SYDNEY--19 Apr--AsiaNet/InfoQuest WINE AWARD... SYDNEY: Wyndham Estate awarded the Grand Vinitaly Award Leading Australianwine producer Wyndham Estate has been awarded the prestigious Grand VinitalyAward at the 2007 Vinitaly International Wine Competition- the first time evera wine producer from the Southern Hemisphere has taken home the covetedinternational prize. SETTLEMENT ACHIEVED... SAN MATEO - The O'Reilly & Danko law firm of San Mateo, California, andStewarts of London have announced that an unprecedented settlement has alreadybeen achieved, only three months after the crash, for 14 families who lostloved ones in the crash of Adam Air flight 574 off Sulawesi Island in Indonesiaon January 1, 2007. HOLLYWOOD CASINO... LAS VEGAS: Planet Hollywood is proud to announce the arrival of the newPlanet Hollywood Resort & Casino, a fully renovated entertainment and luxurydestination on the former site of the Aladdin, in the heart of the legendaryLas Vegas Strip. IBM SELECTED... NEW YORK: Fortent, a provider of information and technology to the risk andcompliance market, announced on Thursday that it has selected IBM as itsmanaged hosting partner in preparation for the launch of a hosted version ofits market-leading anti-money laundering solution. http://www.asthmapods.com BRANDY SALE... NEW YORK: Mendis International, Inc. has announced that the world's firstultra-premium coconut brandy bottle of Mendis will be presented for sale forUS$1,000,000. http://www.mendisbrandy.com http://photoarchive.ap.org HOTEL PIPELINE... PORTSMOUTH: Lodging Econometrics, the Global Authority for Hotel RealEstate, reported there are 962 hotels having 259,588 rooms in the Asia PacificPipeline at the end of 1Q '07. PEPSI MEETING... PURCHASE: PepsiCo has announced that its annual shareholders' meeting willbe webcast live from Plano, Texas, over the Internet on Wednesday, May 2, at 9AM local time (10:00 AM ET). LAGAN SOFTWARE... WASHINGTON: Lagan, provider of enterprise software dedicated to streamliningthe delivery of public services to constituents, has announced that it hasreceived the highest possible rating in Gartner's MarketScope: Local GovernmentCRM products 2007. http://www.lagan.com OFFSHORE EXPLORATION... HALIFAX: The chair of the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, DianaDalton, will announce new terms and conditions affecting exploration of theoffshore of Nova Scotia in a speech hosted by the Offshore/Onshore TechnologiesAssociation of Nova Scotia. http://www.cnsopb.ns.ca VOIP PORTFOLIO... READING: Verizon Business has expanded availability of its VoIP portfolio tothe Australian market, offering Verizon IP Integrated Access and Verizon HostedIP Centrex to customers in six Australian cities. http://www.verizon.com http://www.verizon.com/news http://www.verizonbusiness.com ATMEL ANNOUNCES... SAN JOSE: Atmel Corporation announced on Wednesday the second of itsMAX-Link series of transceivers designed specifically for WiMAX applications. http://www.atmel.com ZAP ORDER... SANTA ROSA: Electric car pioneer ZAP has received an order for $79 Millionfrom a Chicago-based start-up, The Electric Vehicle Company. http://www.zapworld.com ECO-FRIENDLY PRODUCTS... SINGAPORE: OSRAM CEO Mr. Martin Goetzeler reasserts the lightingmanufacturer giants commitment to eco-friendly products at opening of theGlobal Business Summit for the Environment organized by the United NationsEnvironment Program. http://xprnnews.xfn.info/OSRAM/20070418/OSRAM.htm SETTLEMENT SOLUTION... LONDON: The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, a leading provider ofclearance, settlement and information services, announced on Wednesday that itsEuroCCP subsidiary has been selected to provide a clearance and settlementsolution for Turquoise. http://www.dtcc.com http://www.citigroup.com http://www.citi.com TRAVEL WEBSITE... KYOTO: The City of Kyoto launched on April 18 an English-language website incooperation with the Kyoto City Tourist Association and tourism industrypartners to attract more tourists from abroad. http://www.Kyoto.Travel AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.