuremburg, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - Internationally, 59 percent of people prefer a relaxing vacation, while 35 percent prefer an active one - Brazil, South Korea and Japan lead for favoring relaxing vacations; Italy, France and Spain lead for active holidays - Teenagers are the most energetic, with 43 percent preferring active vacations In a 17-country online ...
London (ots/PRNewswire) - This summer promises to be the most sustainable yet at The Lodge in Verbier as the team of chefs reveal an exciting new menu featuring locally sourced meat, ingredients picked fresh from the mountain and an inventive approach to bread making. Head Chef Hugh Millard and his Michelin-star trained kitchen team will be focusing on vegetarian ...
London (ots/PRNewswire) - The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, today announced new business and tourism collaborations to attract international visitors to both cities and help companies based in London and Paris to expand into new international markets. The agreement will, for the first time, jointly showcase London and Paris to ...
DERMALOG Identification Systems GmbH
Milan (ots) - The Controller General of Immigration from Maldives Mr. Mohamed Anwar and the Deputy Controller Mr. Abdulla Algeen have received the prestigious international IAIR Award for the most innovative high security ePassport and eGates. The IAIR award was handed over to both government officials from Maldives Immigration during an official award ceremony in Milan, Italy, on Friday 24th March 2017. The IAIR Awards ...
Coleraine, Ireland (ots/PRNewswire) - Over 250 iconic landmarks and sites around the world will be illuminated green over the coming days - as part of Tourism Ireland's 2017 Global Greening initiative to celebrate the island of Ireland and St Patrick. The annual initiative, now in its eighth year, which sees a host of major landmarks around the world turn green for St ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - Ashwani Gupta Appointed Alliance Senior Vice President of the Renault-Nissan LCV Business Unit, effective April 1 - Move expected to expand light commercial vehicle market leadership under a single business unit and boost sales by unleashing the full potential of Renault's van expertise and Nissan's truck know-how in key markets. - Alliance ...
World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE)
Doha, Qatar (ots/PRNewswire) - The World Innovation Summit for Education, the leading global initiative for innovation and collaboration in education, announced the theme of the 2017 WISE global Summit, which will take place 14-16 November in Doha: "Co-Exist - Co-Create: Learning to Live and Work Together". The ...