Archive for March, 2012
9 Mar, 2012
Iran War Talk Raising U.S. Gas Prices, Affecting Summer Travel Plans
Worthington, OH (PRWEB) March 08, 2012 – Gas prices are expected to heat up this summer due to a variety of factors. With oil prices rising, talks of war with Iran in the news, and Americans marking their calendars for summer vacations, it is no surprise the majority is preparing to spend more to top […]
more…9 Mar, 2012
Growing Numbers of Women Outliving Men In Europe – Eurostat
Brussels, March 7 2012, (Eurostat) – There were in total 257 million women and 245 million men in the EU27 in 2011, meaning that there were 105 women per 100 men. There were around 15% more women than men in the total population in the Baltic countries: Estonia and Latvia (both 117 women per 100 […]
more…8 Mar, 2012
Information Overload Proving Distractive, Affecting Productivity – Global Workmonitor Survey
Seven out of ten employees globally prefer face-to-face contact over phone and email at work, according to the latest Randstad Workmonitor results. Numbers run especially high in Turkey (80%), while Japan, Norway and Singapore are at the lower end with 57%. While Internet and mobile access continue to grow, personal contact seems to prevail when […]
more…8 Mar, 2012
Business Travel to Australia Up 5% but Leisure Down 4%, 2011 Stats Show
International visitors to Australia remained steady last year although the mix of international visitors to Australia changed, with more coming for business and employment, and fewer coming on holidays, according to the latest International Visitor Survey. Tourism Research Australia found that business travellers increased by five per cent, visitors coming for employment by 14 per […]
more…8 Mar, 2012
Australia Launches First App to Promote Inter-Cultural Harmony Day March 21
07 March 2012 — For the first time, Australians will be able to download and use a free Harmony Day smartphone application the Minister for Multicultural Affairs Senator Kate Lundy said today. Harmony Day has become a significant event on March 21 each year, celebrating the different cultures that make Australia a great place to […]
more…8 Mar, 2012
U.S. Hits Record 62 million Visitor Arrivals in 2011
March 07, 2012 – The U.S. Department of Commerce today released its 2011 report on International Visitation to the United States, which is now available on the Office of Travel and Tourism Industries website. Highlights include: 2011 international visitation set a new record to support the National Export Initiative. The United States welcomed 62 million […]
more…8 Mar, 2012
Women are the Fabric, Quilts Reflect their Strength
Everywhere in the world, women weave and mend the social fabric of family and community, as well as clothing and textiles. Quilts, a traditionally female art form, often also serve as tangible expressions of women’s creativity, frugality, love, solidarity or sociability. A new exhibition of quilts in the lobby of the United Nations headquarters in […]
more…8 Mar, 2012
Rural Women Miss Out on Education and Decent Jobs
The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day on March 8, “Empower Rural Women,” sheds light on the struggle that many poor, rural women face in completing even the most basic education — a finding that is backed up by new data analysis by the Education for All Global Monitoring Report team. This is true […]
more…8 Mar, 2012
Gender Pay Gap “Frozen in Time”, Asia Faring Worst – Global Trade Union Report
7 March 2012 – A new report from the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) reveals that worldwide, women are paid 18% on average less than their male counterparts at work. The report, “Frozen in Time: Gender Pay Gap Unchanged for 10 Years” released on the eve of International Women’s Day, looks at women’s wages in […]
more…8 Mar, 2012
Economic Crises Have Biggest Impact on Rural Women – ILO
08 March 2012 (Statement issued by Juan Somavia, Director-General, International Labour Organization) — Today we celebrate International Women’s Day by recognizing the important contribution of rural women across the world to the well-being of their families and communities and in sustaining societies and economies. We call for action to ensure that all rural women can […]
more…8 Mar, 2012
Guidebook Launched to Promote Women’s Participation in Politics
01 March 2012 (UN Development Programme) — With women under-represented in high level politics and decision-making the world over, a new Guidebook produced by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) is showing political parties how they can begin to redress this imbalance by supporting women’s participation in the electoral […]
more…8 Mar, 2012
Rural Women Play Critical Role in Fighting Hunger Worldwide
05 Mar 2012 (UN Development Programme) — A few weeks ago I spoke with women farmers in Niger who are growing vegetables in some of the harshest climatic conditions on earth. With severe drought a recurring problem in their country and across the Sahel, access to water for irrigation and to appropriate seeds, fertilisers, advisory […]
more…8 Mar, 2012
Rural Women Can Be More Productive Than Men in Central America
Mexico City – According to a new UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) study entitled Agricultural productivity of rural women in Central America and Mexico, rural women can be more productive than men in Mexico and Central America. However, they require the appropriate tools, such as productive inputs, microcredits, technical assistance […]
more…8 Mar, 2012
World Bank Video on Women At Work Worldwide
On November 11th, 2011 (11.11.11), across the planet, the World Bank recorded the human experience for One Day on Earth http://www.onedayonearth.org. Women from around the world show and tell us what their work means to them. It’s time to think EQUAL. http://thinkequal.worldbank.org Click here to watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTRq0bMa2dg
more…8 Mar, 2012
New UN Atlas Shows Access To Secondary Education Still A Challenge For Girls
Mar 5 2012, (UN News Centre) – Access to secondary education is still a challenge for girls, especially in parts of Africa and Asia, according to a United Nations atlas published today that highlights the differences in education between girls and boys in terms of access, participation and progression. The atlas, which was produced by […]
more…8 Mar, 2012
Women in Europe Still Earn 16.4% Less on Average than Men
Brussels, 02 March 2012 (European Commission media release) – Women across the EU continue to earn an average of 16.4% less than men, according to new figures released by the European Commission on European Equal Pay Day. This is the second Equal Pay Day at European level following its launch by the European Commission on […]
more…8 Mar, 2012
Partnership of Equals Can Help Solve Global Problems
Statement by Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director, UN Women, to mark International Women’s Day 2012
more…8 Mar, 2012
Equality Begins at Home for Rural Girls and Women
ROME, Italy, 5 March 2012 – As the world marks International Women’s Day this week, IFAD and its partners are pursuing new ways to advance the fundamental rights of poor rural girls and women at the household level. In the past, rural development organizations and programmes have generally promoted change – including women’s empowerment – […]
more…7 Mar, 2012
Replacing the Devastation of Greed-is-Good with Wisdom of Sufficiency Economy
“Sufficiency Economy and the Direction of Sustainable Development” Speech delivered at the opening of the International Conference on the Sufficiency Economy, Bangkok, Thailand, 16 February 2012.
more…7 Mar, 2012
Europe Hotel Market Up, Thanks to New Supply, Positive Demand
LONDON (STR Global) March 5, 2012 – The European hotel market reported overall positive revenue per available room growth 12-months to January, according to STR Global, a leading provider of market data to the hotel industry. Despite the economic conditions a majority of the 157 cities and destinations tracked in Europe, only 15 saw declining […]
more…7 Mar, 2012
How Chinese New Year Holidays Affected Travel, Cargo Movements
Montréal, 05 March 2012 (Airports Council International) –The Chinese New Year holidays in January saw a boom in passenger movements through many Asia Pacific airports as well as a decline in cargo movements, according to a release by Airports Council International Said the release, “On the whole, both international traffic and domestic traffic posted gains […]
more…7 Mar, 2012
UN Kicks Off Talks On New Blueprint For Disaster Risk Reduction
Mar 5 2012 (UN News Centre) — The United Nations disaster risk reduction office today announced the start of consultations on a new international blueprint for reducing disaster losses ahead of a conference on the issue that Japan has offered to host in 2015. Margareta Wahlström, the head of the secretariat of the UN International […]
more…7 Mar, 2012
Australia Launches Debt Clock to Help Cut Credit Card Bills
5 March 2012 – The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today announced its MoneySmart website has a new debt clock that shows the credit card debt in Australia. Check out the clock here. Australians have over $36 billion owing on credit cards where interest is being charged, an average of $4,700 per card holder. […]
more…7 Mar, 2012
Western Lifestyles Contributing to “Global Health Disaster” – UN Report
GENEVA (6 March 2012) – “Our food systems create sick people,” the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, warned today. “One in seven people globally are undernourished, but many more suffer from the ‘hidden hunger’ of micronutrient deficiency, while 1.3 billion are overweight or obese.” “Faced with this nutritional […]
more…6 Mar, 2012
Nominations Sought for Ethical Business Leaders Awards in the U.S.
Nashville, TN (PRWEB) March 01, 2012 – The NASBA Center for the Public Trust (CPT) has announced the 2012-2013 call for nominations for its nationally-recognized, Being a Difference Award program. Established in 2006, the Being a Difference Award program honors individuals for their exceptional contributions to ethical leadership in business. Past recipients have spanned the […]
more…6 Mar, 2012
Lack of Adequate Sleep Affecting Pilots, Train and Truck Drivers
Washington, DC (PRWEB) March 05, 2012 – The people we trust to take us or our loved ones from place to place struggle with sleep, according to the National Sleep Foundation’s (NSF) 2012 Sleep in America® poll. It is the first poll to ask transportation professionals, including pilots, train operators,* truck, bus, taxi and limo […]
more…6 Mar, 2012
European NGOs Sift Through Tourism “Label Jungle” to Verify Trust, Transparency
A group of European NGOs specialising in the travel & tourism industry have closely scrutinised 20 labels being used worldwide as symbols of certification for sustainability and environmental responsibility. The objective was to help travellers and the travel trade make better informed decisions by differentiating “between what is reliable and what is dubious.” Appropriately entitled, […]
more…5 Mar, 2012
Award for Sicilian Agency Which Backs Tourism Players Who Defy the Mafia
Berlin (March 5) — A Sicilian travel agency that supports local tourism products and services who refuse to pay protection money to the local mafia is one of the three winners of the international TO DO! Contest for Socially Responsible Tourism to be conferred at this year’s ITB Berlin. The other two are an ecolodge […]
more…5 Mar, 2012
Only One In 10 Board Members Of Top OECD Companies Are Women – Report
PARIS, March 5, OECD News release – Women are still under-represented in top corporate jobs, despite efforts in many countries to promote their participation on boards, according to new OECD data. The OECD’s new Gender Browser reveals that women occupied only one in ten board seats in listed companies in OECD countries in 2009, the […]
more…5 Mar, 2012
One Settlement at a Time, Who is Really Trying to Wipe Whom Off the Map?
One of the claims being made to justify Israel’s demand for a blank cheque to attack Iran is that the Islamic Republic poses an “existential threat” to the Jewish state in view of its supposed statements about wanting to “wipe Israel off the map.” This lie has been repeated so often that it has become […]
more…5 Mar, 2012
Never Forget: Egyptian ex-Nuclear Body Chief Exposes “Treachery & Deception” Behind Iraq War
The sabre rattling over an attack on Iran, now in full swing, is following the identical game-plan that was mounted before the 2003 attack on Iraq, according to a tell-all book by Dr Mohamed ElBaradei, the former director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency. The key question facing the world now is whether it will […]
more…4 Mar, 2012
Attack on Iran: Israel Seeks “Opportunity”, Indian Editor Sees “Insanity”
Editor’s Comment: The two columns reprinted in this dispatch go right to the heart of the political divide between Israel and much of the rest of the world over an attack on Iran. One is by the director of Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies, the other by one of India’s most prominent editors. When […]
more…4 Mar, 2012
Israel, Iran & Palestine: Exactly Who is Trying to Wipe Whom Off the Map?
Originally Published: 04 March 2012 One of the claims being made to justify Israel’s demand for a blank cheque to attack Iran is that the Islamic Republic poses an “existential threat” to the Jewish state in view of its supposed statements about wanting to “wipe Israel off the map.” This lie has been repeated so […]
more…3 Mar, 2012
Pan European Survey Reveals Online Customer Behaviour
Barcelona, Mobile World Congress, (February 28 2012) : Social reviews prove increasingly influential in consumer buying decisions, according to an independent survey of 3,000 European consumers announced today. The findings, published in the eGain 2012 cross-industry benchmarking report for multichannel customer experience comprehensively charts influences on consumer buying behaviour and service preferences in seven European […]
more…3 Mar, 2012
The World’s Worst Tourists? Americans Agree, It’s Us
WASHINGTON, March 2, 2012 (Businesswire) — Tired of the “ugly American” stereotype of U.S. travelers abroad? A new LivingSocial survey conducted among more than 5,600 respondents in five countries by Mandala Research discovered that Americans ourselves believe we are the world’s worst tourists. The survey found that Americans, Canadians and Australians all gave U.S. tourists […]
more…2 Mar, 2012
AIPAC Supports War on Iran, U.S. Jews Don’t
I don’t have much time, and I need your help. In just a few days, thousands of AIPAC (American-Israel Public Affairs Committee) supporters will gather in Washington DC for their annual policy conference billed as “three of the most important days affecting Israel’s future.” President Obama, Newt Gingrich, Prime Minister Netanyahu and most members of […]
more…2 Mar, 2012
Facebook, Google “Wild West of Data Theft”
Pembroke Pines, FL (PRWEB) March 02, 2012 — Calling Facebook just another data collector disguised as a friendly social network, the newly minted Privacy Mom and head of UmeNow, Evelyn Castillo-Bach, will speak to a radio audience of baby boomers today. “I am thrilled that an independent outlet like The Boomer and The Babe Network […]
more…2 Mar, 2012
Impact of Mobility On Business Could Exceed That of The Internet, Accenture Survey Finds
NEW YORK; Feb. 27, 2012– Facing one of the most significant business challenges since the advent of the Internet, CIOs in emerging markets seeking to mobile-enable their enterprises are making mobility a higher priority and spending more money on achieving that goal than are their mature-market counterparts, according to a new study by Accenture (NYSE: […]
more…2 Mar, 2012
Forget Travel, Mobile Technology is Where the Real Money Is
BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Mobile World Congress — The GSMA today announced new research findings that demonstrate the positive, long-term economic impact of the global mobile industry. The research, developed by A.T. Kearney, GSMA Wireless Intelligence and Machina Research, indicates that global mobile industry revenues will grow from US$1.5 trillion dollars in […]
more…2 Mar, 2012
Spillage in Pubs and Cafés Spurs Demand for Liquid-Resistant Mobiles
Barcelona, Mobile World Congress, February 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — International research commissioned by P2i, a manufacturer of liquid repellent nano-coating technology, reveals demand for mobile devices to be water-resistant as standard. The results come as more and more consumers put their phones at risk of moisture and corrosion damage as they go about their day-to-day […]
more…2 Mar, 2012
Report Explores How Mobiles Can Help Women Living on Less than $2 / Day
Barcelona, 29 February 2012, Mobile World Congress: The GSMA today released research into the opportunities that mobiles provide to underserved women in emerging markets. The research, entitled ‘Portraits: A Glimpse into the Lives of Women at the Base of the Pyramid’, is the first to survey the wants, needs, aspirations and mobile uses of women […]
more…2 Mar, 2012
World Manufacturing Recovery Stalls as Euro-zone Instability Weakens Growth
VIENNA, 1 March 2012 – World manufacturing output grew by 4.2 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year compared to the same period of the previous year, the lowest quarterly growth rate in 2011. The two main economies that contributed to the ongoing growth were China and the United States. The world manufacturing […]
more…2 Mar, 2012
How China is Shifting From Manufacturing to Innovating
Patents. Local designs. New business models. “Made in China” morphs into “Created in China.” Chinese companies are innovating across a range of industries. In communications equipment, they are now peers in quality with international counterparts. In wind and solar power, they are major suppliers of key components. And they are expanding in businesses such as […]
more…2 Mar, 2012
Remember to Mark Int’l Women’s Day on March 8, 2012
International Women’s Day will be marked on March 8, 2012. The global travel & tourism industry, one of the world’s largest employers of women, can be at the forefront of events commemorating this day. Here’s some food for thought.
more…1 Mar, 2012
Europe Needs Another Reformation – WTO Director General
World Trade Organization Director-General Pascal Lamy’s speech at the Bruegel Institute in Brussels on 29 February 2012
more…1 Mar, 2012
Indian Railways to Need Billions for Modernisation Over Five Years
Ministry of Railways, 27 February, 2012 – The Expert Group for Modernisation of Indian Railways, constituted by the Ministry of Railways under the Chairmanship of Mr Sam Pitroda, Advisor to the Prime Minister, presented its report to the Minister of Railways, Mr Dinesh Trivedi, here today. The report recommends ways and means to modernize Indian […]
more…1 Mar, 2012
India, Pakistan Move to Normalise Trade Contacts
Ministry of Commerce & Industry, 29 February, 2012 – India has welcomed the decision by the government of Pakistan to transition from a Positive List Regime to a small Negative List for trade with India. This development reaffirms the commitment of both governments for trade normalisation as per the roadmap drawn during the visit by […]
more…1 Mar, 2012
Sikkim, Hyderabad, Delhi Tourism Corp. Big Winners in Indian Tourism Awards
The Indian Tourism Awards, presented on February 29, included three new categories: “The Best State : Campaign Clean India”, the “Best Heritage City” and “Best Heritage Walk”. The inaugural winners in the three categories were respectively Sikkim, Hyderabad and the Delhi Tourism & Transportation Development Corporation Ltd. The first award was especially important as it […]
more…1 Mar, 2012
Australian Security Agencies Get More Extra-Territorial Surveillance Tools
Canberra, 29 February 2012 — Australian Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Justice Jason Clare today said new laws had passed the Parliament which will streamline the work Australia does with other countries to tackle crime. The Extradition and Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 passed the Parliament today. The new […]
more…1 Mar, 2012
New Project Set to Forecast Future of Great Barrier Reef
29 February 2012 — The Great Barrier Reef is set to be seen in a whole new way through an innovative project that will provide for the Reef the kinds of products that the Bureau of Meteorology provides for weather. This new project, called eReefs, will allow everyone to see what is happening today on […]
more…1 Mar, 2012
The Tourism Industry’s “Last Chance To Do The Right Thing”
Ever since the 90s of the past century, we have missed two outstanding opportunities to make a better world: first, during 1989-91, as the Iron Curtain fell, the Soviet Union broke up and communism lost its ground and myth; second, after Nine-Eleven 2001, when terrorists attacked New York and Washington. What we did ? – […]
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