Sydney--11 Aug--AsiaNet/InfoQuest HOTELS JOIN... PARSIPPANY: Wyndham Hotel Group and the Corinthia Group ofCompanies have signed an agreement in principle to jointlymanage hotels under the Wyndham and Ramada brands in the EMEAregion: Europe, the Middle East and Africa. http://www.wyndhamimages.com http://www.wyndhamworldwide.com KLOCKNER EXPANDS... MONTABAUR: The Klockner Pentaplast Group is pleased toannounce two new Asian capacity expansions at its Rayong,Thailand, manufacturing facility. The first expansion is foradding production capacity for its transverse-directionoriented shrink-label films. http://www.kpfilms.com ENSR COMMENDED... KUALA LUMPUR: ENSR, a leading global environmental company,has received an ExxonMobil Asia Pacific safety award and letterof commendation for its multi-year contract remediation projectsafety performance in Malaysia. http://www.ensr.aecom.com ASTEA CELEBRATES... HORSHAM: Astea International Inc., a global provider ofservice lifecycle management solutions, and Fuji Xerox NewZealand, the global leader in document management, on Fridaycommemorate ten years of a strong and fruitful relationship. http://www.astea.com HAYWARD APPOINTS... HAYWARD: Gel-Pak, a division of Delphon Industries andleading manufacturer of device shipping and handling carriersused predominantly by the semiconductor, optoelectronics, andtelecommunication industries has announced the appointment ofMichael Yeng of Silicon Connection as the company's salesdistributor in Taiwan. http://www.gelpak.com SAMSUNG ADOPTS... SANTA CLARA: Tvia, Inc., a leading provider of digitaldisplay processors for advanced flat-panel TVs, broadcastdigital DVRs, consumer displays, and monitor products, hasannounced that Samsung Electronics has adopted Tvia's CyberPro5202 video and graphics display processor across its full rangeof digital video recorder systems for security and surveillanceapplications. http://www.tvia.com http://www.samsung.com MERCY DEPLOYS... SARATOGA: Mercy Hospital, a leading healthcare facility inMiami, has deployed Ekahau Inc.'s Real Time Location System, awireless tracking solution that enables hospital staff toimmediately find the whereabouts of mission critical equipment.and other mobile assets. http://www.ekahau.com http://www.mercymiami.org http://www.safcousa.com MISSION LAUNCHES... SHENZHEN: Mission Hills, the world's largest golf club,launches on a grand scale its own signature spa brand withthree locations scheduled to open within the coming ninemonths. KAPSCH TOLLS... VIENNA: Kapsch TrafficCom's latest major contract, theset-up and operation of a fully electronic toll system in theCzech Republic, proves once again that Kapsch has the absoluteleading position in the traffic telematics sector. http://www.kapschtraffic.com http://www.kapsch.net (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions)