SYDNEY, Australia, June 29 /PRNewswire/ — One World, One Dream is the theme of the Beijing Games — and if overseas ticket demand is any indicator, the whole world wants to be in Beijing for the Games to live their dream.
Unfortunately Beijing Games organizers cannot satisfy worldwide ticket demand. But it is not just about trying to get tickets to the Beijing Games; numerous domestic and international travelers need accommodation on top.
At 28 May, Xiong Yumei, Vice-Director of the Beijing Municipal Administration of Tourism commented “77 percent of five-star hotel rooms have been booked and most Olympic designated hotels are reportedly fully booked.”
At 25 June, hotel price comparison website HotelsCombined.com conducted research to determine if there is any accommodation still available throughout the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. The results indicate that not only are there five-star hotels still available but there is accommodation for every wallet. For full results go to: .
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For more information on the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games including fact sheets, athlete profiles, cultural information and news visit .
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HotelsCombined.com is a hotel search engine which searches hotel reservation sites from all over the world including Expedia.com, Priceline.com, Orbitz.com, Booking.com and many more. HotelsCombined.com provides the hotel information to you in a user-friendly display and sends you directly to the hotel reservation site which offers the best available hotel rate. Whether you are traveling for business or leisure or to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games HotelsCombined has hotels available to suit every kind of traveler.
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WALTHAM, Mass., May 1 /PRNewswire/ — Lycos, Inc. (), a leading provider of social publishing, media and search services, today announced the following information from The Lycos 50(TM), the 50 most popular Internet search results for the week ending April 26, 2008. For a complete list of The Lycos 50 and for in-depth text of The Lycos 50 Daily Report, go to . Readers of The Lycos 50 can also share their thoughts on Internet trends and pop culture on The Lycos 50 blog located at and the all new Under the Red Carpet blog at . Biggest Movers and Shakers for Week Ending April 26, 2008: 1. Miley Cyrus 633% 2. Katie Holmes 572% 3. Boston Marathon 531% 4. Emma Watson 464% 5. Star Jones 400% 6. Jimmy Fallon 357% 7. NFL Draft 320% 8. “American Idol” 250% 9. Stimulus Check 200% 10. Tina Fey 180% Search Gainers:”Hannah Montana” mega-star Miley Cyrus (#19) re-enters this week’s Lycos 50, skyrocketing 633 percent following controversy over a recent Vanity Fair photo spread. The Vanity Fair photos, shot by acclaimed photographer Annie Leibovitz, include the 15-year-old Cyrus apparently wrapped in a satin bedsheet with her back exposed. Cyrus has apologized to fans for the photos which accompany an interview with Miley and her father, and singer, Billy Ray Cyrus, who also stars alongside his daughter in “Hannah Montana.” Meanwhile, Ashlee Simpson (#1) knocks “Desperate Housewives” star Eva Longoria (#9) out of the top spot on this week’s top search list, and peer-to-peer file sharing protocol BitTorrent (#7) sees its highest ranking ever, generating more search interest this week than Britney Spears (#12), Angelina Jolie (#14) and Facebook (#15). And if web search activity is any indication, Americans are standing by their mailboxes, eagerly awaiting their U.S. stimulus checks, stimulating online interest in the rebate checks, up 200 percent over the past week. The Lycos 50(TM) Top 10 Search Terms for the Week Ending April 26, 2008: 1) Ashlee Simpson 6) Clay Aiken 2) Kim Kardashian 7) BitTorrent 3) Paris Hilton Pamela Anderson 4) Naruto 9) Eva Longoria 5) YouTube 10) Webkinz About Lycos, Inc.Lycos, Inc. operates search and technology web sites that foster online communities, including the new Lycos Cinema community, bringing people together one flick at a time. Other Lycos products and sites include Lycos.com, Hotbot.com, Tripod.com, Angelfire.com, Gamesville.com, Lycos Mail, WhoWhere.com and The Lycos 50(TM). Lycos, Inc. () is a wholly owned subsidiary of Daum Communications Corp., a leading Internet portal and e-commerce destination in Korea with a growing presence throughout the Asian markets. Lycos was acquired by Korean Daum Communications Corp. in October 2004 and has its U.S. headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts. Daum Communications Corp. is traded on the KOSDAQ: 035720, .Lycos(R) is a registered trademark of Lycos, Inc. All other product or service marks mentioned herein are those of Daum Communications Corp., Lycos, Inc. or their respective owners. All rights reserved. Lycos, Inc.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 22 /PRNewswire/ — The Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) has released version 2.0 of its Senders Best Communications Practices defining how volume email senders can improve the deliverability of legitimate e-newsletters and permission-based e-marketing. The recommendations, originally issued last year as one of the first collaborative efforts between network operators and volume senders worldwide, has been updated to address new forms of spam and to clarify permission options.(Logo: )Available today at the MAAWG site , the updated best practices include new guidelines to help legitimate email avoid being mistaken for image-based junk mail, which has become a popular spamming technique. List permission and opt-in recommendations have been amended to reflect current practices, and recommended user-unsubscribe processes are clarified, along with other updates to the document, according to Dennis Dayman, MAAWG senders committee co-chair and Eloqua Corp. chief privacy officer.”The MAAWG senders best practices are intended to help protect users’ online experience by improving industry cooperation and communication. For example, in this update we advise e-marketers not to embed unsubscribe instructions in an image or icon, as many users’ systems will automatically block the message or not display the icon,” Dayman said.Originally issued by MAAWG last year, the best practices were developed through the cooperative effort of the industry’s largest ISPs, network operators and vendors. The original practices also were endorsed by other trade associations, such as CAUCE (Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email), an organization that represents Internet users and email recipients.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 () represents almost one billion mailboxes from some of the largest network operators worldwide. It is the only organization addressing messaging abuse holistically by systematically engaging all aspects of the problem, including technology, industry collaboration and public policy. MAAWG is a member of the global London Action Plan (LAP) and StopSpamAlliance, and leverages its members’ depth and experience 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 Board of Directors: AOL; AT&T ; Bell Canada; Charter Communications ; Cloudmark; Comcast ; Cox Communications; EarthLink ; France Telecom (NYSE and Euronext: FTE); Goodmail Systems; Openwave Systems ; Return Path, Inc. (Full-Member representative to the Board); Time Warner Cable; Verizon Communications; and Yahoo! Inc.MAAWG Full Members: 1&1 Internet AG; AG Interactive; Bizanga LTD; Eloqua Corporation; Google Inc.; Internet Initiative Japan, (IIJ Nasdaq: IIJI); IronPort Systems; McAfee Inc.; MX Logic; Outblaze LTD; Return Path, Inc.; Sprint; Sun Microsystems, Inc.; Symantec; and Telefonica SA.Complete member list at . Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group

VANCOUVER, April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — VRX Worldwide Inc. (TSX-V: VRW) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, VRX Studios Inc. (”VRX”) has signed a multi-year agreement with Pegasus Solutions, Inc. (”Pegasus”), enabling the distribution of it’s world-class, high-definition, rich media hotel content through Pegasus’ Online Distribution Database. This agreement significantly increases the global distribution coverage of Athena, VRX’s new innovative distribution program launched on April 16, 2008.Under the agreement, VRX will enable its hotel partners to distribute their content, including 360 degree virtual tours, still images, and interactive maps, through Pegasus’ global distribution network. VRX’ extensive coverage of hotels compliments the depth of property data that Pegasus provides for more than 86,000 hotels worldwide.”This direct access to Pegasus’ network will not only provide agents and consumers with the information that they need, it will also deliver a content solution to hotels that includes production and distribution services that they can count on,” commented David MacLaren. “Our agreement with Pegasus is a strategic step to further strengthen VRX’s position as the global leader in providing content services to the travel industry.”About PegasusHeadquartered in Dallas, Pegasus Solutions, Inc. is a global leader in providing technology and services to hotels and travel distributors. Founded in 1989, Pegasus’ customers include a majority of the world’s travel agencies and more than 86,000 hotel properties around the globe. Pegasus’ services include central reservation systems, electronic distribution services, commission processing and payment services, and marketing representation services, including the consumer Web site, . The company’s representation services, including Utell(R) Hotels & Resorts and Unirez by Pegasus(TM), are used by more than 9,300 member hotels in more than 130 countries, making Pegasus the hotel industry’s largest third-party marketing and reservations provider. Pegasus has 18 offices in 11 countries, including regional hubs in London, Singapore and Scottsdale, Arizona. For more information, please visit or log onto the company’s industry blog at blog.pegs.com.About VRXVRX Studios Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of VRX Worldwide Inc. (TSX-V: VRW) (), is the world leader in producing, distributing and licensing high quality, rich media content that educates, inspires, and compels online travel consumers. Leading travel brands such as Harrah’s, Hyatt, Fairmont, Travelocity, Lastminute and Orbitz rely on VRX’s stunning hotel, cruise and destination content to attract and engage millions of consumers each month. VRX is recognized as one of the fastest growing companies in Canada by Profit magazine (June 2007) and Business in Vancouver (September 2007). To find out more about VRX Studios, its products and services, visit ww.vrxstudios.com. VRX Worldwide Inc. per “David MacLaren” David MacLaren, President and CEO “The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.”CONTACT: VRX Worldwide Inc., Investor & Public Relations, (888) 605-0059, VRX Worldwide Inc.

LONDON April 16 PRNewswire - Serco Usability Services has been named the most experience EuropeanUsability vendor by Forrester in their report titled Where to Find Help withUsability Testing in Europe The London based usability agency was among 38European agencies reviewed by Forester researchers The report underlines the importance of incorporating usability testinginto long-term customer experience strategy but also draws attention to therange of other user experience services available to clients Owen Daly-Jones Director of Serco Usability Services saysWere proud to be recognised by Forrester as the most experiencedusability agency in Europe This is testament to our teams excellent trackrecord over more than 3 decades in the business and our commitment toleading developments in the usability industry The report underlines theimportance of considering usability on a global rather than local scale -something that we acknowledged in co-founding a formal international alliancein 2005 Sercos UXalliance partners SirValUse Consulting Axance and XperienceConsulting also featured in the report The UXalliance was founded in 2005by the leading usability companies across Europe Asia and the US in order toprovide effective user experience services to global clients Since itsformation the UXalliance has conducted 100s of studies worldwide managesover 40 studios and has access to over 220 usability professionals worldwide About Serco Usability Services Serco Usability Services is the UKs most established user experiencecompany Our consultants work with clients to improve their user experienceacross one or many diverse platforms including web ITV mobile gamesconsoles and consumer appliances We have worked alongside world classinternational organisations such as Dell Lexis Nexis Microsoft and OrangeSerco Usability Services is a subsidiary of Serco Group httpwwwsercocom a FTSE 250 company and is also a co-founder of the UXalliance httpwwwsercocomusability About the UXalliance The UXalliance is the international network for user experience Foundedin 2005 by the leading usability companies in Europe the US and Asia whohad worked together on international projects for many years and were ideallyplaced to lead international user experience research The UXalliance hasover 220 professionals worldwide manages over 40 testing facilities and hasexperience across all technologies and sectors httpwwwuxalliancecom Please visit wwwsercocomusability for more information or contact Gemma Wisdom Marketing Manager 44020-7421-6499Serco Usability Services