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Apartment Barcelona Supports the Casal dels Infants in the Fight Against Child Poverty with New Initiative

The company is set to donate one Euro to the Casal dels Infants centre for the support of disadvantaged children for every apartment reservation made with the agency this summer. - July 10, 2013 - Apartment Barcelona

Altaaqa Global Grand Launching Attended by Energy Ministers

The event highlighted Altaaqa Global’s geographic expansion plans and emphasized its intention to pursue international power projects by investing a huge amount of resources in countries where it plans to operate. On top of an extensive global CAT dealer network with over 1500 dealer & rental outlets and over 1700 dealer branch stores worldwide, Altaaqa Global plans to set-up regional hubs around the world while rapidly expanding its generator fleet year-on-year. - July 07, 2013 - Altaaqa Global CAT Rental Power

Xotels Expands Hotel Portfolio with Sidorme Hotel Group

After the successful implementation of revenue management in budget hotels in France, Belgium and the Netherlands, Xotels is now also entering the budget hotel industry in Spain. Sidorme hotels has chosen to partner with Xotels to manage their revenue and distribution strategies. Xotels has been... - July 06, 2013 - Xotels

Apartment Barcelona Offers Discounts of Up to 40% on Last Minute Rentals for Summer 2013

The company boasts the largest portfolio of holiday apartments by the beach in Barcelona, with a wide variety of rental styles, sizes and prices. - June 27, 2013 - Apartment Barcelona

XPAND 3D – World’s Global Leader in 3D Displays New Product for Its Passive 3D Systems at CineEurope 2013

As the international market leader in 3D, XPAND 3D will showcase the world’s most extensive range of cinema solutions while displaying new products for their market leading Passive systems. - June 25, 2013 - Xpand

Growing Optimism in African Power Market as Africa Energy Forum Starts in Barcelona This Week

Some 800 power professionals, including 11 African ministers, as well as heads of utilities, regulators and international energy companies, will attend the Africa Energy Forum from 18-20 June in Barcelona to address pressing issues concerning Africa’s power sector, including partnerships,... - June 16, 2013 - Africa Energy Forum

MemorySecret and Covex Announce the Launch of Intelectol Sport(TM)

MemorySecret and Covex announce the launch of Intelectol Sport(TM), a new dietary supplement for athletes, which will be launched at the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014. - June 14, 2013 - Covex Farma

Dream Glass Group Installs Privacy Glass at Baku Flame Towers

Dream Glass Group, specialists in DreamGlass® privacy glass, has fitted their smart glass at the Fairmont Baku hotel, part of the famous Flame Towers complex in Baku, Azerbaijan. DreamGlass® Privacy Glass was installed in every room of the hotel (110 in total), and allows the bedroom and... - June 01, 2013 - Dream Glass Group

Barcelona to Welcome 800 African Energy and Industry Leaders for Africa Energy Forum in June

“Virtually every corner of Africa will be represented in Barcelona at the Africa Energy Forum,” says Bruno Cockburn, programme director of the 15th edition of the event that is taking place from 18-20 June in Barcelona this year. He adds: “Spain is a huge investor in South... - May 29, 2013 - Africa Energy Forum

Lend an Ear to Your Translators

STAR Servicios Lingüísticos has carried out its first ever Supplier Satisfaction Survey. - May 25, 2013 - STAR Servicios Lingüísticos S.L.

iREVSOL, a New Concept of Solar Thermal Collector

This collector will make the best of solar energy for the production of domestic hot water (ACS, acronym in Spanish). - May 22, 2013 - AIJU - Technological Institute for Children’s Products and Leisure

FetalGrowth: First App to Compute Fetal Weight Percentiles for Singleton and Twins Pregnancies

CM40 recently released a fetal growth mobile app for OB/GYN professionals, that is the first of its kind to address both singleton and multiple (twins) pregnancies. - May 20, 2013 - CM40

Twelve African Energy, Mining and Industry Ministers Confirm Attendance at the Africa Energy Forum in Barcelona in June

African ministers, heads of utilities, regulators and international energy companies will address pressing issues concerning Africa’s power sector at the Africa Energy Forum in Barcelona, 18-20 June. - May 19, 2013 - Africa Energy Forum

Tim White-Sobieski: Stainless Steel and Light Sculptures in Palma de Mallorca

Galeria Maior presents a multimedia installation by Tim White-Sobieski "Cold Forest" consisting of several mirror polished stainless steel sculptures with projected video compositions, full-color light-emitting diodes panels, and fiber-optics light installations, and a series of 24... - May 16, 2013 - Galeria Maior

FXstreet.com's Trader of the Year Contest 2013 to Start in June

FXstreet.com, in collaboration with AFB FX, is happy to announce the Trader of the Year 2013, the 6th edition of the competition, to be held from June 2nd to 28th, 2013. - May 04, 2013 - FOREXSTREET, S.L.

Energy Performance Certificates Become Obligatory in Spain

Starting June 1, 2013, it will be illegal to sell or rent out properties in Spain without Energy Performance Certificates. - May 02, 2013 - Artica Energy Performance

Alpha 1472, the Intriguing New Novel from Eddie Hastings

Announcing a new book by Eddie Hastings. - April 27, 2013 - Eddie Hastings

Jade Introduces My Rewards! for iPad

Jade introduces My Rewards 1.0, the positive reinforcement app to help parent motivate their children to perform their chores. - April 23, 2013 - Jade Development

SASAM Asks Boeing for Requirements in Aeronautics for Standardization on Additive Manufacturing

It was carried out within the third general SASAM’s meeting as a previous step to set the Standards for Rapid prototyping and Additive Manufacturing within European Industry. - April 22, 2013 - AIJU - Technological Institute for Children’s Products and Leisure

Virtual Model of Novel Cancer Target Developed

Plebiotic and Pharmacellion Complete Research Project on an in silico Molecular Modelling and Molecular Dynamics Model of Na K ATPase. - April 12, 2013 - Ventac Partners

SmilingEffect Share Your Happiness: with a Positive Attitude It is Possible to Create a Better World Around Us

"SmilingEffect, share your happiness" is a new mobile application with which users can share their happiness using smiles. Actually, in the opinion of its founders "facing life with a positive attitude, we can all create a better world around us." - April 04, 2013 - SmilingEffect

FXstreet.com Announces the Forex Person of the Year 2012: Andrey Pavlov and Ilya Holeu

Andrey Pavlov and Ilya Holeu, co-Founder of cTrader, have been named “Forex Person of the Year 2012” by FXstreet.com, the independent Forex information website. FXstreet.com explains why the people behind cTrader have been given this recognition: “cTrader takes a further step... - March 27, 2013 - FOREXSTREET, S.L.

KarmeUp: Get Help for Projects Using a Global Collaborative Network

With KarmeUp users can look forward to a future where collaboration via the exchange of mutual aid will help people to realize their ideas and goals. - March 23, 2013 - KarmeUp

Fluendo is Proud to Announce Its Codec Pack 18, Now Supporting GStreamer 1.0

Fluendo Copdec Pack 18 introduces support for GStreamer 1.0 as well as the traditional GStreamer 0.10 support. By installing this codec pack, applications using either version of GStreamer will be able to leverage the provided decoders. - March 15, 2013 - Fluendo S.A.

Apartment Barcelona Offers Deals of Up to 30% Discount on Apartments for Easter Breaks 2013

Apartment Barcelona, a leading online apartment rental agency is offering discounts of up to 30% for Easter Break 2013. - March 14, 2013 - Apartment Barcelona

Innovative Prototypes for the Toy Sector

Partnership to make toys more attractive, dynamic and with greater interaction through printed electronics. - March 11, 2013 - AIJU - Technological Institute for Children’s Products and Leisure

Spree Fitness Device Named #2 M2M Innovation at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona

Next evolution in fitness technology -- Spree, by Hothead Technologies -- recognized at global forum for mobile industry. - February 28, 2013 - Spree Wearables, Inc.

FXstreet.com Announces the Winners of the Forex Best Awards 2013

FXstreet.com is pleased to announce the results of the third edition of the Forex Best Awards that highlights the best analysis, educational content and contributors on its website in 2012. - February 28, 2013 - FOREXSTREET, S.L.

SwingBox Grooves Into the App Store

Chilibite Games brings rhythm & colour to the App Store with a new music arcade game: ‘SwingBox.’ - February 23, 2013 - Chilibite Games

WebTV Solutions Launches Its New WebTV Solution in Free and Professional Versions

WebTV Solutions launches WS.WebTV Free and WS.WebTV Professional: two solutions for creating video portals, with Flash and HTML5 support. - February 22, 2013 - WebTV Solutions

The New Sustainability Competency: Communications Technologies for Employee Engagement, with Elaine Cohen

Engaged employees are a crucial factor in every successful, sustainable and responsible business. Increased motivation & participation can be leveraged through CSR and new technologies, although many CSR & HR managers lack the skills to fully utilise these channels. On the 11th June in Barcelona, Boosting Employee Engagement through CSR in the Digital Era, will address this core business issue. - February 14, 2013 - Impact Five Events

ToucannacuoT Launches aBigJourney App for iPad

ToucannacuoT, an international developer and publisher of games and applications, has announced the launch of aBigJourney for the iPad. The app, available on iTunes for $2.99, features a family friendly animated board game experience that takes players on a trip by land, air, and sea. Game play... - February 10, 2013 - TOUCANNACUOT SL

Visure Solutions Opens Us Headquarters, Extending Reach Into North and South America

Visure Solutions, market leader in Requirements Lifecycle Management, established US headquarters in San Francisco. COO Dr. Moustapha Tadlaoui will target safety, mission and business-critical markets. - February 08, 2013 - Visure

GOWEX Extends Its Smart WiFi Service to Major Cities in Belgium

- The company has signed a strategic agreement with Win, ICT services integrator - This agreement will allow GOWEX expand its sustainable Wi-Fi model in over 200 cities in Belgium in the coming years - Win presents this Friday its "Wi-Fi Urban Hotspot" (WUH), a free connectivity... - February 08, 2013 - Let's Gowex

Xotels Expands Its Independent Hotel Management Portfolio

Xotels added the Hotel Ribera de Triana in Seville, Spain to its hotel management portfolio. - January 31, 2013 - Xotels

GOWEX Goes a Step Further and Offers WiFi in the U.S. Along with AT&T Wireless

GOWEX continues its growth to obtain the highest possible number of WiFi Smart Cities; The GOWEX WiFi user is becoming a worldwide user. - January 30, 2013 - Let's Gowex

New Website Launches to Help Users Increase Their Social Media Audience

Socialpaybox just announced their launch at socialpaybox.com, an exchange community that allows users to increase their social media audience and present social profiles for thousands of people worldwide. - January 24, 2013 - Socialpaybox

Hand, Reef and Steer - Sailing Adventures on the Catalan Coast

Photographs are available from dave@HandReefAndSteer.eu or view and download from http://www.HandReefAndSteer.eu/pr/ David Baird is a professional skipper who has been based in Barcelona for the last 4 years. He has just launched a new initiative called Hand, Reef and Steer. The aim of the... - January 23, 2013 - Hand, Reef and Steer

Released Version 3 of PHP Library PhpDocx to Simplify the Dynamic Generation of Word Documents

The latest release of this PHP library also includes new chart types and a method to include more formatting options to “add text” boxes, among many other significant improvements. - January 20, 2013 - 2mdc

GOWEX Spreads Its Free Wi-Fi Service Through a Roaming Agreement with Deutsche Telekom

The agreement signed with Deutsche Telekom International Carrier Sales & Solutions (ICSS) adds around 29,000 hotspots located in more than 50 countries, to the GOWEX's Wi-Fi network and provides GOWEX’s clients with Deutsche Telekom’s In-flight Wi-Fi service. - January 17, 2013 - Let's Gowex

Mobile Charting Components for BlackBerry Mobile Platform

Steema Software launches TeeChart Java for BlackBerry devices. - January 17, 2013 - Steema Software

Doctuo, an Online Startup Company That Connects Doctors, Patients and Insurance Companies

The website started its business in Spain and provides free information about doctors, medical centers and health insurances. Doctuo is present in four countries and by the 1Q of 2013 will be operating in 10 more countries. Patients can express their opinion about doctors, medical centers and health insurances. In the near future doctors will be able to sign up free and exchange opinions with other specialists within the medical community. - January 11, 2013 - Doctuo

Abba Triana - 4 Star Hotel in Seville Spain - Changes Its Name

In December of 2012, the Abba Triana Hotel (Seville), located over the banks of the Guadalquivir River, changed its name to Hotel Ribera de Triana. With this new brand name, the hotel is no longer part of the Abba Hotel chain. Since the beginning of December this boutique hotel in Seville started... - January 10, 2013 - Hotel Ribera de Triana

Apartment Barcelona Announces New Ski Apartments and Ski Holiday Packages

Apartment Barcelona has announced the addition of new ski apartments in the Catalan Pyrenees. Alongside these new apartments, the agency also introduced several ski packages for those looking to make the most of the Catalan capital and the Pyrenees. - January 10, 2013 - Apartment Barcelona

Wine Stars World is a Success. A Selection of V&N Cellars Wines is Now Available in the UK Through One of the Leading Online Wine Retailers, SWIG.

SWIG has listed three V&N Barcelona wines available to be shipped to every corner of UK including Highlands and the Islands. The wines are V&N Garnatxa Blanca, “an eccentric and exuberant expression of oaked Garnatxa”; V&N Reserva, a new discovery for Chateauneuf-du-Pape and... - December 23, 2012 - V&N Cellars

Christmas Breaks in Barcelona: Apartment Barcelona Boosts Special Offers for the Holiday Season

Apartment Barcelona has increased its special offers and deals on apartments in Barcelona for the holiday season. The apartment rental agency now offers over 190 apartments with special offers listed on the company website, many of which include deals of up to 50% off. - November 28, 2012 - Apartment Barcelona

Technology Helps Indie Writers to Revolutionize the Book Industry

43% of all print books published in the US were self-published last year. Thanks to technology, indie authors have direct access to market and the "iDeas for writing" app is coming for helping them to achieve their dream. - November 14, 2012 - Literautas