2007'11.23.Fri
President Chain Store Adopts TIBCO's Infrastructure Software Platform for Enhancing Bill Collection Service Quality
October 24, 2007
Taiwan Convenience Store Giant Chooses TIBCO
BusinessWorks(TM) and TIBCO Enterprise Message Service(TM)
for its Integrated Real-Time Transaction Platform
PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 24 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- TIBCO
Software Inc. (Nasdaq: TIBX) today announced that President
Chain Store Corporation, Taiwan's largest convenience store
operator, has adopted TIBCO BusinessWorks(TM) and TIBCO
Enterprise Message Service(TM) as the platform on which it
has integrated its billing collection services.
President Chain Store Corporation, who is the sole
licensed operator of the 7-ELEVEN franchise in Taiwan,
offers bill payment services for a number of nationwide
institutions and enterprises, including the Parking
Management Office, Traffic Adjudication Office, telecom
service providers and banks, through its 4,622 outlets
across the country. Using TIBCO BusinessWorks integration
software and Enterprise Message Service(TM), the company
has created a real-time data exchange platform to process
these bill payment transactions almost instantly.
Previously, the transaction took one full working day to
conduct as they were batch processed.
Apart from accelerating the transaction process and
ensuring timely delivery and response of payment
information for both paying consumers and authorizing
institutions, the new platform has provided President Chain
Store Corporation with the flexibility to expand its bill
collection services and explore new business opportunities
through the power and agility of the TIBCO solution.
TIBCO BusinessWorks and Enterprise Message Services
also offered the benefits of reduced manual reconciliation
due to transaction errors and faster real-time transaction
report generating.
"We chose TIBCO's integration and enterprise
messaging software because of its reliability, ease of
development and maintenance, comprehensive features and
excellent follow-up support," said Winnie Liang,
division manager, CVS solutions division, President
Information Corporation Taiwan, the subsidiary of President
Chain Store Corporation which was commissioned to implement
the project.
Highlighting the agility afforded by TIBCO
BusinessWorks and TIBCO Enterprise Message Service,
Chia-hua Chang, director, business and systems planning
department, President Chain Store Corporation Taiwan, said:
"Using TIBCO's event-driven SOA platform, it only takes
2-4 weeks for us to bind a new institution to our bill
collection services and market the new billing option. This
ability to launch new services quickly has enhanced our
competitive edge."
Murat Sonmez, executive vice president, Global Field
Operations, TIBCO said TIBCO solutions were a logical
choice for President Chain Store Corporation given their
proven track record. "We are honored that President
Chain Store Corporation has chosen TIBCO solutions for its
bill collection services platform. Reliability, security
and cost-effectiveness were critical factors in President
Chain Store Corporation's evaluation of infrastructure
solutions. These are areas in which TIBCO has consistently
helped its clients achieve goals, as proven by our success
in developing real-time data platforms," Murat Sonmez
said.
About President Chain Store Corporation
Founded in 1978, President Chain Store Corporation is
the sole licensed operator of 7-ELEVEN convenience stores
in Taiwan with more 4,600 outlets nationwide. Over the past
20 years, President Chain Store Corporation has developed
into a group with more than 30 affiliated companies and
diversified business interests encompassing retailing,
logistics, manufacturing and information systems. For more
information about President Chain Store Corporation, go to:
http://www.7-11.com.tw .
About President Information Corporation (PIC)
Founded in 1997, PIC is an affiliated company of
President Chain Store Corporation Group. PIC provides total
IT solution services for the Group which are including
developing/maintaining business application systems, server
hosting service, 7*24 Operation service and networking
service, etc. By providing the total IT solution services
for the Group, PIC supports all the affiliated companies to
develop their business rapidly.
For more information about President Information
Corporation, go to: http://www.piinet.net .
About TIBCO
TIBCO Software Inc. (Nasdaq: TIBX) provides enterprise
software that helps companies achieve service-oriented
architecture (SOA) and business process management (BPM)
success. With over 3,000 customers, TIBCO has given leading
organizations around the world better awareness and
agility-what TIBCO calls The Power of Now(R). To learn
more, contact TIBCO at +1 650-846-1000 or on the Web at
http://www.tibco.com .
TIBCO, the TIBCO logo, The Power of Now, TIBCO
Enterprise Message Service, TIBCO BusinessWorks and TIBCO
Software are trademarks or registered trademarks of TIBCO
Software Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.
All other product and company names and marks mentioned in
this document are the property of their respective owners
and are mentioned for identification purposes only.
For more information, please contact:
Cecilia Lau
TIBCO Software Inc.
Tel: +852-2264-0835
Email: clau@tibco.com
Ru-I Huang
ACCESSUS (for TIBCO Software Inc.)
Tel: +886-2-2341-8301
Email: jasmine@accessus.biz
Web: http://www.tibco.com
http://www.7-11.com.tw
http://www.piinet.net
PR
2007'11.23.Fri
Mersana Therapeutics Reports Phase I Results for XMT-1001 in Patients with Solid Tumors at AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference
October 24, 2007
- favorable pharmacokinetic and safety data observed in
first clinical trial of novel Fleximer(TM) anticancer agent
-
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 24 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Mersana, a cancer therapeutics company, announced interim
results of a Phase I study of its lead product candidate,
XMT-1001, in patients with advanced solid tumors. The data
was presented by Edward A. Sausville, M.D., Ph.D, Professor
of Medicine and Associate Director for Clinical Research,
University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center in a poster
session on October 23 at the 2007 AACR-NCI-EORTC
International Conference on Molecular Targets and
Therapeutics taking place in San Francisco, CA. Full text
of the abstract #A146 "A Phase I Study of the Safety,
Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of Intravenous XMT-1001
in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors" can be viewed
online at the AACR website at http://www.aacr.org. XMT-1001
is a polymer-based prodrug of camptothecin (CPT), a
well-characterized topoisomerase I inhibitor with potent
anti-tumor activity.
Commenting on the data, Robert J. Fram, M.D. Chief
Medical Officer at Mersana, stated: "The Phase I
results show that, in humans, camptothecin, the active
agent in XMT-1001, is released gradually from the Fleximer
carrier as a pro-drug in a manner that will potentially
avoid common safety problems associated with drugs in this
class. To date, we've seen no evidence of drug-related
serious adverse events and the study is ongoing."
Results were presented from 12 patients enrolled in an
ongoing Phase I open-label, dose-escalation trial designed
to determine the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetic
profile of XMT-1001. To date, XMT-1001 has been well
tolerated in patients and no serious drug related adverse
events have been reported. Preliminary results demonstrate
a favorable pharmacokinetic profile with low levels of CPT,
both total and free, recovered in urine. The maximum
tolerated dose (MTD) has not been reached and the study
continues to accrue patients.
"Our Fleximer nanotechnology platform is designed
to create proprietary new drugs from existing and novel
pharmaceutical compounds," said Julie Olson, President
and Chief Executive Officer of Mersana. "We are
pleased to note that in the Phase I study, our proprietary
Fleximer-controlled drug release system achieved results
consistent with our objective of extending the half-life of
the camptothecin analog while avoiding safety concerns. The
favorable pharmacokinetic and safety data are consistent
with results from preclinical studies of XMT-1001,"
she concluded.
About XMT-1001
XMT-1001 is Mersana's most advanced Fleximer(TM)-based
product candidate. It utilizes a novel, dual release
mechanism to liberate a camptothecin prodrug, which is then
converted within cells into camptothecin, a DNA
topoisomerase I inhibitor. In preclinical studies,
XMT-1001 was better tolerated and more efficacious than
either camptothecin or irinotecan in models of human
cancer, showing extended plasma half-life and high
concentrations in tumor tissue.
About Fleximer
Mersana is transforming oncology product development by
creating new drugs from anti-cancer agents through
application of its Fleximer nanotechnology platform.
Fleximer is a novel, biodegradable and bio-inert polymer
that can be chemically linked to drugs, including small
chemical entities, peptides and biologics. Fleximer-based
compounds can be individually designed to improve the
therapeutic performance of drugs by modulating such
properties as circulation time and site of release, while
significantly improving toxicity profiles.
About Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.
Mersana, a privately held, venture backed company,
utilizes its proprietary nanotechnology platform to
transform existing and experimental anti-cancer agents into
new, patentable drugs with superior pharmaceutical
properties. The key component of Mersana's platform is
Fleximer(TM), a novel, biodegradable and bio-inert material
that can be chemically linked to small molecules and
biologics. Mersana's pipeline includes XMT-1001, a
Fleximer-camptothecin conjugate, which is currently in
Phase 1 clinical trials and several preclinical stage
oncology compounds. Mersana's investors include Fidelity
Biosciences, ProQuest Investments, Rho Ventures, Harris
& Harris Group and PureTech Ventures.
Fleximer is a trademark of Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.
For more information, please contact:
Pete Leone, Chief Operating Officer
Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.
Phone: +1-617-498-0020
Media:
Kathryn Morris
KmorrisPR
Phone: +1-845-635-9828
Email: Kathryn@kmorrispr.com
2007'11.23.Fri
Vivo Ventures Expands Team with the Addition of James Huang as an Executive in Residence
October 24, 2007
PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 24 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Vivo
Ventures, a venture capital firm specializing in life
science investments, today announced that James Huang will
join the firm as an Executive in Residence. With his
extensive business development and operating experience,
Mr. Huang will work with Vivo's portfolio companies while
enhancing the firm's presence in Asia.
"We are excited about James coming on board and
what he will be able to bring to Vivo," said Frank
Kung, Managing Partner of Vivo Ventures. "His
extensive relationships throughout the pharmaceutical
industry, his impressive track record in closing multiple
business development partnerships, and his experience in
building companies make him a valuable asset to our team
and our portfolio companies."
"Vivo Ventures is one of the best recognized life
sciences venture firms in the U.S. and in Asia. I am very
enthused about the opportunity to contribute to the success
of Vivo's existing and future portfolio companies,"
commented James Huang.
About James Huang
With 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical
industry, James joins Vivo from Anesiva, where he has
served as president since September 2005. Previously, he
had served as Anesiva's senior vice president of business
development and commercial operations.
He joined Anesiva from Tularik Inc., where he held the
position of vice president of business development and
commercial operations and led the development and
negotiation of commercial and scientific collaborations,
alliances, and licensing agreements. Among the most notable
include: a collaboration with Medarex to develop and
commercialize human therapeutic antibodies; a collaboration
with Sankyo to jointly discover and develop human
therapeutics related to orphan G-protein coupled receptors
(GPCRs); as well as other technology collaborations and
corporate development acquisitions. Mr. Huang also guided
strategic planning and execution for Tularik's marketing
programs.
Prior to Tularik, Mr. Huang was product director of
Avandia and diabetes at SmithKline Beecham PLC (now
GlaxoSmithKline) where he launched Avandia (rosiglitazone
maleate), which achieved over $2 billion in U.S. sales last
year. In addition, he held positions in New Product
Development and Worldwide Business Development, negotiating
and closing in-licensing agreements for compounds, and
managing technology collaborations and corporate
development acquisitions.
Mr. Huang also held various positions in Bristol-Myers
Squibb's Worldwide Strategic Product Planning, Managed Care
and Sales and Marketing organizations, and research and
development positions at Alza Corporation (now a Johnson
& Johnson company).
He received an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of
Business and earned a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering
at the University of California, Berkeley.
About Vivo Ventures
Vivo Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on the
life sciences formed in 1996 with over $650M under
management. With over 90 years of scientific and
operational expertise in biotechnology, Vivo helps its
portfolio companies develop corporate strategy, arrange
licensing agreements and strategic alliances, recruit key
management personnel, and acquire new products and
technology to accelerate growth. Its current portfolio
includes more than 60 private and public biotechnology
companies in the areas of biopharmaceuticals, specialty
pharmaceuticals, and medical devices. For more information,
visit http://www.vivoventures.com.
For more information, please contact:
Chen Yu
Vivo Ventures
Tel: +1-650-688-0818
2007'11.23.Fri
China Agriculture Congress 2007 Coming Soon
October 24, 2007
BEIJING, Oct. 24 / Xinhua-PRNewswire / -- Hosted by
CAICC (China Agriculture Industry Chamber of Commence),
CSPCM (China Society for Promotion of the Guangcai Program)
and CER (China Center for Economic Research), China
Agriculture Congress 2007 will be held on December 10th,
2007 and last three days until December 12th in Beijing,
China.
China Agriculture Congress 2007, the first of its kind
in China's agriculture industry, will be an international
arena for Chinese and overseas businesses with an interest
in China's agriculture development and modernization. The
congress will consist of the China International
Agribusiness Summit, the Rural Finance and Agri-capital
Forum and the China International Agritech and Machinery
Forum, and will target audiences from respective
industries. Greatly supported by the government, this
event has been developed and organized as a response to the
Chinese government's drive to build a new and modern rural
society in China.
One of the objectives of the Congress is to help
agriculture-related businesses enter or expand in the China
rural market by developing a good understanding of China's
new agriculture policies, laws and regulations by
communicating face to face with government officials from
Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Commerce, National
Development and Reform Committee, China Banking Regulatory
Commission and China Insurance Regulatory Commission, etc.
It will also be a platform for businesses to explore
partnership and other investment and business opportunities
with their Chinese counterparts and prospects.
Showing great interest in the event, many industry
leaders have already confirmed their participation. Among
such major players are Cargill, Louis Dreyfus, ADM,
Syngenta, Degussa (Evonic), Noble Group, City Bank, HSBC,
Rabo Bank, John Deere, etc.
For more information, please visit
http://www.agri-congress.com/ .
For more information, please contact:
Duxes Business Consulting Inc.
Tel: +86-21-5258-8005
Fax: +86-21-5258-8011
2007'11.23.Fri
SMIC Offers CPF-Based CADENCE Low-Power Digital Reference Flow
October 24, 2007
SMIC Joins Power Forward Initiative; Brings New Solution to
Enable Customers to Design 90-NM Low-Power Chips Targeted
for Fabrication at SMIC
SHANGHAI, China and SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 24
/Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --Semiconductor Manufacturing
International Corporation ("SMIC", NYSE: SMI;
SEHK: 0981.HK) one of the leading foundries in the world,
and Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS), the leader
in global electronic-design innovation, today announced that
SMIC is offering a Common Power Format (CPF)-based
90-nanometer low-power digital reference flow and
CPF-compliant libraries. SMIC also announced that it has
joined the Power Forward Initiative (PFI).
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The new flow uses intellectual property developed by
SMIC and employs the Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:
CDNS) Low-Power Solution, which is designed to increase
productivity, manage design complexity, and shorten time to
market. This flow is the result of a joint effort by
Cadence(R) and SMIC further strengthening their
relationship and speeding up low-power designs for their
mutual customers who face low-power design challenges.
The SMIC reference flow (3.2), employing Cadence
technology, is a complete CPF-enabled RTL-to-GDSII
low-power flow aimed at efficient energy use for
90-nanometer system-on-chip designs. It incorporates SMIC
90-nanometer logic low leakage 1P9M 1.2/1.8/2.5V generic
process and commercial low-power library support. The flow
features power awareness throughout all necessary design
steps including logic synthesis, simulation, design for
test, equivalence checking, silicon virtual prototyping,
physical implementation, and complete signoff analysis.
"Joining the Power Forward Initiative shows our
support for this industry-wide low-power effort and our
pursuit of bringing advanced low-power solutions to our end
users," said David Lin, senior director, Design
Services Division at SMIC. "As advanced process nodes
continue to shrink beyond 90 nanometers, two key issues
have emerged: manufacturability and testability. The SMIC
reference flow, based on the Si2 standard CPF, is a
response to these issues. This gives us an efficient
high-yield process that delivers the highest quality of
silicon."
"Cadence welcomes SMIC as a new member of the
Power Forward Initiative and their commitment to the
success of the industry," said Dr. Chi-Ping Hsu,
corporate vice president, IC Digital and Power Forward at
Cadence. "It is critical for the semiconductor
industry to work closely together to advance low-power
technologies, design, and production solutions."
CPF is an Si2-approved standard format for specifying
power-saving techniques early in the design
process-enabling sharing and reuse of low-power
intelligence. The Cadence Low-Power Solution is the
industry's first complete flow that integrates logic
design, verification, and implementation with the
Si2-standard Common Power Format.
About Power Forward Initiative
The Power Forward Initiative, which has more than 20
member companies, is an industry initiative sponsored by
Cadence and has the goal of enabling the design and
production of more power-efficient electronic devices. The
initiative includes companies representing a broad cross
section of the design chain including system,
semiconductor, foundry, IP, EDA, ASIC, and design services
companies. CPF was contributed by Cadence to the Si2 Low
Power Coalition in December 2006 and CPF 1.0 is now
available as an Si2 standard to the industry at large.
Safe Harbor Statements
(Under the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995)
Information provided in this press release may contain
statements relating to current expectations, estimates,
forecasts and projections about future events that are
"forward-looking statements" as defined in the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
forward-looking statements generally relate to the
company's plans, objectives and expectations for future
operations and are based upon management's current
estimates and projections of future results or trends.
Actual future results may differ materially from those
projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties.
For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, see
"Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on
Form 20-F filed on June 29, 2007 with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements
are made only as of the date hereof, and we undertake no
obligation to update or revise the forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise.
About SMIC
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation
("SMIC"; NYSE: SMI; SEHK: 981) is one of the
leading semiconductor foundries in the world and the
largest and most advanced foundry in Mainland China,
providing integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing service at
0.35um to 90nm and finer line technologies. Headquartered
in Shanghai, China, SMIC has a 300mm wafer fabrication
facility (fab) under pilot production and three 200mm wafer
fabs in its Shanghai mega-fab, two 300mm wafer fabs in its
Beijing mega-fab, a 200mm wafer fab in Tianjin, and an
in-house assembly and testing facility in Chengdu. SMIC
also has customer service and marketing offices in the
U.S., Europe, and Japan, and a representative office in
Hong Kong. In addition, SMIC manages and operates a 200mm
wafer fab in Chengdu owned by Cension Semiconductor
Manufacturing Corporation and a 300mm wafer fab under
construction in Wuhan owned by Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor
Manufacturing Corporation. For more information, please
visit http://www.smics.com
About Cadence
Cadence enables global electronic-design innovation and
plays an essential role in the creation of today's
integrated circuits and electronics. Customers use
Cadence(R) software and hardware, methodologies, and
services to design and verify advanced semiconductors,
consumer electronics, networking and telecommunications
equipment, and computer systems. Cadence reported 2006
revenues of approximately $1.5 billion, and has
approximately 5,200 employees. The company is headquartered
in San Jose, Calif., with sales offices, design centers, and
research facilities around the world to serve the global
electronics industry. More information about the company,
its products, and services is available at
http://www.cadence.com .
For more information, please contact:
Reiko Chang
SMIC Shanghai
Corporate Relations
Tel: +86-21-5080-2000 x10544
Email: PR@smics.com
Lily Yang
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Tel: +86-21-6122-2358
Email: lilyyang@cadence.com
2007'11.23.Fri
IHG Announces Worldwide Holiday Inn(R) Brand Relaunch
October 24, 2007
-- World's most recognised hotel brand to maintain
industry
leadership and engage guests with fresh new look
-- Relaunch programme incorporates insights from the
hotel
industry's largest consumer research conducted
globally
-- First new-look hotels in Asia Pacific scheduled for
China,
Thailand and Australia by the second quarter of
2008
SHANGHAI, China, Oct. 24 / Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- IHG
(InterContinental Hotels Group) today announced a worldwide
relaunch of the Holiday Inn brand family, which comprises
the Holiday Inn(R) and Holiday Inn Express(R) brands.
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All Holiday Inn hotels worldwide will be progressively
relaunched to further enhance quality and drive consistency
across the brand portfolio. The relaunch will incorporate a
new service promise, a redesigned welcome experience as
well as refreshed guestrooms with signature bedding and
bathroom products. The new brand signage will be featured
at hotels once they have successfully implemented the
relaunch programme, resulting in a refreshed and
contemporary brand image for Holiday Inn. All Holiday Inn
and Holiday Inn Express hotels currently open or under
development will target to have the relaunch programme in
place by the end of 2010, with the first Asia Pacific
new-look hotels expected in China, Thailand and Australia
by the second quarter of 2008.
Established in 1952 in the US, Holiday Inn is one of the
world's most recognised hotel brands with over 400,000 rooms
(3,125 hotels) open globally and a development pipeline of
more than 110,000 rooms (942 hotels) around the world. The
development pipeline continues to grow rapidly, with over
16,000 rooms signed in the third quarter of 2007, a 6%
increase over the same period in 2006.
In Asia Pacific, IHG has an operating portfolio of 100
Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express hotels (26,900 rooms)
and nearly 60 hotels (17,500 rooms) in the development
pipeline. Holiday Inn is the leading mid-scale hotel brand
in People's Republic of China (PRC) and Asia Pacific, and
has been consistently named best mid-market hotel brand in
Asia Pacific and the world by readers of Business Traveller
Asia Pacific magazine for seven years running (2001-2007).
The brand first entered Asia in Kyoto, Japan in 1973, and
was among the first international hotel brands to open in
PRC in 1984.
IHG expects the relaunch programme to allow Holiday Inn
hotels to generate significantly higher revenue per
available room (RevPAR), and deliver an improved return on
investment for their owners. Owners and franchisees will
invest up to US$1 billion over a three year period in total
to carry out the brand relaunch and meet the required
service and quality levels.
Andrew Cosslett, chief executive, IHG, "This is an
important moment in Holiday Inn's history. The brand is the
largest and one of the most successful in the hotel
industry and its relaunch will ensure that this position is
maintained. We dedicated significant resources to getting
the facts and the insights to enable us to make these
changes, in partnership with our owners. The Holiday Inn
sign is seen by hundreds of millions of people every day
around the world. The changes we are making will ensure the
Holiday Inn brand goes forward into the future with a strong
and confident new image. We want our guests to get as much
enjoyment from Holiday Inn hotels over the next 50 years as
they have over the last 50."
The brand relaunch programme incorporates insights from
an IHG-commissioned consumer research, which gathered input
from 18,000 travellers globally.
Elements of the relaunch programme include:
Redesigned Brand Signage - Holiday Inn is making
dramatic changes to its signage, evolving the iconic script
logo, energising the signature colour green and eliminating
the current shield shape. The brand will replace more than
11,000 signs around the world to reflect this refreshed and
contemporary look. The new brand signage will also be
incorporated into design elements in each of the more than
3,100 hotel lobbies and more than 400,000 guest rooms
worldwide.
Refreshed Guest Room - Guests will be able to enjoy a
new bedding experience with fresh, white duvets and pillows
that come in two comfort levels: soft and firm. Bathrooms
will feature a showerhead that offers superior pressure
while conserving water as well as enhanced amenities, to
deliver an invigorating and up-to-date bath experience.
Warm Welcome - A new signature arrival, including new
lighting, landscaping and design features will create an
energised and a sense of welcome that is universally
recognisable and unique to the brand. Guests can expect a
more interactive and efficient check-in process, while
customised music and scent selections will also engage them
in a complete sensory experience.
New Service Promise - Since a differentiated lodging
experience cannot be delivered through imagery and product
alone, Holiday Inn is committed to providing the
best-in-class service. As part of the relaunch, the brand
will initiate a new service culture - "Stay
Real". The service culture will enhance staff
behaviour and skills to best serve guests, treating them as
real people and consistently delivering the real, genuine
service for which Holiday Inn is known.
Notes to Editors:
About IHG
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG) of the United
Kingdom [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is the world's largest
hotel group by number of rooms. IHG owns, manages, leases
or franchises, through various subsidiaries, over 3,800
hotels and more than 564,000 guest rooms in nearly 100
countries and territories around the world. IHG owns a
portfolio of well recognised and respected hotel brands
including InterContinental(R) Hotels & Resorts, Crowne
Plaza(R) Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn(R) Hotels and
Resorts, Holiday Inn Express(R), Staybridge Suites(R),
Candlewood Suites(R) and Hotel Indigo(R), and also manages
the world's largest hotel loyalty programme, Priority
Club(R) Rewards with over 33 million members worldwide.
The company pioneered the travel industry's first
collaborative response to environmental issues as founder
of the International Hotels and Environment Initiative
(IHEI). The IHEI formed the foundations of the Tourism
Partnership launched by the International Business Leaders
Forum in 2004, of which IHG is still a member today. The
environment and local communities remain at the heart of
IHG's global corporate responsibility focus.
IHG offers information and online reservations for all
its hotel brands at http://www.ihg.com and information for
the Priority Club Rewards programme at
http://www.priorityclub.com .
For the latest news from IHG, visit our online Press
Office at http://www.ihg.com/media .
For more information, please contact:
Birte Sebastian
IHG Asia Pacific (Singapore)
Tel: +65-9638-5788
Email: birte.sebastian@ihg.com
Sharona Tao
IHG Greater China
Tel: +86-21-2893-3309
Email: sharona.tao@ihg.com
2007'11.23.Fri
Digi International Named by Forbes as One of `America's 200 Best Small Companies'
October 24, 2007
Ranked Seventh Overall in Five-Years' Average EPS Growth
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 24 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Digi
International(R) Inc. (Nasdaq: DGII) was named one of
"America's 200 Best Small Companies" by Forbes
magazine.
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Approximately 2,400 other small public companies, whose
revenues were between $5 million and $750 million, with
share prices above $5.00, were considered for the honor.
"Our 200 Best Small Companies in America must pass
through a gauntlet to qualify for the list," the
article stated. "It takes more than solid books to
make the cut." In addition to revenue and share
price, return on equity, sustained sales, and net profit
growth over twelve-month and five-year periods were also
determining factors. Forbes excluded companies from the
running that demonstrated "too much debt, signs of a
downturn in the future or a whiff of legal troubles."
"We are very pleased with the Forbes `Top 200'
Ranking based on five-year performance," said Joe
Dunsmore, Digi's Chief Executive Officer. "Given our
new wireless Drop-in Networking products, we believe that
we have the business momentum to continuously improve our
performance over the next five years. Further, we believe
we have the talented team necessary to do it."
Overall, Digi was ranked 152nd. For a complete copy of
the article, or a detailed breakdown of Digi's ranking,
please visit
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About Digi International Inc.
Digi International, based in Minneapolis, is the leader
in device networking for business. Digi develops reliable
products and technologies that enable companies to connect
and securely manage local or remote electronic devices over
the network or via the web at http://www.digi.com .
Forward-looking Statements
This press release contains statements that constitute
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning
of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, which generally can be identified by the use of
forward-looking terminology such as "anticipate,"
"believe," "target,"
"estimate," "may," "will,"
"expect," "plan," "project,"
"should," or "continue" or the negative
thereof or other variations thereon or similar terminology.
Such statements are based on information available to
management as of the time of such statements and relate to,
among other things, expectations of the business environment
in which the Company operates, projections of future
performance, perceived opportunities in the market and
statements regarding the Company's mission and vision.
Such statements are not guarantees of future performance
and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions,
including risks related to the highly competitive market in
which the Company operates, rapid changes in technologies
that may displace products sold by the Company, declining
prices of networking products, the Company's reliance on
distributors, delays in the Company's product development
efforts, uncertainty in consumer acceptance of the
Company's products, and changes in the Company's level of
revenue or profitability. These and other risks,
uncertainties and assumptions identified from time to time
in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including without limitation, its annual report
on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2006 and its
quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, could cause the Company's
future results to differ materially from those expressed in
any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of the
Company. Many of such factors are beyond the Company's
ability to control or predict. These forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date on which they are
made. The Company disclaims any intent or obligation to
update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as
a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
For more information, please contact:
Caren Xiao
Marketing Communication Specialist - BeiJing Office
Tel: +86-10-6561-8310 ext 12
Email: caren.xiao@digi.com
2007'11.23.Fri
Bruker Companies Announce the Opening of a Modern Chinese Applications, Demonstration and Customer Training Center in Beijing
October 24, 2007
BEIJING, Oct. 24 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- During the
BCEIA 2007 conference, Bruker BioSciences Corp. and the
Bruker BioSpin group of companies today announced the
official opening of their new Beijing modern applications,
demonstration and customer training laboratory, showcasing
a wide selection of novel life science and materials
research, as well as industrial analysis systems.
The new demonstration and training facility includes
sample preparation areas and laboratory space equipped with
the very latest systems from each of the Bruker companies,
including
-- a Bruker BioSpin 400 MHz Nuclear Magnetic
Resonance (NMR)
spectrometer,
-- a Bruker Daltonics autoflex(TM) III
Smartbeam(TM)
MALDI-TOF/TOF time-of-flight mass spectrometer
for proteomics
applications, and MALDI molecular imaging
applications,
-- a Bruker Daltonics microflex(TM) high-performance
bench-top
MALDI-TOF system equipped with the advanced
MALDI
BioTyper(TM) microorganism identification
solution,
-- a Bruker Daltonics HCTultra PTM Discovery system
ESI-Ion Trap
with Electron Transfer Dissociation (ETD) for
post
translational modification (PTM) studies,
-- a Bruker Daltonics micrOTOF-Q ESI-Q-q-TOF system
for
proteomics as well as TargetAnalysis(TM)
applications in
forensic toxicology, doping control and food
safety,
-- a Bruker AXS D8 Discover X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)
system for
thin film solutions for research, quality control
and product
development applications
-- a Bruker AXS bench-top S2 Ranger X-ray
fluorescence (XRF)
system for elemental analysis in liquid, solid or
powdered
samples,
-- a Bruker AXS S4 Pioneer compact 4 kW wavelength
dispersive
XRF for high-performance and high sample
throughput
applications,
-- a Bruker AXS EDS accessory mounted on a
third-party SEM for
the analysis of solid samples, thin layers or
particles under
investigation in electron microscopes,
-- a Bruker Optics research-grade VERTEX 70 FT-IR
spectrometer,
-- a Bruker Optics TENSOR 27 FT-IR spectrometer,
-- the award-winning very compact Bruker Optics
ALPHA FT-IR
spectrometer,
-- Bruker Optics FT-NIR instruments for
pharmaceutical quality
control in support of the over 300 Bruker FT-NIR
instruments
already in use by the Chinese State Food and
Drug
Administration (SFDA) to screen for counterfeit
drugs, as
well as
-- a Bruker Optics minispec(TM) TD-NMR instrument
for food
quality control applications, such as edible oils
analysis.
Clive Seymour, Bruker Daltonics Vice President for
Asia-Pacific, commented: "Our new and expanded
demonstration facility provides the opportunity for
scientists to investigate a wide range of applications on
our innovative systems, together with obtaining training,
demonstrations and advice from Bruker's highly qualified
and experienced Beijing team of application scientists. We
will provide workshops and training courses here to ensure
that our customers gain the maximum benefit from their
Bruker products and solutions."
Mr. Werner Schittenhelm, responsible for the
Asia/Pacific business of the Bruker BioSpin Group, added:
"This enhanced training and demonstration capacity in
Beijing plays a key part in our plans to provide the best
technical support for our rapid growth in China. Our
commitment to the Chinese scientific and industrial
community is further emphasized by this major investment in
a state-of-the-art demonstration, training and support
facility here in Beijing."
The new Bruker combined Beijing Demonstration Centre is
located at 11 Zhong Guan Cun, South Avenue, Beijing, and can
be reached at +86 (10) 6847 4093 (5), and at
http://www.bruker.com.cn
Bruker BioSciences Corporation is the publicly traded
parent company of Bruker AXS Inc., Bruker Daltonics Inc.
and Bruker Optics Inc. Bruker AXS is a leading provider of
life science, materials research and industrial X-ray
analysis and spark-OES tools. Bruker Daltonics is a
leading provider of innovative life science tools based on
mass spectrometry, and also offers a broad line of
chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN)
detection products for homeland security. Bruker Optics is
a leading provider of research, analytical and process
analysis instruments and solutions based on infrared and
Raman molecular spectroscopy technology. Visit:
http://www.bruker-biosciences.com
The Bruker BioSpin Group (affiliated privately-held
companies not part of Bruker BioSciences) designs,
manufactures and distributes enabling life science and
analytical research instruments and solutions based on
magnetic resonance core technology. Visit:
http://www.bruker.com
MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE:
http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=5521505
For more information, please contact:
Michael Willett
Bruker BioSciences Corp.
Investor Relations and Public Relations Officer
Tel: +1-978-663-3660, ext. 1411
Email: Michael.Willett@bruker.com
2007'11.23.Fri
New MAAWG Communications Channel Boosts Industry's Abuse Response Capabilities
October 24, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- The
Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group, representing almost one
billion mailboxes from some of the largest network operators
worldwide, has launched the MAAWG Abuse Contact Database as
a new online communications channel to improve industry
cooperation among service providers, volume senders and
email vendors. The database of email contacts provides
MAAWG members direct access to the appropriate person at
other MAAWG companies who can help resolve reputation,
malware and other fraud or abuse related issues.
(Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070124/CLW180LOGO )
The new database will improve communications among a
significant portion of the industry and will ultimately
help provide better service to end-users. For example, a
MAAWG-member Internet service provider can use the database
to send an email alerting another operator of a covert spam
attack and thus help reduce the volume of spam in the email
stream. Before the database was available, industry
professionals often spent considerable time researching the
suitable contact at another company to address a specific
issue, according to Charles Stiles, MAAWG Chairman.
The database is accessible only to MAAWG members and
only includes contact information for MAAWG member
companies. It has been structured so that the contact
information remains hidden to protect members' privacy and
allows companies to define the contact issues relevant to
their business.
"The MAAWG Abuse Contact Database represents the
great strides being made by the industry in facilitating
collaborative communication. This resource provides a
win-win-win situation for mailers, mailbox providers and
most importantly for consumers," Stiles said.
The MAAWG Abuse Contact Database is available when
members login into the private section of the MAAWG Web
site at http://www.MAAWG.org. The site also includes other
materials available only to members, including presentation
archives from MAAWG meetings, access to MAAWG committees,
working technical documents and other resources.
About the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG)
The Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) is where
the messaging industry comes together to work against spam,
viruses, denial-of-service attacks and other online
exploitation. MAAWG (http://www.MAAWG.org) is the only
organization addressing messaging abuse holistically by
systematically engaging all aspects of the problem,
including technology, industry collaboration and public
policy. It leverages the depth and experience of its
global membership to tackle abuse on existing networks and
new emerging services. Headquartered in San Francisco,
Calif., MAAWG is an open forum driven by market needs and
supported by major network operators and messaging
providers.
MAAWG Sponsors (Board of Directors): AOL; AT&T;
Bell Canada; Charter Communications (Nasdaq: CHTR);
Cloudmark; Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA); Cox Communications
(NYSE: COX); EarthLink (Nasdaq: ELNK); France Telecom
(NYSE and Euronext: FTE); Goodmail Systems; Google Inc.;
Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT); Openwave Systems (Nasdaq:
OPWV); Time Warner Cable; Verizon Communications; and
Yahoo! Inc.
MAAWG Full Members: 1&1 Internet AG; AG
Interactive; Bizanga LTD; Internet Initiative Japan,
(Nasdaq: IIJI); IronPort Systems; McAfee Inc.; MX Logic;
Outblaze LTD; Return Path, Inc.; Sprint; Sun Microsystems,
Inc.; Symantec; Telefonica SA; Telus; and Trend Micro,
Inc.
MAAWG Supporter Members: AcquireWeb, Inc.; Acxiom
Digital; Adaptive Mobile Security LTD; Adknowledge, Inc.;
Aladdin Knowledge Systems; Alt-N Technologies, Ltd.; Acxiom
Digital; Bandmail Solutions; BigHip; Bluehornet Networks,
Inc.; BoxSentry PTE Ltd.; Brandmail Solutions; CheetahMail,
an Experian Co.; Cincinnati Bell; Click Tactics; ColdSpark,
Inc.; Commtouch Software LTD; CommuniGate Systems; Constant
Contact; Critical Path, Inc.; Datran Media; eBay, Inc.;
eCircle AG; ECO; e-Dialog; eleven GmbH; Emma, Inc.; Entidad
Publica Empresarial RED.ES; Epsilon; Everyone.net, Inc.;
ExactTarget, Inc.; Facultas/Lyris UK; Fishbowl Marketing;
F-Secure Corp.; GetResponse, an Implix Company; Habeas
Inc.; iContact; Informz; Insender Technologies Inc.;
Insight Midwest, L.P.; iPost; Ipsos Interactive Services;
Kerio Technologies, Inc.; Lyris Solutions; Mail-Filters;
Mansell Group, Inc.; Merkle/Quris; Message Level, LLC;
Message Systems; Messagelabs; Messaging Architects;
Mirapoint Inc.; MTS Allstream Inc.; Netsuite, Inc.; Nextel
Communications; Perftech, Inc.; Pivotal Veracity; Premiere
Global Services; Responsys, Inc.; Rockliffe Systems; Rogers
Cable; RPost; RSA Security Inc.; Salesforce.com; Sana
Security; Sandvine Incorp.; S.C. Softwin SRL; Sendmail,
Inc.; SMobile Systems; Sophos Plc.; Splio; St. Bernard
Software; StreamShield Networks; StrongMail Systems, Inc.;
Synacor, Inc.; TDC; TDS Telecom; Team Cymru; ThinData; TMN
Group; Travelocity.com LP; TRUSTe; Tucows Inc.; UPC
Broadband Operations BV; Verisign Inc.; Webmail.us; Word To
The Wise; Yesmail; and ZDirect, Inc.
For more information, please contact:
Linda Marcus
APR of Astra Communications
Phone: +1-714-974-6356
Email: lmarcus@astra.cc
2007'11.23.Fri
Spansion Signs Foundry Agreement with SMIC to Produce 300mm, 65nm MirrorBit(R) Products
October 24, 2007
Preliminary MOU Signed for SMIC to Manufacture and Sell
MirrorBit Quad Solutions in China
BEIJING and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 23
/Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Spansion Inc. (Nasdaq: SPSN), the
world's largest pure-play provider of Flash memory
solutions, today announced that it has intensified its
focus in the China market by partnering with foundry
leader, Semiconductor Manufacturing International
Corporation ("SMIC", NYSE: SMI and SEHK:
0981.HK). Spansion will transfer its 65nm MirrorBit(R)
technology to SMIC for foundry services on 300mm wafers in
China. SMIC and Spansion have also signed a preliminary
memorandum of understanding which would allow SMIC to enter
selected segments of the Flash memory market with a license
to manufacture and sell 90nm and 65nm and potentially
future Spansion MirrorBit(R) Quad products for the China
content delivery market.
Spansion has been investing in China for over 10 years
and is now a leading Flash memory provider to the top
consumer electronics and wireless OEMs in the region. The
investment started with the establishment by AMD,
Spansion's former parent company, of the Suzhou final
manufacturing facility ¨C now one of the world's largest
producers of memory Multi-chip Packages (MCPs). Since then,
Spansion has added local design centers in Suzhou and
Beijing, and sales and marketing offices in Beijing,
Shanghai and Shenzhen. Through the foundry agreement with
SMIC, Spansion will have wafer manufacturing capabilities
in China.
"By partnering with SMIC, a leading foundry in
China, we can better serve our customers, with products
made in China for the China market," said Bertrand
Cambou, president and CEO of Spansion Inc. "As a
result of our team's success, we have the opportunity to
take our business to the next level and expand
opportunities in this exploding region."
As the market leader in China, SMIC provides a complete
integrated circuit foundry solution to help its customers
fulfill their China Strategy. SMIC has diversified its
memory portfolio to include NAND Flash, NOR Flash, and
Specialty DRAM as part of its growth strategy to enter
potential market segments. SMIC has also announced
development of 90nm 2Gb NAND Flash and 2Gb-TSOP products
based on Saifun 2-bit-per-cell as well as the Quad NROM
four-bit-per-cell technology, scheduled to enter commercial
production as early as the fourth quarter, 2007.
"As Spansion has made strategic plans for the
China market, SMIC has made great strides anticipating the
growing Flash memory market. Our partnership with the NOR
Flash memory technology leader fortifies these strategic
synergies," said Dr. Richard Chang, president and CEO
of SMIC. "With the booming China consumer electronics
market comes the opportunity to create and nurture the
growth of various Flash memory services and markets. We
look forward to collaborating with Spansion to manufacture
its leading-edge MirrorBit technology and develop
Flash-based content delivery applications."
Spansion in China
Spansion has more than 1,300 employees in Greater China
who continue to build momentum with the top OEMs, as
demonstrated by the awards Spansion has received. For the
third consecutive year, Lenovo awarded Spansion Best
Supplier for 2006 and Inventec, a leading ODM/OEM awarded
Spansion Best Partner earlier this year. Spansion's other
leading partners in the Greater China region include ARCA
Technology Corporation and MediaTek, Inc., one of the
world's top ten fabless semiconductor companies for
wireless communications and digital media solutions.
Spansion has a final manufacturing facility in Suzhou, one
of the world's largest memory producers of Multi-chip
Packages (MCPs), design centers in Suzhou and Beijing and
sales and marketing offices in Beijing, Shanghai and
Shenzhen.
About Spansion
Spansion is a leading Flash memory solutions provider,
dedicated to enabling, storing and protecting digital
content in wireless, automotive, networking and consumer
electronics applications. Spansion, previously a joint
venture of AMD and Fujitsu, is the largest company in the
world dedicated exclusively to designing, developing,
manufacturing, marketing and selling Flash memory
solutions. For more information, visit
http://www.spansion.com.
About SMIC
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation
("SMIC"; NYSE: SMI; SEHK: 0981.HK) is one of the
leading semiconductor foundries in the world and the
largest and most advanced foundry in Mainland China,
providing integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing service at
0.35um to 90nm and finer line technologies. Headquartered
in Shanghai, China, SMIC has a 300mm wafer fabrication
facility (fab) under pilot production and three 200mm wafer
fabs in its Shanghai mega-fab, two 300mm wafer fabs in its
Beijing mega-fab, a 200mm wafer fab in Tianjin, and an
in-house assembly and testing facility in Chengdu. SMIC
also has customer service and marketing offices in the
U.S., Europe, and Japan, and a representative office in
Hong Kong. In addition, SMIC manages and operates a 200mm
wafer fab in Chengdu owned by Cension Semiconductor
Manufacturing Corporation and a 300mm wafer fab under
construction in Wuhan owned by Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor
Manufacturing Corporation. For more information, please
visit http://www.smics.com
Spansion(R), the Spansion logo, MirrorBit(R),
MirrorBit(R) Eclipse(TM), ORNAND(TM), HD-SIM(TM) and
combinations thereof, are trademarks of Spansion LLC in the
U.S. and other countries. Other names used are for
informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their
respective owners.
Safe Harbor Statements for SMIC
(Under the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995)
Information provided in this press release may contain
statements relating to current expectations, estimates,
forecasts and projections about future events that are
"forward-looking statements" as defined in the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
forward-looking statements generally relate to the
company's plans, objectives and expectations for future
operations and are based upon management's current
estimates and projections of future results or trends.
Actual future results may differ materially from those
projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties.
For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, see
"Risk Factors" in the company's Annual Report on
Form 20-F filed on June 29, 2007 with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements
are made only as of the date hereof, and we undertake no
obligation to update or revise the forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise.
For more information, please contact:
Joy Wu
Spansion China
Phone: +86-10-1391-0591-789
Michele Landry
Spansion Inc
Phone: +1-408-616-1170
SMIC
Reiko Chang
Corporate Relations
Phone: +86-21-5080-2000 ext. 10544
Email: Reiko_Chang@smics.com
2007'11.23.Fri
Freedom Acquisition Holdings, Inc. Announces Expected Transfer of Listing to NYSE Under the Symbol GLG
October 24, 2007
NEW YORK, Oct. 24 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Freedom
Acquisition Holdings, Inc. (Amex: FRH) (Amex: FRH.U)(Amex:
FRH.WS) ("Freedom") today announced that it has
been approved to submit an application to list its common
stock, warrants and units, and expects to begin trading, on
the New York Stock Exchange on or about November 5, 2007,
under the symbols GLG, GLG WS and GLG.U, respectively. The
company's common stock, warrants and units are expected to
continue trading on the American Stock Exchange under the
symbols FRH, FRH.WS and FRH.U, respectively, through
November 2, 2007. The expected transfer of Freedom's
listing and change in symbol are in connection with the
proposed acquisition of GLG Partners LP and certain
affiliated entities by Freedom and certain of its
wholly-owned subsidiaries, which is subject to certain
conditions to completion, including the approval of
Freedom's stockholders at a special meeting to be held on
October 31, 2007, receipt of financing for the acquisition
transaction and all other conditions to closing. In
connection with the acquisition transaction, Freedom will
change its name to GLG Partners, Inc.
About GLG
GLG, the largest independent alternative asset manager
in Europe and one of the largest in the world, offers its
base of long-standing prestigious clients a diverse range
of investment products and account management services.
GLG's focus is on preserving client's capital and achieving
consistent, superior absolute returns with low volatility
and low correlations to both the equity and fixed income
markets. Since its inception in 1995, GLG has built on the
roots of its founders in the private wealth management
industry to develop into one of the world's largest and
most recognized alternative investment managers, while
maintaining its tradition of client- focused product
development and customer service. As of June 30, 2007, GLG
had gross assets under management of over $21 billion.
About Freedom
Freedom is a blank check company incorporated in
Delaware in 2006 to effect a merger, stock exchange, asset
acquisition, reorganization or similar business combination
with an operating business or businesses which it believes
has significant growth potential. Freedom consummated its
initial public offering on December 28, 2006.
Forward-looking Statements
This press release contains statements relating to
future results of GLG and Freedom that are
"forward-looking statements" as defined in the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual
results may differ materially from those projected as a
result of certain risks and uncertainties. These risks and
uncertainties include, but are not limited to: market
conditions for GLG managed investment funds; performance of
GLG managed investment funds, the related performance fees
and the associated impacts on revenues, net income, cash
flows and fund inflows/outflows; the cost of retaining
GLG's key investment and other personnel or the loss of
such key personnel; risks associated with the expansion of
GLG's business in size and geographically; operational
risk; litigation and regulatory enforcement risks,
including the diversion of management time and attention
and the additional costs and demands on GLG's resources;
risks related to the use of leverage, the use of
derivatives, interest rates and currency fluctuations;
costs related to the proposed acquisition; failure to
obtain the required approvals of stockholders of Freedom
for the proposed acquisition transaction; risks that the
closing of the transaction is substantially delayed or that
the transaction does not close; the successful combination
of Freedom with GLG's business; Freedom's inability to
obtain additional financing to complete the acquisition
transaction; and the limited liquidity and trading of
Freedom securities. Additional information on these and
other factors that may cause actual results and GLG's and
Freedom's performance to differ materially is included in
the Freedom's filings with the SEC, including but not
limited to Freedom's Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2006, subsequent Forms 10-Q and definitive proxy
statement with respect to the Special Meeting filed on
October 11, 2007. Copies may be obtained by contacting
Freedom or on the SEC Internet site (www.sec.gov). Freedom
and GLG caution readers not to place undue reliance upon
any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the
date made. These forward-looking statements are made only
as of the date hereof, and Freedom and GLG undertake no
obligation to release publicly any updates or revisions to
any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of
changes in expectations, events, conditions or
circumstances on which any such statement is based, new
information, future events or otherwise, except as required
by law.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
Freedom Acquisition Holdings, Inc.
("Freedom") has mailed a definitive proxy
statement in connection with the proposed acquisition of
GLG Partners LP and its affiliated entities (collectively,
"GLG") to Freedom stockholders. The definitive
proxy statement was filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on October 11,
2007. Stockholders of Freedom and other interested persons
are advised to read the definitive proxy statement and any
other relevant documents in connection with Freedom's
solicitation of proxies for the special meeting to be held
to approve the proposed acquisition because these documents
contain important information about GLG, Freedom and the
proposed acquisition. Stockholders may obtain a copy of
the definitive proxy statement, without charge, at the
SEC's internet site at http://www.sec.gov or by directing a
request to: Freedom Acquisition Holdings, Inc., 1114 Avenue
of the Americas, 41st floor, New York, New York 10036,
telephone (212) 380-2230.
Freedom and its directors and officers may be deemed
participants in the solicitation of proxies from Freedom's
stockholders. a list of the names of those directors and
officers and descriptions of their interests in Freedom is
contained in the definitive proxy statement. Freedom's
stockholders may obtain additional information about the
interests of its directors and officers in the proposed
acquisition by reading the definitive proxy statement.
For more information, please contact:
GLG
Simon White
Chief Financial Officer
Tel: +44-20-7016-7000
Email: simon.white@glgpartners.com
GLG
Michael Hodes
Acting Director of Investor Relations
Tel: +1-212-224-7223
Email: michael.hodes@glgpartners.com
Freedom Acquisition Holdings, Inc. in the US
Martin E. Franklin
Chairman
Tel: +1-914-967-9400
Freedom Acquisition Holdings, Inc. in Europe
Nicolas Berggruen
President and CEO
Tel: +44-20-7861-0985
Finsbury
Rupert Younger
Email: rupert.younger@finsbury.com
Finsbury
Amanda Lee
Tel: +44-20-7251-3801
Email: amanda.lee@finsbury.com
Finsbury
Andy Merrill
Tel: +1-212-303-7600
Email: andy.merrill@finsbury.com
2007'11.23.Fri
ANADIGICS Announces Third Quarter 2007 Results
October 24, 2007
Achieves Record Quarterly Net Sales of $59.5 million; up
10.5% sequentially and 35.5% From Year Ago Quarter
Delivers GAAP EPS of $0.04; Pro Forma Diluted EPS of $0.11
Company Accelerates Capacity Ramp to Meet Unprecedented
Customer Demand
WARREN, N.J., Oct. 23 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- ANADIGICS,
Inc.
(Nasdaq: ANAD), a leading provider of semiconductor
solutions in the rapidly growing broadband wireless and
wireline communications markets, reported record quarterly
third quarter 2007 net sales of $59.5 million, an increase
of 10.5% compared with net sales of $53.9 million in the
prior quarter, and an increase of 35.5% compared to net
sales of $43.9 million in the year ago quarter.
Net income was $2.4 million or $0.04 per share,
compared with net income of $1.9 million, or $0.03 per
share in the prior quarter and net loss of $1.3 million, or
$0.03 per share in the year ago quarter. Pro forma income
for the third quarter 2007, which excludes non-cash stock
compensation expense and certain costs associated with the
RF Group purchased from Fairchild Semiconductor on
September 5, 2007, was $6.5 million or $0.11 per diluted
share compared with $5.7 million or $0.10 per diluted share
in the prior quarter and $1.1 million or $0.02 per diluted
share in the year ago quarter. The one penny shortfall in
our pro forma income from our prior guidance for the third
quarter stems primarily from manufacturing inefficiencies
associated with the rapid build up of production capacity
to accommodate the unprecedented demand resulting from our
increased market share with several top tier customers.
For the nine months ended September 29, 2007, net sales
were $163.0 million, an increase of 38.1% compared with net
sales of $118.0 million in the prior year ended September
30, 2006. Net income was $3.1 million or $0.05 per
diluted share, compared with a net loss of $8.7 million or
$0.20 per share. Pro forma income for the nine months
2007, which excludes non-cash stock compensation expense,
discontinued operations and certain costs associated with
the RF Group purchased from Fairchild Semiconductor on
September 5, 2007, was $15.9 million or $0.28 per diluted
share, compared with a pro forma loss of $2.7 million or
$0.06 loss per share in the prior year.
"ANADIGICS has significantly increased its market
share with several top tier customers resulting in an
unprecedented demand for its 3G, Broadband CATV, and WiFi
802.11 "n" products." said Dr. Bami Bastani,
President and Chief Executive Officer of ANADIGICS.
"These dynamics have required acceleration in our
plans to add production capacity, which have caused short
term productivity issues, but are expected to be resolved
going forward."
As of June 30, 2007 cash and short and long-term
marketable securities totaled $176.4 million compared with
$181.1 million at March 31, 2007.
"We anticipate some continuing manufacturing
inefficiencies associated with the production capacity ramp
throughout the fourth quarter, said Tom Shields, Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. "However,
we remain confident in the Company's ability to expand our
financial leverage as we solve our manufacturing
inefficiencies and achieve a more favorable product
mix."
Outlook for the Fourth Quarter 2007
Net sales for the fourth quarter 2007 are expected to
increase sequentially by approximately 10% to 14%
reflecting the continued strong demand for our products.
Net sales at this level would represent a 35% to 40%
increase on a comparable basis with fourth quarter 2006.
Net income per share on a GAAP basis for the fourth quarter
2007 is expected to approximate $0.05 to $0.06. Pro forma
diluted earnings per share, excluding non-cash stock
compensation expense, are expected in the range of
approximately $0.11 to $0.13, which reflects approximately
$0.02 for the added quarterly operating expenses associated
with the Company's acquisition of the RF Group. The net
income and pro forma diluted earnings per share are based
upon an estimated diluted weighted average outstanding
common share count of 62.0 million.
The statements regarding outlook are forward looking
and actual results may differ materially. Please see safe
harbor statement at the end of the press release.
This press release includes financial measures that are
not in accordance with GAAP, consisting of non-GAAP, or pro
forma, net income or loss and non-GAAP, or pro forma,
income or loss per share. Management uses non-GAAP net
income or loss and non-GAAP income or loss per share to
evaluate the company's operating and financial performance
in light of business objectives and for planning purposes.
ANADIGICS believes that these measures are useful to
investors because they enhance investors' ability to review
the company's business from the same perspective as the
company's management and facilitate comparisons of this
period's results with prior periods. These non-GAAP
measures exclude charges related to equity-based
compensation and discontinued operations. These financial
measures are not in accordance with GAAP and may differ
from non-GAAP methods of accounting and reporting used by
other companies. The presentation of this additional
information should not be considered a substitute for net
loss or loss per share prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Reconciliations of reported net loss and reported loss per
share to non-GAAP net income or loss and non-GAAP income or
loss per share, respectively, are included at the end of
this press release.
Conference Call
ANADIGICS' senior management will conduct a conference
call today at 5:00 PM Eastern time. A live audio Webcast
will be available at www.anadigics.com. A recording of the
call will be available approximately two hours after the
end of the call on the ANADIGICS Web site or by dialing
(800) 839-3115 (available until October 31).
Recent Highlights
October 08, 2007 - ANADIGICS President and Chief
Executive Officer to
Speak at Gilder/Forbes Telecosm
Conference
September 18, 2007 - ANADIGICS Amplifier Powers New LG
Chocolate(TM)
Handset
September 12, 2007 - ANADIGICS Appoints John Coleman as
Senior Vice
President of Operations
September 11, 2007 - ANADIGICS Ships 802.11n Power
Amplifiers to NXP
Semiconductor for WLAN Module
Solution
September 05, 2007 - ANADIGICS expands Research and
Development Group
through Acquisition of Fairchild
Semiconductor's
RF Design Team
August 29, 2007 - ANADIGICS Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Financial
Officer to Open NASDAQ
August 28, 2007 - New ANADIGICS ICs for Mobile Devices
Integrate Wi-Fi and
Bluetooth RF Front Ends on One Chip
July 31, 2007 - ANADIGICS Expands Wireless and
Broadband U.S Based Sales
Force
July 26, 2007 - ANADIGICS Amplifier Powers Samsung's
Ultra Edition II
SGH-U700 3G Mobile Phone
About ANADIGICS, Inc.
ANADIGICS, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANAD) is a leading provider of
semiconductor solutions in the rapidly growing broadband
wireless and wireline communications markets. The Company's
products include power amplifiers, tuner integrated
circuits, active splitters, line amplifiers, and other
components, which can be sold individually or packaged as
integrated radio frequency and front end modules.
Safe Harbor Statement
Except for historical information contained herein,
this press release contains projections and other
forward-looking statements (as that term is defined in the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). These
projections and forward-looking statements reflect the
Company's current views with respect to future events and
financial performance and can generally be identified as
such because the context of the statement will include
words such as "believe", "anticipate",
"expect", or words of similar import. Similarly,
statements that describe our future plans, objectives,
estimates or goals are forward-looking statements. No
assurances can be given, however, that these events will
occur or that these projections will be achieved and actual
results and developments could differ materially from those
projected as a result of certain factors. Important factors
that could cause actual results and developments to be
materially different from those expressed or implied by
such projections and forward-looking statements include
those factors detailed from time to time in our reports
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2006, and those discussed elsewhere
herein.
ANADIGICS, INC.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts,
unaudited)
Three months ended
(GAAP)
Nine months ended
September September
September September
29, 2007 30, 2006
29, 2007 30, 2006
Net sales $59,545 $43,943
$162,987 $117,986
Cost of sales 39,387 30,278
107,637 83,804
Gross profit 20,158 13,665
55,350 34,182
Research and development expenses 12,491 8,976
33,309 25,340
Selling and administrative
expenses 7,221 6,139
22,062 17,081
Operating income (loss) 446 (1,450)
(21) (8,239)
Interest income 2,338 1,643
5,776 4,073
Interest expense (592) (1,285)
(1,872) (3,860)
Other income 173 --
173 21
Income (loss) from continuing
operations 2,365 (1,092)
4,056 (8,005)
Loss from discontinued
operations (1) -- (220)
(965) (731)
Net income (loss) $2,365 $(1,312)
$3,091 $(8,736)
Basic earnings (loss) per share
Income (loss) from continuing
operations $0.04 $(0.02)
$0.08 $(0.18)
Loss from discontinued operations
(1) $-- $(0.01)
$(0.02) $(0.02)
Net income (loss) $0.04 $(0.03)
$0.06 $(0.20)
Diluted earnings (loss) per share
Income (loss) from continuing
operations $0.04 $(0.02)
$0.07 $(0.18)
Loss from discontinued
operations (1) $-- $(0.01)
$(0.02) $(0.02)
Net income (loss) $0.04 $(0.03)
$0.05 $(0.20)
Basic shares outstanding 57,505 45,237
54,114 43,202
Dilutive shares outstanding 60,648 45,237
57,403 43,202
Unaudited Reconciliation of GAAP
to Pro Forma Non-GAAP Financial
Measures
GAAP net income (loss) $2,365 $(1,312)
$3,091 $(8,736)
Stock compensation expense in
continuing operations
Cost of sales 736 466
2,487 1,140
Research and development 1,446 877
4,338 2,142
Selling, general and
administrative 1,375 838
4,448 2,043
Purchased RF group cost (R&D
expense) (2) 564 --
564 --
Loss from discontinued operations -- 220
965 731
Pro forma net income (loss) $6,486 $1,089
$15,893 $(2,680)
Pro forma earnings (loss) per
share *
Basic $0.11 $0.02
$0.29 $(0.06)
Diluted $0.11 $0.02
$0.28 $(0.06)
(*) Calculated using related GAAP shares
outstanding
(1) The loss from discontinued operations reflects
the divestiture of
Telcom Devices, Inc., effective April 2, 2007.
(2) Reflects costs incurred by the RF Group during
the quarter. The
Company acquired certain assets and workforce of
the RF Group from
Fairchild Semiconductor on September 5, 2007.
These costs are
excluded for pro forma presentation as the costs
of the RF Group
are incremental to the historical results of
ANADIGICS.
ANADIGICS, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Amounts in thousands)
September
29, December 31,
2007
2006
Assets
(Unaudited)
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $43,594
$13,706
Marketable securities 126,008
60,892
Accounts receivable 40,074
26,707
Inventory 20,076
19,701
Prepaid expenses and other
current assets 6,468
2,632
Assets of discontinued
operations (1) --
1,429
Total current assets 236,220
125,067
Marketable securities 6,780
8,884
Plant and equipment, net 60,243
41,259
Goodwill and other intangibles,
net of amortization 6,588
5,929
Other assets 1,122
1,463
$310,953
$182,602
Liabilities and stockholders'
equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $23,695
$17,879
Accrued liabilities 6,138
5,588
Capital lease obligations --
312
Liabilities of discontinued
operations (1) --
252
Total current liabilities 29,833
24,031
Other long-term liabilities 3,271
3,348
Long-term debt 38,000
38,000
Long-term capital lease
obligations --
1,463
Total Stockholders' equity 239,849
115,760
$310,953
$182,602
(1)The Company disposed of the assets of its
subsidiary, Telcom
Devices, Inc. on April 2, 2007.
* The condensed balance sheet at December 31, 2006
has been derived
from the audited financial statements at such
date but does not
include all the information and footnotes
required by generally
accepted accounting principles for complete
financial statements.
For more information, please contact:
Chuck Manners
Godfrey
Tel: +1-717-393-3831
Fax: +1-717-393-1403
Email: chuck@godfrey.com
Corporate Contact:
Jennifer Palella
ANADIGICS, Inc.
Tel: +1-908-668-5000
Fax: +1-908-412-5978
Email: jpalella@anadigics.com
Investor Relations Contact:
Thomas Shields
ANADIGICS, Inc.
Tel: +1-908-412-5995
Email: tshields@anadigics.com
2007'11.23.Fri
Ekahau Delivers Visitor Tracking Solution for Dubai Theme Park
October 24, 2007
Ekahau RTLS with Wireless Tags to Ensure Safer
Entertainment Experience for Theme Park Visitors
HELSINKI, Finland, Oct. 24 /Xinhua--PRNewswire/ --
Ekahau Inc., a leading provider of Wi-Fi based Real Time
Location Systems (RTLS), today announced that the Stargate,
a new multi-use family entertainment center in Dubai, United
Arab Emirates, will integrate Ekahau Positioning Engine 4.0
(EPE) with its Cisco wireless Wi-Fi network to provide a
comprehensive tracking system for visitors, staff and
portable equipment. One unique application being offered
enables families visiting the theme park to receive a
compact Ekahau T301A tag for each child, enabling parents
and Stargate staff to locate them in real time, should they
get lost.
"As the first installation in the Middle East for
any tracking system based on Wi-Fi networks, we are
particularly proud to work with such a high profile
customer as Stargate," said Assem Lawandy, managing
director of Wireless Vision, the company responsible for
installing the Ekahau solution. "System integration
with the Cisco network installed by Emirates Computers, a
Dubai-based Cisco Gold partner, is proceeding well and with
everything in place, we will have something truly unique to
offer our customer."
In addition to the 1,100 Ekahau T301A tags provided for
use primarily with young visitors, the theme park also plans
to use Ekahau's forthcoming credit card-sized T301B tags for
security personnel. Tags will also play an important role in
locating valuable mobile equipment over the 24,000 square
meter venue.
"Stargate is a prestigious and important project
for Emirates Computers," Haytham Kamel, general
manager - Dubai, Emirates Computers. "The smooth
coordination between the Cisco wireless network solution
provided and Ekahau's RTLS system offers our customer a
unique, cost-effective and extremely advantageous tracking
system that will add to the enjoyment and safety of their
visitors."
The topography of the theme park is not without its
challenges. It is spread across five domes, each offering a
unique experience including 3-D shows, a rollercoaster and a
real-snow, lunar-themed play area. Other facilities include
a multi-cuisine food court beneath a glazed pyramid
structure and various exhibition and retail sites.
"After long evaluation, we decided that the
integration of the Ekahau system with our Cisco network
offered the best possible synergy," said Maher Hakim,
concept creator and executive director of Osus, the real
estate company developing and running the park. "We
believe the benefits of this system are clear - allowing
our younger visitors the freedom to explore the centre, and
their parent's peace of mind to know where they are at any
given time. The ability to track our staff and valuable
equipment also is a strategic benefit over such a complex
campus area."
About Emirates Computers
Established in 1978, Emirates Computers is a UAE-based
technology company that scopes, plans, designs, implements,
and services the various layers of technology required to
enable clients to experience "Smart Living".
As a partner of choice for leading technology providers
such as Cisco, Nokia, Oracle, Microsoft, Dell, EMC, Sun
Microsystems, Vignette, Tandberg, Citrix, NCR, SGI, Roland
and others, Emirates Computers covers markets end-to-end,
catering to both enterprises and consumers. For further
information on Emirates Computers, please visit
http://www.emiratescomputers.ae
About Wireless Vision
Wireless Vision is a leading provider of Real Time
Location Systems (RTLS) technology in the Middle East.
Based in the U.A.E., Wireless Vision offers its services to
all Gulf States as well as Egypt, Sudan, Jordan and Lebanon.
As the distributor of Ekahau tracking systems in the Middle
East, we offer turn key solutions for people and asset
tracking. For more information, please visit
http://www.wirelessvisionme.com
About Ekahau Inc.
Ekahau Inc. is the industry leader in providing Wi-Fi
based RTLS solutions. Ekahau's customers, including several
Fortune 500 companies worldwide, are realizing the benefits
of Wi-Fi based location services and innovative Wi-Fi
network planning and optimisation tools. Ekahau partners
include wireless software developers, leading system
integrators, and international OEM partners, who develop
and market wireless enterprise applications. Ekahau is a
U.S. based corporation, with offices in Saratoga, CA;
Reston, VA; Helsinki, Finland; and Hong Kong, China. For
more information about Ekahau, please visit at
http://www.ekahau.com
For more information, please contact:
Jarmo Ikonen, Sales Director
Ekahau, Inc.
Phone: +358-20-743-5910
Email: sales@ekahau.com
Rich Mullikin
Rocket Science PR
Phone: +1-925-779-9115
Email: rich@rocketscience.com
Assem Lawandy, Managing Director
Wireless Vision
Phone: +971-6-577-4218
Mobile: +971-5-0486-6321
2007'11.23.Fri
HiQube(TM) Launches Ground-Breaking New Business Intelligence (BI) Platform
October 24, 2007
High-performance technology enables extremely flexible,
low-maintenance BI solution that quickly delivers in-depth
reporting and analysis capability
TROY, Mich., Oct. 24 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
HiQube LLC, a new business intelligence (BI) software
company, announced today the worldwide availability of
HiQube, its high-performance business intelligence (BI)
platform, featuring the ground-breaking HiQube technology.
HiQube combines three BI database technologies to deliver a
solution that handles extremely large datasets while
remaining one of the fastest and most flexible BI solutions
available. Interested customers and channel partners can
learn more by visiting http://www.hiqube.com.
HiQube technology combines hierarchical, relational and
multidimensional data management methodologies within a
single, unified database architecture. This innovative
platform empowers end-users to easily interact with data
and create personalized, tailored reports. It also enables
users to perform ad hoc queries for "what if?"
analysis. As a result, HiQube technology allows users to
explore and discover key business performance indicators
using the industry's best visualization capabilities.
"HiQube was created to match BI functionality to
user needs," said Massimiliano Cavallo, HiQube
technology founding partner and the director of
implementation for HiQube. "This revolutionary
technology is especially valuable where business
decision-makers need to access large datasets, and still
have the ability to drill-down and easily make on-the-fly
changes to BI models. HiQube also delivers an extremely low
total cost of ownership (TCO), because the united BI
architecture was created from the ground up. This makes it
quick to implement, easy to learn and is low
maintenance."
The core technology behind HiQube originated in Italy
and was recently acquired by global technology provider
Altair Engineering. Altair is supporting HiQube's launch
with its worldwide marketing, sales and channel support.
"Altair Engineering has been successful assisting
leading global manufacturing design organizations to make
better engineering decisions regarding product
innovations," said HiQube Chairman and Altair
Engineering CEO James Scapa. "That is why HiQube is a
natural fit as a technology investment for Altair. With the
high number of departments and individuals tracking and
storing business data today, HiQube can easily handle
massive amounts of information. At the same time, it
ensures that the data is accessible and easy to translate
into business intelligence. Achieving this goal elevates
data into useable knowledge."
Another advantage of the HiQube BI solution is its
unique "pay-for-what-you-use" software licensing
system. This system delivers significantly higher value
than traditional BI licensing models. In addition, HiQube
takes advantage of Altair's well-established, patented unit
licensing system, already proven in the engineering and grid
technology markets. The power of this model is that
customers can enable their entire IT infrastructure -
servers and desktop workstations - and only pay for the
maximum number licenses that will be concurrently used.
This flexible and customer-friendly licensing system even
allows software licenses to dynamically float across
enterprise-computing resources as well as geographically
separate systems to meet the changing needs of users.
SUMMARY: HiQube Key Value Differentiators
-- The HiQube technology handles massive datasets and
is one of the
fastest BI solutions in the industry.
-- HiQube is user-empowered, with unmatched flexibility
and superior
reporting capabilities.
-- HiQube provides lower TCO as a result of a united BI
platform that was
created from the ground up. This makes it quick to
implement as well
as easy to learn and maintain.
-- HiQube's unique licensing system delivers a
"pay-for-what-you-use"
model that allows enterprises to enable all
computing infrastructure,
resulting in increased utilization, lower total
costs and improved
efficiencies.
"HiQube is the only BI solution that offers
versatility in handling very large data sources
efficiently," said Cristiano Monteferrario, business
analyst for Bottega Verde, an international cosmetic
company that uses the HiQube technology for its BI efforts.
"Decision-makers have little patience or time to learn
a complex business intelligence solution that is common
with the majority of other BI platforms. The HiQube
platform's combination of robustness, speed and ease-of-use
make it the ideal platform for Bottega Verde."
About HiQube
HiQube(TM) is a new high-performance business
intelligence (BI) software solution that quickly delivers
in-depth business analysis capability and superior
reporting, as a result of its unique HiQube technology.
HiQube technology is easy to use, and is the first to
combine hierarchical, relational and multidimensional
database technologies. In doing so, it delivers users with
unparalleled decision-making power. The core technology
behind this new database management system originated in
Italy and was acquired in 2007 by Altair Engineering, a
global technology provider. HiQube BI software solutions
are available and supported worldwide.
About Altair Engineering
Altair Engineering, Inc. powers on-demand computing and
innovation for customers worldwide. The company's products
and services strengthen client innovation and
decision-making through technology that optimizes the
analysis, management and visualization of business and
engineering information. Privately held with more than
1,300 employees, Altair has offices throughout North
America, South America, Europe and Asia/Pacific. With a
20-year-plus track record for product design, advanced
engineering software and on-demand computing technologies,
Altair consistently delivers a competitive advantage to
customers in a broad range of industries. To learn more,
please visit http://www.altair.com.
For more information, please contact:
Mike Kidder
Altair Engineering, Inc.
Phone: +1-248-614-2400 ext. 269
Email: Media@altair.com
Brad Rutledge
Rutledge Consulting Group
Phone: +1-801-824-6218
Email: brad@rutledgeconsultinggroup.com
2007'11.23.Fri
Spreadtrum and ZTE First to Demonstrate TD-MBMS
October 23, 2007
SHANGHAI, China, Oct. 23 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPRD) and
Zhongxing Telecommunication Equipment Co., Ltd. (ZTE
Corporation, 0763.HK) today announced that ZTE Corporation
R&D Centre (Shanghai) has successfully demonstrated
TD-MBMS network services using Spreadtrum's
TD-SCDMA/GSM/GPRS dual-mode chipset solution.
MBMS, Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service, is a
packet based broadcast service for mobile communication
networks that allows a single broadcasted frequency to
carry multiple channels of content. MBMS is an important
feature for third generation (3G) mobile communication
networks, as carriers view multicast services like MBMS as
a great opportunity to develop applications that would
increase their ARPU (average revenue per user) through the
broadcast of services to handsets ranging from short
advertisements, free/premium TV channels, and group sending
of multimedia messages (video blogging). TD-MBMS was
created as an easy and fast deployment mobile multimedia
solution for MBMS on TD-SCDMA networks, since it requires
relatively small changes to the underlying 3GPP standard,
which should enable carriers to deploy these multimedia
services with a comparatively low network deployment cost.
As a new TD-SCDMA multimedia service, TD-MBMS targets
the mid to high-end segments of the 3G mobile market and
should help bring new mobile entertainment experiences,
such as watching television on mobile devices, to
consumers.
As indicated in today's announcement, TD-MBMS is now
technically feasible on the TD-SCDMA network built using
ZTE's equipment. With the adoption of Spreadtrum's SC8800D
TD-SCDMA/GSM/GPRS dual-mode chip and platform, TD-MBMS could
be applied to mobile phones, providing smooth images and
clear sound. This successful demonstration of MBMS based
on the TD-SCDMA standard indicates that the TD-MBMS
technology is ready for commercialization. This new
TD-MBMS development is another step in the joint
commercialization of TD-SCDMA by Spreadtrum and ZTE,
following the strategic partnership agreement between
Spreadtrum and ZTE announced on August 29, 2007.
Dr. Datong Chen, CTO of Spreadtrum, said, "We are
very pleased to be a part of ZTE's successful demonstration
of the industry's first TD-MBMS services. We believe this
not only enriches the growing level of 3G TD-SCDMA
multimedia services, but also enables TD-SCDMA mobile
phones to satisfy the diverse requirements of its targeted
users. In addition, Spreadtrum's TD-SCDMA/GSM/GPRS
dual-mode chip and platform can equip the handset
manufacturers with competitive technical advantages of
TD-SCDMA mobile phones."
Mr. Yuhong Duan, ZTE's General Manager of TD products,
said, "ZTE has been focused on the research and
technical evolvement of the TD-SCDMA standard for several
years, and it is the first to support TD-MBMS on the system
side in the industry. This successful showcase by ZTE of
MBMS based on Spreadtrum's chip solution not only
exemplifies the technical advancement of ZTE's TD-SCDMA
equipment, but also ZTE's contributions to the anticipated
widespread use of TD-SCDMA in China."
About Spreadtrum
Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. is a fabless
semiconductor company that designs, develops, and markets
baseband processor solutions for the mobile wireless
communications market. Spreadtrum combines its
semiconductor design expertise with its software
development capabilities to deliver highly-integrated
baseband processors with multimedia functionality and power
management. Spreadtrum has developed its solutions based on
an open development platform, enabling its customers to
develop customized wireless products that are feature-rich
and meet their cost and time-to-market requirements.
Safe Harbor Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the "safe
harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking
statements include, without limitation, statements
regarding TD-MBMS enabling carriers to deploy multimedia
services with a comparatively low network deployment cost;
the successful demonstration of TD-MBMS being an indicator
that TD-MBMS technology is ready for commercialization;
TD-MBMS enabling new TD-SCDMA mobile phones to satisfy the
diverse requirements of its targeted users; and the
anticipated widespread use of TD-SCDMA in China. These
statements are forward-looking in nature and involve risks
and uncertainties that may cause actual achievements and
market trends to differ materially from those expressed or
implied in these forward-looking statements for a variety
of reasons. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but
are not limited to, uncertainty regarding the timing and
pace of the commercial adoption of TD-SCDMA technology and
commercial deployment of TD-MBMS services; continued
competitive pressure in the semiconductor industry and the
effect of such pressure on prices; unpredictable changes in
technology and consumer demand for mobile handsets; and the
state of and any change in Spreadtrum's relationships with
its major customers. For additional discussion of these
risks and uncertainties and other factors, please consider
the information contained in Spreadtrum's filings with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC"), including the registration statement on
Form F-1 filed on June 26, 2007, as amended, especially the
sections under "Risk Factors" and
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations," and such other
documents that Spreadtrum may file with the SEC from time
to time, including on Form 6-K. Spreadtrum assumes no
obligation to update any forward-looking statements, which
apply only as of the date of this press release.
For more information, please contact:
William Shi
Spreadtrum Communications
Tel: +86-10-6270-2988 x217
Email: william.shi@spreadtrum.com
2007'11.23.Fri
Ground-breaking Conference Takes on Abortion
October 23, 2007
Organisers Highlight the Global Pandemic of Unsafe Abortion
and Call for Universal Access to Safe Abortion Care
LONDON, Oct. 23 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Expanding access
to safe abortion around the world is on the agenda at the
groundbreaking Global Safe Abortion Conference beginning
today in London. In an unprecedented show of global
concern, nearly 800 public health experts, government
representatives and women's health advocates from around
the world convened to build momentum around reducing the
appalling toll on women's health and lives caused by unsafe
abortion.
Organisers of the Global Safe Abortion Conference,
Marie Stopes International (MSI), Ipas and Abortion Rights
- NGOs working to promote women's reproductive health and
rights - called for increased access to safe abortion
services, recognised women's right to self-determination in
exercising their reproductive choices, and encouraged
efforts to secure legal reform.
"At least 66,000 women annually die directly as a
result of unsafe abortion," said Mark Lowcock,
Director General of Policy and the International Division
at the UK Department for International Development,
speaking at the opening plenary. "I have been asked to
speak for 15 minutes; in that time two women, probably in
the developing world, probably young, will die.
"The tragedy is still greater given that we have
the technology to prevent almost all of these deaths. We
cannot sweep it under the carpet."
The medical journal The Lancet has called unsafe
abortion one of the most neglected health issues of our
time. The two-day conference highlights the global scale of
this divisive issue. Representatives of nearly 60 countries
are attending the meeting, which is the first-ever global
conference of its kind.
MSI Chief Executive, Dana Hovig, called attention to
the need for governments and donors to significantly
increase their investment in making comprehensive sex
education, contraception and safe abortion more widely
accessible.
"All around the world, and especially in the
poorest countries, unsafe abortion kills women and girls
solely because they lack access to safe abortion care. Of
all causes of maternal mortality, unsafe abortion is the
easiest to prevent. It is time for governments and donors
to step up and make resources available."
Ipas President, Elizabeth Maguire, called the
continuing toll of death and injury from unsafe abortion
"a moral outrage and a gross violation of women's
basic human rights. How many more poor women and girls must
suffer or die before we start taking action?"
"New data show that the number of deaths from
unsafe abortion is virtually unchanged in the past
decade," she said. "Now is the time for us to
speak out loudly and to take bold action on this important
issue. Unsafe abortion is a reality; the choice we have is
whether to help women or let them die."
The conference addresses topics such as global evidence
on the impact of unsafe abortion, abortion as a human right,
and trends in the law, policy and practice. Key speakers
include Bert Koenders, the Minister for Development
Cooperation in the Netherlands; Dr. Paul Van Look, Director
of Reproductive Health and Research at the World Health
Organization; Prof. Fred Sai of Ghana; Gill Greer,
Director- General of the International Planned Parenthood
Federation; Dr. Eunice Brookman-Amissah, Former Minister of
Health of Ghana and Ipas Vice-President for Africa; and Jon
O'Brien, President of Catholics for a Free Choice.
Organisers plan to issue a Call to Action that will
serve as the basis of a new global movement to reduce
unsafe abortion.
For more information, please contact:
Diana Thomas
MSI
Tel: +44-777-168-1265
Tony Kerridge
MSI
Tel: +44-774-894-8037
Kirsten Sherk
Ipas
Tel: +44-750-449-0641
2007'11.23.Fri
SyChip Introduces High-Speed WLAN SDIO Driver
October 23, 2007
Solution Enables True Broadband Connectivity In Handheld
Devices
PLANO, Texas, Oct. 23 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- SyChip,
Inc., a leader in Radio Frequency Chip Scale Modules (CSM)
and a subsidiary of Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., today
announced the launch of its High-Speed Secure Digital
Input/Output (HS-SDIO) driver for Wi-Fi enabled mobile
devices. This HS-SDIO solution allows consumers using
Microsoft(R) Windows CE devices to realize effective data
throughput of up to 16Mbps, thus enabling true high speed
Internet access on a mobile handset.
SyChip's HS-SDIO driver doubles the wireless LAN (WLAN)
throughput in current Windows CE devices. Since SDIO is the
most popular interface used in mobile embedded WLAN today,
this driver, together with the company's WLAN module,
provides designers a high performance wireless solution
that can be quickly integrated into handheld device. The
HS-SDIO driver is initially available on the Marvell(R)
PXA270 and PXA300 family of processors, but it can also
support other application processor platforms.
"The goal is to provide our customers with
industry-leading plug-and-play solutions. This consists of
smallest form factor modules, with proven software that
decreases time to market and improves the end-user
experience," said Moses Asom, SyChip co-founder and
senior vice president of marketing and business
development. "We serve as a solution provider
integrating application processors, operating systems and
peripheral interfaces. The HS-SDIO product announcement
underscores SyChip's commitment to this strategy."
"SyChip's high-speed SDIO solution delivers
enhanced performance to designers creating devices running
Windows Embedded CE," said Jeff Felbeck, senior
partner marketing manager, Americas at Microsoft Corp.
"With this increased performance, SyChip is
contributing to the connected experience powered by smart,
service-oriented devices with high-speed flexibility and
connectivity."
The HS-SDIO product will be commercially available in
Q4 2007. Interested customers can visit
http://www.sychip.com/products.html for more information
and pricing.
About SyChip, Inc.
SyChip, Inc. a subsidiary of Murata Manufacturing Co.,
Ltd. develops and markets Chip Scale Modules,
Semiconductors and Software for the wireless mobile market.
The company's RF modules are differentiated due to
proprietary integration and low loss silicon technologies.
As a result of this integration, world-class RF system
design, proprietary multifunction ASICs, software and smart
utilities, SyChip's RF designs drastically reduce component
count, offer very small footprints and are easy to
integrate into a mobile device. Customers benefit by
significantly reducing their time-to-market, increasing
performance and improving reliability of their wireless
devices. SyChip has received multiple awards, including
Internet Telephony's 2005 Product of the Year, Deloitte's
2005 "Fast 500", the TiEcon 2005 Emerging Star
Award, MobileTrax "2005 Mobility Award", finalist
for the "2005 Red Herring 100", Deloitte's 2004
"Fast 500 Rising Star Award" and "Best
Wireless Accessory" by Handheld Computing.
All product and company names herein may be trademarks
of their registered owners.
For more information, please contact:
Company Contact:
Yong Fang
SyChip, Inc.
Tel: +1-972-202-8871
Email: yfang@sychip.com
Media Contact:
Amy Talley
Jefferson Communications
Tel: +1-703-323-8939
Email: atalley@jeffersoncomm.com
Web site: http://www.sychip.com/products.html
2007'11.23.Fri
PLUS Markets Teams With PR Newswire to Deliver Disclosure and Investor Communications Solutions
October 23, 2007
LONDON, Oct. 23 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- PLUS Markets
Group plc ("PMG") today announced a collaboration
with PR Newswire, the world's leading disclosure and
corporate news distribution service, which will provide
companies listed or quoted on the PLUS market access to PR
Newswire's disclosure and investor communications
services.
PMG chose to partner with PR Newswire to help their
listed and quoted companies increase their profile as well
as fulfil their regulatory disclosure obligations, through
the use of PR Newswire's Disclose service. Disclose helps
companies fulfil UK and Transparency Directive regulatory
disclosure requirements by distributing price sensitive
announcements to official Secondary Information Providers
(SIPS) in the UK - Reuters, Bloomberg, Thomson Financial,
AFX, Perfect Information and Dow Jones - and key media in
all EU member states.
PMG was recently granted "Recognised Investment
Exchange" status by the Financial Services Authority,
conferring on it exactly the same rights and privileges as
other recognised exchanges in the UK.
"Companies listed or quoted on PLUS and their
corporate advisers require an approved Regulated
Information Service that is fast, easy to use, and offers
good value," said Cyril Theret, Business Development
Director at PMG. "Disclose already offers such a
service to more than 800 public companies in the UK and we
are delighted to provide access to Disclose to companies
listed or quoted on our market."
In addition to disclosure compliance, PMG and PR
Newswire intend to work together to offer wider
communication solutions to PLUS-listed and PLUS-quoted
companies. These will include services that send critical
company information to institutional and retail investors
in Europe and the US, supporting issuers' IR programmes and
boosting liquidity.
"We are delighted to have reached this agreement
with PMG," said Lisa Ashworth, CEO of the PR Newswire
European business, "It will provide PMG companies with
a world class service of investor communications, and add to
the already very strong partnerships that PR Newswire has
developed around the world."
PMG will cease to provide the in-house "Newstrack
PLUS" service that it has historically provided to
PLUS-quoted companies.
Notes to Editors:
About PLUS Markets
PLUS Markets is a fully competitive stock exchange in
London, offering a deep pool of liquidity by supporting
small order flow at low transaction cost and able to offer
a full range of trading and listing solutions. It has
recently been granted "Recognised Investment
Exchange" status by the Financial Services Authority.
Over 1,000 small and mid-cap company shares currently trade
on the PLUS market, representing a combined market
capitalisation of nearly GBP200 billion.
About PR Newswire
PR Newswire ( http://www.prnewswire.com and
http://www.prnewswire.co.uk ) provides electronic
distribution, targeting, measurement and broadcast services
on behalf of tens of thousands of corporate, government,
association, trade, non-profit, and other customers
worldwide. Using PR Newswire, these organizations reach a
variety of critical audiences including the news media, the
investment community, government decision- makers, and the
general public with their up-to-the-minute, full-text news
developments.
Established in 1954, PR Newswire has offices in 13
countries and routinely sends its customers' news to
outlets in 135 countries and in more than 40 languages.
Utilizing the latest in communications technology, PR
Newswire content is considered a mainstay among news
reporters, investors and individuals who seek breaking news
from the source. PR Newswire is a subsidiary of United
Business Media plc of London.
For more information, please contact:
Press Queries for PLUS Markets Group
John Parry
Rostron Parry
Tel: +44-207-490-8062
Email: john@rostronparry.com
Press Queries for PR Newswire
Rachel Meranus
Vice President
Public Relations
PR Newswire
Tel: +1-201-360-6776
Email: rachel.meranus@prnewswire.com
2007'11.23.Fri
| 金沢の文化と伝統的な匠の技が融合した新菓子ブランド 誕生 |
きらびやかな金箔と菓子職人の技とが
織り成す 新感覚のスイーツ
「金沢箔」をキーワードに、女性の美を追究した商品からインテリア・建材製品まで幅広い分野で企画・製造、販売を行っている株式会社箔一(本社：石川県金沢市、代表取締役：浅野 邦子)では、11月15日までに金沢の華麗な文化と伝統的な匠の技を融合した、新しいお菓子ブランド「Ichino菓(いちのか)」を発表しました。
■Ichino菓とは
金箔の素晴らしさを、心踊るお菓子の世界で「Ichino菓」は、味わいはもちろんカタチや色彩(白と黒と金)にまでこだわり、色々な視点から見て頂くと気付かれますが、金沢という背景や価値観を感じていただけるように創られた、少し遊び心を隠し持ったお菓子ブランドです。また、弊社の事業分野である食用金箔トッピング材料(金の舞)の素晴らしさも楽しんでいただけます。職人がこだわりの素材で丹念に創りあげた菓子と、永遠の輝きを放ち続ける金箔。
手技と手技のコラボレーションが新しいお菓子を生みだしました。「Ichino菓」は、いつもと少し違うあなたらしい贅沢なひとときをお届けいたします。
■今後の展開
◇弊社の各種事業分野との融合や、企業様とのコラボレーション企画などビジネスモデルを構築・打ち出しをしながら、お客様に喜ばれるお菓子や空間演出などの提案をおこなっていきます。
◇商品の充実も図っていきます。期間限定の菓子や季節事の菓子、通年ご提供出来る菓子などを企画販売していきます。
今後の弊社の活動にご期待下さい。
■商品構成
---------------------------------------
すり胡麻入り羊羹｜漆黒｜
---------------------------------------
熊笹入の炭と、丹念にすりおろした胡麻をふんだんに練り込みました。お口の中に残るしゃりしゃり感はすり胡麻ならでは。体にやさしい羊羹です。
保存方法：冷蔵保存
消費期限：出荷日より5日間
配送方法：冷蔵便
●漆黒1本入
サイズ／2.5×21×2.5(cm)
840円(税込)
●漆黒2本入(スリーブ)
サイズ／5.5×21×2.8(cm)
1,890円(税込)
●漆黒・雪珠セット(金沢貼函入)
10.5×21.5×5.5(cm)
漆黒2本、雪珠4個 詰め合せ
3,150円(税込)
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ミルクまんじゅう｜雪珠｜
---------------------------------------
黄金色のミルク餡を求肥でまるめてホワイトチョコレートで包みました。表面はパリッと、中はもちっと。お口の中でひろがる甘い餡をお楽しみいただけます。
保存方法：冷蔵保存
消費期限：出荷日より3日間
配送方法：冷蔵便
●雪珠1個入
サイズ／5.5×5.5×5.5(cm)
294円(税込)
●雪珠セット(金沢貼函入)
サイズ／11×11×5.5(cm)
雪珠4個入
1,470円(税込)
●雪珠セット(金沢貼函入)
サイズ／10.5×21.5×5.5(cm)
雪珠8個入
2,625円(税込)
■販売
現在のところ、ウェブショップのみとなっています。
http://www.ichinoka.jp/
【会社概要】
名称 ： 株式会社 箔一
代表者 ： 代表取締役社長 浅野邦子
所在地 ： 〒921-8061 石川県金沢市森戸2丁目1番地1
TEL ： 076-240-0891
FAX ： 076-240-6800
E-mail ： info@hakuichi.co.jp
URL ： http://www.hakuichi.co.jp/
事業内容： 金沢箔美術工芸品・特殊箔押金彩加工・各種金銀特殊箔・食用超高純度金箔あぶら
とり紙・金箔コスメティック・装飾建材インテリアの製造、加工、販売
■Ichino菓とは
金箔の素晴らしさを、心踊るお菓子の世界で「Ichino菓」は、味わいはもちろんカタチや色彩(白と黒と金)にまでこだわり、色々な視点から見て頂くと気付かれますが、金沢という背景や価値観を感じていただけるように創られた、少し遊び心を隠し持ったお菓子ブランドです。また、弊社の事業分野である食用金箔トッピング材料(金の舞)の素晴らしさも楽しんでいただけます。職人がこだわりの素材で丹念に創りあげた菓子と、永遠の輝きを放ち続ける金箔。
手技と手技のコラボレーションが新しいお菓子を生みだしました。「Ichino菓」は、いつもと少し違うあなたらしい贅沢なひとときをお届けいたします。
■今後の展開
◇弊社の各種事業分野との融合や、企業様とのコラボレーション企画などビジネスモデルを構築・打ち出しをしながら、お客様に喜ばれるお菓子や空間演出などの提案をおこなっていきます。
◇商品の充実も図っていきます。期間限定の菓子や季節事の菓子、通年ご提供出来る菓子などを企画販売していきます。
今後の弊社の活動にご期待下さい。
■商品構成
---------------------------------------
すり胡麻入り羊羹｜漆黒｜
---------------------------------------
熊笹入の炭と、丹念にすりおろした胡麻をふんだんに練り込みました。お口の中に残るしゃりしゃり感はすり胡麻ならでは。体にやさしい羊羹です。
保存方法：冷蔵保存
消費期限：出荷日より5日間
配送方法：冷蔵便
●漆黒1本入
サイズ／2.5×21×2.5(cm)
840円(税込)
●漆黒2本入(スリーブ)
サイズ／5.5×21×2.8(cm)
1,890円(税込)
●漆黒・雪珠セット(金沢貼函入)
10.5×21.5×5.5(cm)
漆黒2本、雪珠4個 詰め合せ
3,150円(税込)
---------------------------------------
ミルクまんじゅう｜雪珠｜
---------------------------------------
黄金色のミルク餡を求肥でまるめてホワイトチョコレートで包みました。表面はパリッと、中はもちっと。お口の中でひろがる甘い餡をお楽しみいただけます。
保存方法：冷蔵保存
消費期限：出荷日より3日間
配送方法：冷蔵便
●雪珠1個入
サイズ／5.5×5.5×5.5(cm)
294円(税込)
●雪珠セット(金沢貼函入)
サイズ／11×11×5.5(cm)
雪珠4個入
1,470円(税込)
●雪珠セット(金沢貼函入)
サイズ／10.5×21.5×5.5(cm)
雪珠8個入
2,625円(税込)
■販売
現在のところ、ウェブショップのみとなっています。
http://www.ichinoka.jp/
【会社概要】
名称 ： 株式会社 箔一
代表者 ： 代表取締役社長 浅野邦子
所在地 ： 〒921-8061 石川県金沢市森戸2丁目1番地1
TEL ： 076-240-0891
FAX ： 076-240-6800
E-mail ： info@hakuichi.co.jp
URL ： http://www.hakuichi.co.jp/
事業内容： 金沢箔美術工芸品・特殊箔押金彩加工・各種金銀特殊箔・食用超高純度金箔あぶら
とり紙・金箔コスメティック・装飾建材インテリアの製造、加工、販売
2007'11.23.Fri
| 国内のホテルに関するアンケート（ネットリサーチのDIMSDRIVE） |
若い年代は「安さ」、年代が上がるほど「立地」がホテル選択の決め手に
ネットリサーチのDIMSDRIVEでは、「国内のホテル宿泊に関するアンケート」を2007年10月3日（水）～10月11日（木）にかけて行いました。
ホテル選びのポイント、予約方法、ぜひ泊まってみたいホテルなどについてまとめました。
全国のDIMSDRIVEモニター8,557人から回答を得ています。
● 国内ホテルに宿泊の際、「インターネット割引プラン」を利用する人は35.6％
● 若い年代は「安さ」、年代が上がるほど「立地」がホテル選択の決め手に
● ホテルの予約・情報収集はインターネットが圧倒的
● 価格以外で重視するのは「客室の清潔さ」と「立地」。年代が上がるほど「景色」も重視
● ぜひ泊まってみたい！ 憧れのホテル1位は「帝国ホテル」
～国内ホテルに宿泊の際、「インターネット割引プラン」を利用する人は35.6％～
■3年以内に宿泊した施設
「3年以内に宿泊で利用した宿泊施設」を尋ねたところ、“国内のホテル”は68.6％、“旅館”は48.1％、“海外のホテル”は23.1％であった。
■利用した宿泊プラン
３年以内に国内のホテルに宿泊した人の「利用した事がある宿泊プラン」については、“インターネット割引プラン”が最も多く35.6％、次いで“ツアーの宿泊プラン”30.0％、“ビジネスプラン”13.9％、“親子・家族等のプラン”12.3％と続いた。
“レディースプラン”は5.5％であった。
■どんな時に国内のホテルに宿泊？
また、「どんなときに宿泊しましたか」と尋ねたところ、“観光旅行（ツアー以外）”が断トツに多く66.6％、“出張・ビジネス”31.2％、“観光旅行（ツアー）”30.7％と続いた。
“帰省”で宿泊した人は8.4％と1割弱であった。
“その他”の自由回答では“ライブ”、“コンサート”などの回答が多かった。
また“デートで”、“引っ越し”、“子どもの受験”などの回答が挙げられた。
～ホテルの予約・情報収集はインターネットが圧倒的～
■ホテル選びの情報源
ホテルを選ぶ際の情報源は、“インターネット（旅行情報サイト）”63.7％、“インターネット（ホテルのホームページ）”59.8％の2つが圧倒的で、3番目に多い“旅行雑誌”は21.7％と2割に止まり、『インターネット』と40ポイント前後の差がついた。
インターネットを活用している人が多い事が伺える結果となった。
■予約方法
予約方法についても、“インターネット（旅行情報サイト）”が48.6％、“インターネット（ホテルのホームページ）”42.8％となっており、予約もインターネット利用が多い事がわかった。
3番目に多かったのは“ホテルに直接電話”で32.3％であった。
＜項目別、各年代の回答＞
項目別に各年代の回答を見ると…
“インターネット（旅行情報サイト）”、“インターネット（ホテルのホームページ）”は年代が若いほど回答が多い傾向にあり、“ホテルに直接電話”、“旅行代理店”は年代が上がるほど多く回答している。
年代が若い方がインターネットで予約をしている人が多い。
■ネット予約でのトラブル経験
インターネット予約でのトラブル経験が“一度も無い”人が82.6％で、トラブルがあった人は17.4％となった。
トラブルの内容では、“実際は写真や紹介文と大きく違っていた”が6.3％、“ホテル側の返信・対応が遅い/無い”が5.2％と続いている。
～価格以外で重視するのは「客室の清潔さ」と「立地」。年代が上がるほど「景色」も重視～
■国内のホテルに重視する点（価格以外）
国内のホテルに「価格以外で」重視する点を選んでもらった。
最も多かったのは“客室の清潔さ”65.0％であった。次いで“立地”59.4％、“大浴場・温泉”52.6％、“ホテルの雰囲気”52.0％、“宿泊プランの良さ”44.6％と続いた。
『客室』についての項目では“清潔さ”65.0％が圧倒的で、“広さ”39.6％より25ポイント多い。
3番目は“客室から見える景色”35.9％であった。
＜項目別、各年代の回答（女性）＞
項目別の、女性の各年代の回答を見ると、“宿泊プランの良さ”、“ホテル外観”、“客室の広さ”、“アメニティの充実度”、“禁煙ルームがある”の項目は若い年代ほど多く回答する傾向にあった。
“宿泊プランの良さ”については、20代は56.2％、30代は52.8％と半数を超えているが、60代以上は36.0％と4割に満たない。
反対に“客室から見える景色”は、年代が高いほど多く回答している。
～ぜひ泊まってみたい！ 憧れのホテル1位は「帝国ホテル」～
■ぜひ泊まってみたい国内のホテル
「ぜひ泊まってみたいと思う国内のホテル」を自由回答で尋ねたところ、“帝国ホテル”という回答が最も多く、438票であった。
2位は“ホテルミラコスタ”205票、3位“ザ・リッツカールトン”176票、4位“ザ・ペニンシュラ東京”121票、5位“アンバサダーホテル”117票と続いた。
6位には“東京ディズニーリゾート・オフィシャルホテル（ならどこでも）”という回答も入っており、10位以内にディズニーリゾートのオフィシャルホテルが3つランクインした。
また、旅館ではあるが、“加賀屋”97票が8位にランクインした。
＜男女別＞
男女別に見ると、男女とも１位は“帝国ホテル”であったが、2位以下は男女で違っている。
2位は、男性“ザ・リッツカールトン”、女性は“ホテルミラコスタ”であった。
男性で3位だった“加賀屋”は女性では8位、反対に女性で4位だった“アンバサダーホテル”は男性では10位となっている。
女性は5位以内にディズニーリゾートのオフィシャルホテルが３つランクインした。
＜地域別＞
関東と近畿での、地域別の回答を見ると、どちらも1位は“帝国ホテル”であったが、2位は関東が“ザ・ペニンシュラ東京”、近畿は“ザ・リッツカールトン”となっている。
関東で10位以内に入り、近畿では入らなかった回答は“ザ・ペニンシュラ東京”、“富士屋ホテル”、“フォーシーズンズホテル”であった。
反対に近畿で10位以内に入り、関東で入らなかった回答は“ヒルトンホテル”、“リーガロイヤルホテル”、“ザ・リッツカールトン大阪”、“ホテルオークラ”であった。
その他、北海道では1位が“ザ・ウィンザーホテル洞爺 リゾート＆スパ”となっているなど、特徴が見られた地域もあった。
■その理由
「ぜひ泊まりたい」理由については、ホテルによって特徴が見られた。（下記参照）
＜特徴のあった回答＞
【帝国ホテル】
日本資本の最高級ホテルであるから
日本一のサービスと聞くから。
伝統と格式を兼ね備えた名門
歴史と伝統のある格式高い本当の意味でのホテルに一度いってみたいという憧れとセレブ気分を味わってみたい。
【ホテルミラコスタ】
閉園後のディズニーシーを見てみたいから
ロマンチックにディズニーの世界に呑まれたい
予約の取れないホテルで、今までの泊まったホテルと比較してみたい
ディズニーシーの海を見られる部屋で景色や眺めが最高だし、食事も美味しかったから。
【ザ・リッツカールトン】
世界最高級のサービスと聞いているから
東京で一番高い場所にあるゲストルームから夜景を見てみたいから
有名なリッツのサービスを体験したい
やはり一流の名とあの重厚な雰囲気には憧れる。
【ザ・ペニンシュラ東京】
話題性があり、香港は格式高いので、国内も知りたい
香港だけでなく世界的にも最高級のホテルで、憧れです！
新しく、また、ホスピタリティの上では、本国香港のサービスをそのまま受け継いでるから。
【アンバサダーホテル】
シェフミッキーに行きたい
ミッキーだらけの部屋で夢を見たい☆
夢のあるかわいいホテルだと思ったから
ここにしかない付加価値を得られるから。
【ザ・ウィンザーホテル洞爺 リゾート＆スパ】
サミットの会場に泊まってみたいから
雄大な自然と一流のサービスと両方に期待できると評判だから。
これまでの良いホテルの概念を変える何かがありそうなので。
URL:http://www.dims.ne.jp/timelyresearch/2007/071121/
ホテル選びのポイント、予約方法、ぜひ泊まってみたいホテルなどについてまとめました。
全国のDIMSDRIVEモニター8,557人から回答を得ています。
● 国内ホテルに宿泊の際、「インターネット割引プラン」を利用する人は35.6％
● 若い年代は「安さ」、年代が上がるほど「立地」がホテル選択の決め手に
● ホテルの予約・情報収集はインターネットが圧倒的
● 価格以外で重視するのは「客室の清潔さ」と「立地」。年代が上がるほど「景色」も重視
● ぜひ泊まってみたい！ 憧れのホテル1位は「帝国ホテル」
～国内ホテルに宿泊の際、「インターネット割引プラン」を利用する人は35.6％～
■3年以内に宿泊した施設
「3年以内に宿泊で利用した宿泊施設」を尋ねたところ、“国内のホテル”は68.6％、“旅館”は48.1％、“海外のホテル”は23.1％であった。
■利用した宿泊プラン
３年以内に国内のホテルに宿泊した人の「利用した事がある宿泊プラン」については、“インターネット割引プラン”が最も多く35.6％、次いで“ツアーの宿泊プラン”30.0％、“ビジネスプラン”13.9％、“親子・家族等のプラン”12.3％と続いた。
“レディースプラン”は5.5％であった。
■どんな時に国内のホテルに宿泊？
また、「どんなときに宿泊しましたか」と尋ねたところ、“観光旅行（ツアー以外）”が断トツに多く66.6％、“出張・ビジネス”31.2％、“観光旅行（ツアー）”30.7％と続いた。
“帰省”で宿泊した人は8.4％と1割弱であった。
“その他”の自由回答では“ライブ”、“コンサート”などの回答が多かった。
また“デートで”、“引っ越し”、“子どもの受験”などの回答が挙げられた。
～ホテルの予約・情報収集はインターネットが圧倒的～
■ホテル選びの情報源
ホテルを選ぶ際の情報源は、“インターネット（旅行情報サイト）”63.7％、“インターネット（ホテルのホームページ）”59.8％の2つが圧倒的で、3番目に多い“旅行雑誌”は21.7％と2割に止まり、『インターネット』と40ポイント前後の差がついた。
インターネットを活用している人が多い事が伺える結果となった。
■予約方法
予約方法についても、“インターネット（旅行情報サイト）”が48.6％、“インターネット（ホテルのホームページ）”42.8％となっており、予約もインターネット利用が多い事がわかった。
3番目に多かったのは“ホテルに直接電話”で32.3％であった。
＜項目別、各年代の回答＞
項目別に各年代の回答を見ると…
“インターネット（旅行情報サイト）”、“インターネット（ホテルのホームページ）”は年代が若いほど回答が多い傾向にあり、“ホテルに直接電話”、“旅行代理店”は年代が上がるほど多く回答している。
年代が若い方がインターネットで予約をしている人が多い。
■ネット予約でのトラブル経験
インターネット予約でのトラブル経験が“一度も無い”人が82.6％で、トラブルがあった人は17.4％となった。
トラブルの内容では、“実際は写真や紹介文と大きく違っていた”が6.3％、“ホテル側の返信・対応が遅い/無い”が5.2％と続いている。
～価格以外で重視するのは「客室の清潔さ」と「立地」。年代が上がるほど「景色」も重視～
■国内のホテルに重視する点（価格以外）
国内のホテルに「価格以外で」重視する点を選んでもらった。
最も多かったのは“客室の清潔さ”65.0％であった。次いで“立地”59.4％、“大浴場・温泉”52.6％、“ホテルの雰囲気”52.0％、“宿泊プランの良さ”44.6％と続いた。
『客室』についての項目では“清潔さ”65.0％が圧倒的で、“広さ”39.6％より25ポイント多い。
3番目は“客室から見える景色”35.9％であった。
＜項目別、各年代の回答（女性）＞
項目別の、女性の各年代の回答を見ると、“宿泊プランの良さ”、“ホテル外観”、“客室の広さ”、“アメニティの充実度”、“禁煙ルームがある”の項目は若い年代ほど多く回答する傾向にあった。
“宿泊プランの良さ”については、20代は56.2％、30代は52.8％と半数を超えているが、60代以上は36.0％と4割に満たない。
反対に“客室から見える景色”は、年代が高いほど多く回答している。
～ぜひ泊まってみたい！ 憧れのホテル1位は「帝国ホテル」～
■ぜひ泊まってみたい国内のホテル
「ぜひ泊まってみたいと思う国内のホテル」を自由回答で尋ねたところ、“帝国ホテル”という回答が最も多く、438票であった。
2位は“ホテルミラコスタ”205票、3位“ザ・リッツカールトン”176票、4位“ザ・ペニンシュラ東京”121票、5位“アンバサダーホテル”117票と続いた。
6位には“東京ディズニーリゾート・オフィシャルホテル（ならどこでも）”という回答も入っており、10位以内にディズニーリゾートのオフィシャルホテルが3つランクインした。
また、旅館ではあるが、“加賀屋”97票が8位にランクインした。
＜男女別＞
男女別に見ると、男女とも１位は“帝国ホテル”であったが、2位以下は男女で違っている。
2位は、男性“ザ・リッツカールトン”、女性は“ホテルミラコスタ”であった。
男性で3位だった“加賀屋”は女性では8位、反対に女性で4位だった“アンバサダーホテル”は男性では10位となっている。
女性は5位以内にディズニーリゾートのオフィシャルホテルが３つランクインした。
＜地域別＞
関東と近畿での、地域別の回答を見ると、どちらも1位は“帝国ホテル”であったが、2位は関東が“ザ・ペニンシュラ東京”、近畿は“ザ・リッツカールトン”となっている。
関東で10位以内に入り、近畿では入らなかった回答は“ザ・ペニンシュラ東京”、“富士屋ホテル”、“フォーシーズンズホテル”であった。
反対に近畿で10位以内に入り、関東で入らなかった回答は“ヒルトンホテル”、“リーガロイヤルホテル”、“ザ・リッツカールトン大阪”、“ホテルオークラ”であった。
その他、北海道では1位が“ザ・ウィンザーホテル洞爺 リゾート＆スパ”となっているなど、特徴が見られた地域もあった。
■その理由
「ぜひ泊まりたい」理由については、ホテルによって特徴が見られた。（下記参照）
＜特徴のあった回答＞
【帝国ホテル】
日本資本の最高級ホテルであるから
日本一のサービスと聞くから。
伝統と格式を兼ね備えた名門
歴史と伝統のある格式高い本当の意味でのホテルに一度いってみたいという憧れとセレブ気分を味わってみたい。
【ホテルミラコスタ】
閉園後のディズニーシーを見てみたいから
ロマンチックにディズニーの世界に呑まれたい
予約の取れないホテルで、今までの泊まったホテルと比較してみたい
ディズニーシーの海を見られる部屋で景色や眺めが最高だし、食事も美味しかったから。
【ザ・リッツカールトン】
世界最高級のサービスと聞いているから
東京で一番高い場所にあるゲストルームから夜景を見てみたいから
有名なリッツのサービスを体験したい
やはり一流の名とあの重厚な雰囲気には憧れる。
【ザ・ペニンシュラ東京】
話題性があり、香港は格式高いので、国内も知りたい
香港だけでなく世界的にも最高級のホテルで、憧れです！
新しく、また、ホスピタリティの上では、本国香港のサービスをそのまま受け継いでるから。
【アンバサダーホテル】
シェフミッキーに行きたい
ミッキーだらけの部屋で夢を見たい☆
夢のあるかわいいホテルだと思ったから
ここにしかない付加価値を得られるから。
【ザ・ウィンザーホテル洞爺 リゾート＆スパ】
サミットの会場に泊まってみたいから
雄大な自然と一流のサービスと両方に期待できると評判だから。
これまでの良いホテルの概念を変える何かがありそうなので。
URL:http://www.dims.ne.jp/timelyresearch/2007/071121/
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E-mail： timely@dims.ne.jp
調査結果の引用について、クロス集計データ・生データ購入など、お気軽にお問合せください。
インターワイヤード株式会社 ＤＩＭＳＤＲＩＶＥ事務局（ディムスドライブ事務局）
ＴＥＬ：03-5463-8256
E-mail： timely@dims.ne.jp
2007'11.23.Fri
| 居抜き店舗の査定・買取サイト「居抜き情報.COM」オープン！ |
スムーズかつ低コストでの
店舗撤退が可能に
WEBを通じて飲食店の総合支援を行う株式会社シンクロ・フード（東京都渋谷区 代表取締役：藤代真一）は、お店の撤退を考えている方々に対して、店舗の査定サービスや、自社が運営する出店支援サイト「飲食店.COM」の出店希望者(※1)へ居抜き店舗(※2)として告知し売却先を探せるサービスを提供するサイト「居抜き情報.COM」をリリースしました。
※1.平成19年11月16日現在の出店希望者数 15,285名
※2.「居抜き店舗」とは、店舗の設備・家具・調度などがそのままの状態となる店舗のこと
店舗を撤退する場合、一般的に6ヶ月前や3ヶ月前に解約予告を通知する義務があります。すぐにでも撤退したい場合、解約予告を通知してから撤退するまでの期間は無駄な空家賃が発生するということになります。また撤退する場合、原状回復を必要とする契約が多く、原状回復費用として内外装などの解体費用が必要となります。つまり撤退するにあたり、空家賃や原状回復費用など多くのコストがかかるということになります。
「居抜き情報.COM」は、出店希望者に対して居抜き店舗を売却することで、撤退費用の軽減・売却による収益獲得を目指します。実現方法として、「飲食店.COM」のデータベース（物件情報30,000件以上、出店者情報15,000件以上）を元に、立地・営業年数・需要状況などから簡易査定を行い、売却額を算出します。また「飲食店.COM」の多数の出店希望者に対して居抜き店舗を告知し売却を行うことで、スムーズかつ低コストでの撤退が可能となります。
「居抜き情報.COM」では、「飲食店.COM」と連携し、様々な撤退ニーズにお応え出来るようきめ細かなサービスを提供していく方針です。
1．「居抜き情報.COM」に関して
・サービス名称： 「居抜き情報.COM」
・サイトURL： http://www.inuki-info.com/
・サービス開始時期： 平成19年11月12日
2．「居抜き情報.COM」の主な特長
①店舗を査定・買取 （居抜き店舗登録）：
立地、面積、営業年数などの現店舗情報を登録すると、弊社データベース（立地や営業年数、出店希望者の需要状況）を元に簡易査定額を算出します。その後「飲食店.COM」の出店希望者へ居抜き店舗として告知し売却先を探すことが出来ます。
②出店希望者の希望条件を見る：
出店希望者の希望エリア、希望業態、希望面積などの希望条件を閲覧出来ます。
※直近2年間の希望条件を公開しています。
③登録されている居抜き店舗を見る：
現在「飲食店.COM」にて公開されている居抜き店舗の簡易情報が閲覧出来ます。
詳細情報の閲覧は「飲食店.COM」内にて提供しています。
■株式会社シンクロ・フードについて
・本社 東京都渋谷区恵比寿1-21-8 セラ51ビル7階
・代表者 代表取締役 藤代真一
・事業概要
当社HP（http://www.synchro-food.co.jp/）
飲食店向けの貸し店舗物件情報サイト「飲食店.COM」
（http://www.inshokuten.com/）
飲食業界専門の求人サイト「求人＠飲食店.COM」
（http://job.inshokuten.com/）
飲食店のニューオープン情報サイト「飲食店PR.COM」
（http://www.inshokutenpr.com/）
店舗デザインのポータルサイト「店舗デザイン.COM」
（http://www.tenpodesign.com）
オフィスデザインのポータルサイト「事務所デザイン.COM」
（http://www.jimushodesign.com/）
インテリア業界専門の求人サイト「求人＠インテリアデザイン」
（http://job.tenpodesign.com/）
など運営
※1.平成19年11月16日現在の出店希望者数 15,285名
※2.「居抜き店舗」とは、店舗の設備・家具・調度などがそのままの状態となる店舗のこと
店舗を撤退する場合、一般的に6ヶ月前や3ヶ月前に解約予告を通知する義務があります。すぐにでも撤退したい場合、解約予告を通知してから撤退するまでの期間は無駄な空家賃が発生するということになります。また撤退する場合、原状回復を必要とする契約が多く、原状回復費用として内外装などの解体費用が必要となります。つまり撤退するにあたり、空家賃や原状回復費用など多くのコストがかかるということになります。
「居抜き情報.COM」は、出店希望者に対して居抜き店舗を売却することで、撤退費用の軽減・売却による収益獲得を目指します。実現方法として、「飲食店.COM」のデータベース（物件情報30,000件以上、出店者情報15,000件以上）を元に、立地・営業年数・需要状況などから簡易査定を行い、売却額を算出します。また「飲食店.COM」の多数の出店希望者に対して居抜き店舗を告知し売却を行うことで、スムーズかつ低コストでの撤退が可能となります。
「居抜き情報.COM」では、「飲食店.COM」と連携し、様々な撤退ニーズにお応え出来るようきめ細かなサービスを提供していく方針です。
1．「居抜き情報.COM」に関して
・サービス名称： 「居抜き情報.COM」
・サイトURL： http://www.inuki-info.com/
・サービス開始時期： 平成19年11月12日
2．「居抜き情報.COM」の主な特長
①店舗を査定・買取 （居抜き店舗登録）：
立地、面積、営業年数などの現店舗情報を登録すると、弊社データベース（立地や営業年数、出店希望者の需要状況）を元に簡易査定額を算出します。その後「飲食店.COM」の出店希望者へ居抜き店舗として告知し売却先を探すことが出来ます。
②出店希望者の希望条件を見る：
出店希望者の希望エリア、希望業態、希望面積などの希望条件を閲覧出来ます。
※直近2年間の希望条件を公開しています。
③登録されている居抜き店舗を見る：
現在「飲食店.COM」にて公開されている居抜き店舗の簡易情報が閲覧出来ます。
詳細情報の閲覧は「飲食店.COM」内にて提供しています。
■株式会社シンクロ・フードについて
・本社 東京都渋谷区恵比寿1-21-8 セラ51ビル7階
・代表者 代表取締役 藤代真一
・事業概要
当社HP（http://www.synchro-food.co.jp/）
飲食店向けの貸し店舗物件情報サイト「飲食店.COM」
（http://www.inshokuten.com/）
飲食業界専門の求人サイト「求人＠飲食店.COM」
（http://job.inshokuten.com/）
飲食店のニューオープン情報サイト「飲食店PR.COM」
（http://www.inshokutenpr.com/）
店舗デザインのポータルサイト「店舗デザイン.COM」
（http://www.tenpodesign.com）
オフィスデザインのポータルサイト「事務所デザイン.COM」
（http://www.jimushodesign.com/）
インテリア業界専門の求人サイト「求人＠インテリアデザイン」
（http://job.tenpodesign.com/）
など運営
本件に関するお問い合わせは、下記にお願いいたします。
株式会社シンクロ・フード 営業企画部 木原政和 TEL 03-5798-4022
サイトアドレス http://www.inuki-info.com/
株式会社シンクロ・フード 営業企画部 木原政和 TEL 03-5798-4022
サイトアドレス http://www.inuki-info.com/
2007'11.23.Fri
| 京都の神社寺院での挙式プラン「京泉華」開始 |
古都の風情のなか行う
リゾートウェディング
結婚式の総合プロデュースを展開するヴァージンブライダル株式会社（京都市下京区）は、京都の神社寺院での挙式料に新郎新婦の衣裳や美容着付け、写真、送迎を含んだパッケージプラン「京泉華」を全国に向けて販売開始いたしました。
【和の京都リゾートウェディング】
日本で最古のリゾートといえば、京都の嵐山といわれています！京都の年間観光客は４８００万人に達し、古都の風情を楽しんでいらっしゃいます。そんな中で結婚式を京都の神社・寺院で挙げたいというカップルが増加中、これは国内の沖縄や軽井沢、北海道といったリゾートウェディングの人気に伴い「和のリゾートウェディング」としての京都挙式が高まってきているからです。
【挙式料もパッケージ内で神社・寺院をセレクトＯＫ】
今まで京都の神社挙式をサポートする形で衣裳や着付け等を扱っているブライダル業者はありましたが、当社のパッケージプラン「京泉華」は約２０の神社寺院と提携し挙式料までもパッケージに含めました。また、それぞれの神社寺院ごとに挙式料が異なるためパッケージ料金も２０万円前後の開きがあり、お客様にとってはご予算に合せて挙式場をお選びいただけるようになっています。
【挙式後の会食／披露宴もパッケージ化】
パッケージプラン「京泉華」には神社寺院の挙式プランと挙式後の会食／披露宴プランをご用意しています。京都の有名料亭と提携し、懐石料理に飲物・装花をセットにした会食プランや美容スタイリストや引出物バッグ等を入れた本格的な披露宴プランをお選びいただけるようにいたしました。
【サポート体制が万全で安心】
挙式当日は当社のコンシェルジュが新郎新婦はもちろんご列席のご誘導までサポートいたします。また、美容スタイリストもアテンドするため着付けの着くずれなどもケアしてくれます。
ホームページから資料請求すれば全国どこでも無料でパンフレットをお送りいたします。
【神社寺院挙式プランのパッケージ内容 ２１８，０００～３９８，０００円】
http://kyoto-bridal.jp/kyosenka
●挙式料
●レンタル衣裳
新郎（紋付・袴／レンタル料上限５万円）
新婦（白無垢、色打掛、本振袖のいずれか１点／レンタル料１５万円）
●ヘアーメイク（洋髪仕上げ・新婦のみ）
●着付け
●写真（キャビネ版３ポーズ、ＣＤデータ）
●美容スタイリストアテンド
●コンシェルジュ（アテンドサポート）
《関連URL》
http://kyoto-bridal.jp/kyosenka/access.html
http://kyoto-bridal.jp/kyosenka/kyosenka.html
【和の京都リゾートウェディング】
日本で最古のリゾートといえば、京都の嵐山といわれています！京都の年間観光客は４８００万人に達し、古都の風情を楽しんでいらっしゃいます。そんな中で結婚式を京都の神社・寺院で挙げたいというカップルが増加中、これは国内の沖縄や軽井沢、北海道といったリゾートウェディングの人気に伴い「和のリゾートウェディング」としての京都挙式が高まってきているからです。
【挙式料もパッケージ内で神社・寺院をセレクトＯＫ】
今まで京都の神社挙式をサポートする形で衣裳や着付け等を扱っているブライダル業者はありましたが、当社のパッケージプラン「京泉華」は約２０の神社寺院と提携し挙式料までもパッケージに含めました。また、それぞれの神社寺院ごとに挙式料が異なるためパッケージ料金も２０万円前後の開きがあり、お客様にとってはご予算に合せて挙式場をお選びいただけるようになっています。
【挙式後の会食／披露宴もパッケージ化】
パッケージプラン「京泉華」には神社寺院の挙式プランと挙式後の会食／披露宴プランをご用意しています。京都の有名料亭と提携し、懐石料理に飲物・装花をセットにした会食プランや美容スタイリストや引出物バッグ等を入れた本格的な披露宴プランをお選びいただけるようにいたしました。
【サポート体制が万全で安心】
挙式当日は当社のコンシェルジュが新郎新婦はもちろんご列席のご誘導までサポートいたします。また、美容スタイリストもアテンドするため着付けの着くずれなどもケアしてくれます。
ホームページから資料請求すれば全国どこでも無料でパンフレットをお送りいたします。
【神社寺院挙式プランのパッケージ内容 ２１８，０００～３９８，０００円】
http://kyoto-bridal.jp/kyosenka
●挙式料
●レンタル衣裳
新郎（紋付・袴／レンタル料上限５万円）
新婦（白無垢、色打掛、本振袖のいずれか１点／レンタル料１５万円）
●ヘアーメイク（洋髪仕上げ・新婦のみ）
●着付け
●写真（キャビネ版３ポーズ、ＣＤデータ）
●美容スタイリストアテンド
●コンシェルジュ（アテンドサポート）
《関連URL》
http://kyoto-bridal.jp/kyosenka/access.html
http://kyoto-bridal.jp/kyosenka/kyosenka.html
【お問い合わせ先】
ヴァージンブライダル株式会社
担当：今行洋
〒600-8082
京都府京都市下京区四条高倉下る高材木町２２０
TEL：075-203-0337 FAX：020-4664-9374
URL：http://kyoto-bridal.jp
mail：info@kyoto-bridal.jp
ヴァージンブライダル株式会社
担当：今行洋
〒600-8082
京都府京都市下京区四条高倉下る高材木町２２０
TEL：075-203-0337 FAX：020-4664-9374
URL：http://kyoto-bridal.jp
mail：info@kyoto-bridal.jp
2007'11.23.Fri
| クリエイターをサポートするSNS ブログコンテンツ第二弾スタート！ |
日本を代表する著名クリエイター6人が
「クリエイターズブログ」に新たに参加
株式会社イータレントバンク（本社：東京都新宿区、代表取締役：殿木達郎、以下イータレントバンク）と、月刊誌「STUDIO VOICE」を出版、販売する株式会社INFASパブリケーションズ（本社：東京都港区、代表取締役社長：篠崎 雅弘、以下INFAS）との共同運営によるクリエイターのためのオープン型SNSを活用した（※）エッジメディアコミュニティ「STUDIO VOICE ONLINE」の中で展開している「クリエイターズブログ」に、今回本企画にご賛同頂いている、日本を代表する著名クリエイターが新たに6名参加されました。
新たに追加されたのは、「PS3」、「コカ・コーラ2005サマーキャンペーン」、「Foma901i」、「L25」や「ハンゲーム」のキャラクターデザインを手掛けたバタフライ・ストローク・株式會社の代表兼、アートディレクター/クリエイティブディレクター・青木克憲、「ビューティフルジョーシリーズ」、「逆転裁判シリーズ」などをプロデュースしたゲームクリエイター・稲葉 敦志、PUMAとのコラボレーションカフェをmontoak表参道にオープン、LOUIS VUITTONによるサロンCELUX表参道にて新作発表などを行っているプロダクトデザイナー・SUZUKIKE、ロレアル賞「芸術と科学の色の賞」奨励賞、中之島新線駅企画デザインコンペ優秀賞、AR Awards（UK）「Highly Commended賞」等を受賞。有名サロンafloat-fを設計した建築家・永山 祐子、東京デザイナーズウィークなどのアートイベントにも参加し「海神の住宅」にて2005年第7回あたたかな住空間コンペ「リフォームの部最優秀賞」など受賞多数の建築家・納谷 新、S.O.Y.建築環境研究所／S.O.Y.LABO.を設立。建築設計をベースとして、ランドスケープ、インテリア、ファニチャー、プロダクト、グラフィック等、分野にとらわれない活動を展開している建築家/プロダクトデザイナー・山中 祐一郎、以上の6名です。
順じて、その他ご賛同者の中等からもブログを随時公開していく予定です。 （順不同・敬称略）
「クリエイターのためのクリエイターによるエッジーで伝染力のあるコミュニティ」を作り、日本の文化発展に貢献したい！そんな意思のもと「STUDIO VOICE ONLINE」は、誕生しました。本コミュニティの役割はまさしく日本のクリエイターの活動をサポートすることです。
イータレントバンクの持つインターネットメディア構築のノウハウ及び実績と、INFASが保有する月刊誌「STUDIO VOICE」のコンテンツ及びブランド力。それらの資産を最大限に活かした新たなビジネス展開であり、高付加価値を持つ可能性を有したサービスとして、革新的な事業として位置付けております。本サービスは、クリエイターのためのオープン型SNSであり、会員の方々には自分の作品やNEWSを発表できる場を提供し、一般のサイト閲覧者の方々にも各業界の最新カルチャー情報などを折り混ぜた情報コミュニティサイトとしての役割を担います。定期的なリアルイベントの実施なども視野にいれ、STUDIO VOICE本誌との連動企画なども行う予定です。
今回新規参加頂いた各業界の著名クリエイター達をはじめとして、コミュニティ内でブログをスタートさせ、各々の情報を発信してくことで、今後も有名・無名を問わず、様々な業界のクリエイター達に、ジャンルやカテゴリを超えて新しい出会いの場を提供する双方向的で先進的なサービスとして、このコミュニティを展開してまいります。
※エッジメディアコミュニティ
時代の最先端にいる人達(共同体)をひとつの情報媒体に概念化したもの。
http://www.studiovoice.jp/
＜会社概要＞
■株式会社INFASパブリケーションズ
代表者：代表取締役社長 篠崎 雅弘
所在地：東京都港区西麻布3-24-20 7F
設 立：2003年9月17日
資本金：１億円
事業内容：雑誌、書籍、他出版物の出版および販売、月刊誌「流行通信」「STUDIO VOICE」、雑誌年
10回「Fashion News」「TOKION」、週刊紙「WWDジャパン」 「WWDビューティ」雑誌年4回
「WWDマガジン」インターネットのコンテンツ制作、写真スタジオの運営、イベントの企画
制作
U R L ：http://www.infaspub.co.jp/index.html
■株式会社イータレントバンク
代表者：代表取締役 殿木 達郎
所在地：東京都新宿区新宿5-6-1 新宿やわらぎビル7Ｆ
設 立：2000年7月21日
資本金：3,920万円
事業内容：エンターテインメント業界を中心としたコンテンツ・マーケティング事業、デジタル音楽配信
特化したレーベル（レコード会社）事業
Ｕ Ｒ Ｌ ： http://www.e-talentbank.co.jp/
《関連URL》
http://www.e-talentbank.co.jp/
http://www.infaspub.co.jp/index.html
http://www.studiovoice.jp/
新たに追加されたのは、「PS3」、「コカ・コーラ2005サマーキャンペーン」、「Foma901i」、「L25」や「ハンゲーム」のキャラクターデザインを手掛けたバタフライ・ストローク・株式會社の代表兼、アートディレクター/クリエイティブディレクター・青木克憲、「ビューティフルジョーシリーズ」、「逆転裁判シリーズ」などをプロデュースしたゲームクリエイター・稲葉 敦志、PUMAとのコラボレーションカフェをmontoak表参道にオープン、LOUIS VUITTONによるサロンCELUX表参道にて新作発表などを行っているプロダクトデザイナー・SUZUKIKE、ロレアル賞「芸術と科学の色の賞」奨励賞、中之島新線駅企画デザインコンペ優秀賞、AR Awards（UK）「Highly Commended賞」等を受賞。有名サロンafloat-fを設計した建築家・永山 祐子、東京デザイナーズウィークなどのアートイベントにも参加し「海神の住宅」にて2005年第7回あたたかな住空間コンペ「リフォームの部最優秀賞」など受賞多数の建築家・納谷 新、S.O.Y.建築環境研究所／S.O.Y.LABO.を設立。建築設計をベースとして、ランドスケープ、インテリア、ファニチャー、プロダクト、グラフィック等、分野にとらわれない活動を展開している建築家/プロダクトデザイナー・山中 祐一郎、以上の6名です。
順じて、その他ご賛同者の中等からもブログを随時公開していく予定です。 （順不同・敬称略）
「クリエイターのためのクリエイターによるエッジーで伝染力のあるコミュニティ」を作り、日本の文化発展に貢献したい！そんな意思のもと「STUDIO VOICE ONLINE」は、誕生しました。本コミュニティの役割はまさしく日本のクリエイターの活動をサポートすることです。
イータレントバンクの持つインターネットメディア構築のノウハウ及び実績と、INFASが保有する月刊誌「STUDIO VOICE」のコンテンツ及びブランド力。それらの資産を最大限に活かした新たなビジネス展開であり、高付加価値を持つ可能性を有したサービスとして、革新的な事業として位置付けております。本サービスは、クリエイターのためのオープン型SNSであり、会員の方々には自分の作品やNEWSを発表できる場を提供し、一般のサイト閲覧者の方々にも各業界の最新カルチャー情報などを折り混ぜた情報コミュニティサイトとしての役割を担います。定期的なリアルイベントの実施なども視野にいれ、STUDIO VOICE本誌との連動企画なども行う予定です。
今回新規参加頂いた各業界の著名クリエイター達をはじめとして、コミュニティ内でブログをスタートさせ、各々の情報を発信してくことで、今後も有名・無名を問わず、様々な業界のクリエイター達に、ジャンルやカテゴリを超えて新しい出会いの場を提供する双方向的で先進的なサービスとして、このコミュニティを展開してまいります。
※エッジメディアコミュニティ
時代の最先端にいる人達(共同体)をひとつの情報媒体に概念化したもの。
http://www.studiovoice.jp/
＜会社概要＞
■株式会社INFASパブリケーションズ
代表者：代表取締役社長 篠崎 雅弘
所在地：東京都港区西麻布3-24-20 7F
設 立：2003年9月17日
資本金：１億円
事業内容：雑誌、書籍、他出版物の出版および販売、月刊誌「流行通信」「STUDIO VOICE」、雑誌年
10回「Fashion News」「TOKION」、週刊紙「WWDジャパン」 「WWDビューティ」雑誌年4回
「WWDマガジン」インターネットのコンテンツ制作、写真スタジオの運営、イベントの企画
制作
U R L ：http://www.infaspub.co.jp/index.html
■株式会社イータレントバンク
代表者：代表取締役 殿木 達郎
所在地：東京都新宿区新宿5-6-1 新宿やわらぎビル7Ｆ
設 立：2000年7月21日
資本金：3,920万円
事業内容：エンターテインメント業界を中心としたコンテンツ・マーケティング事業、デジタル音楽配信
特化したレーベル（レコード会社）事業
Ｕ Ｒ Ｌ ： http://www.e-talentbank.co.jp/
《関連URL》
http://www.e-talentbank.co.jp/
http://www.infaspub.co.jp/index.html
http://www.studiovoice.jp/
＜本件に関するお問い合わせ先＞
■株式会社イータレントバンク 広報担当：濱安紹子（ハマヤス ショウコ）
TEL:03-5362-0790 Email: pressetb@e-talentbank.co.jp
■株式会社イータレントバンク 広報担当：濱安紹子（ハマヤス ショウコ）
TEL:03-5362-0790 Email: pressetb@e-talentbank.co.jp
2007'11.23.Fri
| 全国の小売店への卸売りを限定とした食品通販サイト オープン！ |
110種類220アイテム以上の豊富な品揃え
おつまみ・珍味各種の小売及び卸売業務を行う、スナハラ商店（島根県松江市・代表者 砂原 匡）は、全国の小売店を対象としたおつまみ・珍味卸売専門サイトを11月12日からサービスを開始しました。
《小売店限定の卸売サイト》
「おつまみ・珍味卸売専門店」は全国の小売店への卸売りを限定とした食品通販サイトです。店舗、ネットショップなど小売を目的とされる法人、個人事業主の方が対象となります。食品の中でも比較的賞味期限の長い商品のため、新たに始められる方でも手軽にご利用いただける食品です。また、12,000円（税別）以上で送料、代引き手数料が無料となりますので試験的な購入でも低リスクとなっております。５年間のネットショップでの経験を生かし、当店ならではの商品の取り揃え（110種類220アイテム以上）をますます強化してまいります。
《開発の経緯》
５年ほど前より珍味・おつまみの小売店「珍味とおつまみのスナハラ商店」のネットショップを開始しました。小売店のため一般の方が対象でしたが小売店からの問い合わせが多く、当初は個別に対応をしていましたが取引店が増加したためシステム化してより迅速な対応が必要となりました。そのため、会員専用サイトにより会員（小売店）へのみ卸価格が提示できるシステムを導入しました。
http://www.chinmi-sunahara.com/
《小売店限定の卸売サイト》
「おつまみ・珍味卸売専門店」は全国の小売店への卸売りを限定とした食品通販サイトです。店舗、ネットショップなど小売を目的とされる法人、個人事業主の方が対象となります。食品の中でも比較的賞味期限の長い商品のため、新たに始められる方でも手軽にご利用いただける食品です。また、12,000円（税別）以上で送料、代引き手数料が無料となりますので試験的な購入でも低リスクとなっております。５年間のネットショップでの経験を生かし、当店ならではの商品の取り揃え（110種類220アイテム以上）をますます強化してまいります。
《開発の経緯》
５年ほど前より珍味・おつまみの小売店「珍味とおつまみのスナハラ商店」のネットショップを開始しました。小売店のため一般の方が対象でしたが小売店からの問い合わせが多く、当初は個別に対応をしていましたが取引店が増加したためシステム化してより迅速な対応が必要となりました。そのため、会員専用サイトにより会員（小売店）へのみ卸価格が提示できるシステムを導入しました。
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TEL 0852-66-2626
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スナラハ商店 Web担当 砂原誠
TEL 0852-66-2626
FAX 0852-66-0070
MAIL info@chinmi-sunahara.com
URL http://www.chinmi-sunahara.com/
携帯用URL http://sunahara.mame2plus.net/
2007'11.23.Fri
声とピアノとでユニークな音楽を生むピアニスト：橋本一子の斬新なピアノトリオ「Ub-X」と、音楽界だけに留まらず現代アートシーンを牽引する鬼才サックスプレイヤー：菊地成孔。この共演ライブが、JJazz.Netにて放送される。
本文：
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「橋本一子Ub-X meets 菊地成孔」。タイトルから既に音楽が始まっているようなこのライブが、インターネットラジオJJazz.Netにて本日から放送される。
橋本一子は、ユニークな活動をみせる音楽家／ピアニスト。YMOへの参加や渡辺香津美との共演、また数々のサントラを手がけながら、リーダー作も発表している。その特徴のひとつは、単なる「歌」とは言い切れない「声」を取り入れたプレイだろう。声を、歌としてというよりも一つのサウンドとして取り入れる橋本一子のスタイルは、自身のグループ「Ub-X（ユビークス）」にも活かされている。Ub-Xがピアノトリオの形態を取りながらも斬新なサウンドを呈している一因だ。
この「橋本一子Ub-X」との共演に臨んだのは、もはや現代アートシーンを牽引する鬼才といえるサックスプレイヤー：菊地成孔。音楽家、文筆家から講師。活動の種類も多ければ、そのフィールドも多彩である。橋本一子と菊地成孔とは、音楽学校時代の教師と生徒、という関係でもある。
2007年9月、ジャズのライブシリーズ「Jazz Today」として開催されたこのライブでは、幻想と小気味のよさ、官能と知性とが入り交じった演奏が繰り広げられた。インターネットラジオJJazz.Netでは、その模様を本日11月22日(木)から放送開始。なお、当ライブの一部はe-onkyo musicにてダウンロード配信もされている。
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【関連サイト】
□ JJazz.Net：http://www.jjazz.net
□ 橋本一子Ub-X：http://ub-x.txt-nifty.com/
□ 菊地成孔：http://www.kikuchinaruyoshi.com/
□ e-onkyo music：http://music.e-onkyo.com/
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【本リリースに関するお問い合わせ先】
株式会社シナジー
代表取締役：坂口一弘
担当：土屋 花生（つちや・はなお）
Tel: 0422-60-5521 Fax: 0422-60-5573 e-mail : hanao@jjazz.net
（電話連絡可能時間帯：平日10:00～18:00）
〒180-0013 東京都武蔵野市西久保1-1-9 T’s Loftビル6F
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※本広報資料の転送/引用は、ご自由にご利用下さい。
本文：
--------------------------------------------------------------
「橋本一子Ub-X meets 菊地成孔」。タイトルから既に音楽が始まっているようなこのライブが、インターネットラジオJJazz.Netにて本日から放送される。
橋本一子は、ユニークな活動をみせる音楽家／ピアニスト。YMOへの参加や渡辺香津美との共演、また数々のサントラを手がけながら、リーダー作も発表している。その特徴のひとつは、単なる「歌」とは言い切れない「声」を取り入れたプレイだろう。声を、歌としてというよりも一つのサウンドとして取り入れる橋本一子のスタイルは、自身のグループ「Ub-X（ユビークス）」にも活かされている。Ub-Xがピアノトリオの形態を取りながらも斬新なサウンドを呈している一因だ。
この「橋本一子Ub-X」との共演に臨んだのは、もはや現代アートシーンを牽引する鬼才といえるサックスプレイヤー：菊地成孔。音楽家、文筆家から講師。活動の種類も多ければ、そのフィールドも多彩である。橋本一子と菊地成孔とは、音楽学校時代の教師と生徒、という関係でもある。
2007年9月、ジャズのライブシリーズ「Jazz Today」として開催されたこのライブでは、幻想と小気味のよさ、官能と知性とが入り交じった演奏が繰り広げられた。インターネットラジオJJazz.Netでは、その模様を本日11月22日(木)から放送開始。なお、当ライブの一部はe-onkyo musicにてダウンロード配信もされている。
--------------------------------------------------------------
【関連サイト】
□ JJazz.Net：http://www.jjazz.net
□ 橋本一子Ub-X：http://ub-x.txt-nifty.com/
□ 菊地成孔：http://www.kikuchinaruyoshi.com/
□ e-onkyo music：http://music.e-onkyo.com/
--------------------------------------------------------------
【本リリースに関するお問い合わせ先】
株式会社シナジー
代表取締役：坂口一弘
担当：土屋 花生（つちや・はなお）
Tel: 0422-60-5521 Fax: 0422-60-5573 e-mail : hanao@jjazz.net
（電話連絡可能時間帯：平日10:00～18:00）
〒180-0013 東京都武蔵野市西久保1-1-9 T’s Loftビル6F
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※本広報資料の転送/引用は、ご自由にご利用下さい。
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