SYDNEY--16 Jan--AsiaNet/InfoQuest TOURISM EMPLOYMENT... SHANGHAI: According to the World Travel & Tourism Council,Travel & Tourism created over 231 million jobs worldwide in2007, making it one of the world's largest industry employers.The Council announces that over the last year the industryaccounted for more than 72 million jobs in China alone, puttingChina in pole position followed respectively by India, theUnited States and Japan.www.wttc.travel RENEWABLE TRADING... NEW YORK: Answering the Nation's call for dramatic increasesin renewable fuel use over the next 10 years, Renewable TradingServices, LLC announces the development of an Internet basedexchange platform for the purpose of trading RIN credits in theUnited States. Renewable Trading Services, LLC is being formedby Belzberg Technologies (USA) Inc., AgriFuels, LLC, I.A.Englander & Co. Inc. and The Freedom Group Inc.www.rinmark.comwww.belzberg.com LUXURY RESORTS... HONOLULU: The Castle Group, Inc. announces that itssubsidiary, Hawaii-based management company Castle Resorts &Hotels, has expanded into Thailand with two new luxury resorts,Katamanda in Phuket and Baan Taling Ngam Resort & Spa in KohSamui. These two additions bring Castle Resorts & Hotels'inventory count up to 26 properties throughout Hawaii,Micronesia, New Zealand and Thailand.www.CastleResorts.com AUSTRALIAN WOOL... SYDNEY: In an initiative designed to knit together leadingfashion designers and Australia's finest Merino wool,Australian Wool Innovation has unveiled the one-off collectionsof five up and coming fashion designers from around the globeat an exclusive event in Florence.http://asianetnews.net/ViewImage.asp?ID=87634 IMMEDIACY SELECTED... BALMORAL: Mediasurface announces that the award-winningrecruitment company, Clarius Group, has selected the ImmediacyWeb Content Management solution to power its corporate andsubsidiary websites. The Group's corporate website http://www.clarius.com.au was the first of the Group's site to besuccessfully launched in time to celebrate their success as'FEMA Recruitment Firm of the Year' for the second yearrunning.www.gbc.co.ukwww.mediasurface.comwww.clarius.com.au EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE... NEW YORK: Gale International announces a memorandum ofunderstanding with Microsoft Learning, a product group ofMicrosoft Corporation, to further Songdo International BusinessDistrict as an example of best practices in technologyeducation and implementation. To underscore its commitment tothis initiative, Gale International will fund translation ofMicrosoft's extensive Digital Literacy curriculum into Korean,thus making it available to the full breadth of the Koreanworkforce for the first time.www.songdo.com OPEC OUTPUT... LONDON: The members of the Organization of PetroleumExporting Countries (OPEC) produced an average 32.03 millionbarrels per day (b/d) of crude oil in December, according to aPlatts survey of OPEC and oil industry officials January 14.This is up from November's rate of 31.65 million b/d.www.platts.comwww.opec.platts.comwww.mcgraw-hill.com BENECHILL RECEIVES... SAN DIEGO: BeneChill, Inc. announces that it has received CEMarking for the commercial sale of the RhinoChill System inEuropean Union member countries. The RhinoChill System is abattery-operated, non-invasive, portable, and easy-to-usemedical device for rapid therapeutic patient cooling.www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080115/LATU002www.BeneChill.com LUMINARY MICRO... AUSTIN, Texas: Luminary Micro, creators of the award-winningStellaris family of ARM Cortex-M3-based microcontrollers,announces the immediate availability of a new StellarisReference Design Kit, the Stellaris Brushless DC Motor ControlReference Design Kit with Ethernet and CAN.www.LuminaryMicro.comwww.LuminaryMicro.com/psgwww.LuminaryMicro.com/saleswww.LuminaryMicro.com/products/rdk_bldc.htmlwww.LuminaryMicro.com/products/rdk_acim.htmlwww.LuminaryMicro.com/products/rdk_stepper.html FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN, MTNR, FINP and FINS securities issues on January25, 2008 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of theprincipal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.www.fanniemae.com REAL SOFTWARE... AUSTIN, Texas: REAL Software, maker of REALbasic and REALSQL Server, which run cross-platform on Windows, Mac OS X andLinux systems, will ship REAL SQL Server 2008 Release 1 duringMacworld Expo in San Francisco. The new version exhibits betterSQL standards compliance and updates have been made to increasePHP compatibility on Apple's Leopard OS X and Linux-basedplatforms.www.realsoftware.comwww.realsoftware.com/download STRATAGOLD ANNOUNCES... VANCOUVER: StrataGold Corporation is pleased to announcethat SRK Consulting (US) Inc., an independent consulting firm,has provided a National Instrument 43-101 Mineral Resourceestimate for the Mar-Tungsten Deposit located within the 100per cent owned Dublin Gulch Project land package, YukonTerritory, Canada.www.stratagold.com REAL SOFTWARE... AUSTIN, Texas: REAL Software, maker of REALbasic, across-platform development environment for Windows, Mac andLinux developers, will announce REALbasic 2008 Release 1 at theMacworld Expo in San Francisco. The latest version will includeintrospection, which has been the most highly requested featurefrom the user community in recent years.www.realsoftware.comwww.realsoftware.com/download AVEBURY NICKEL... SYDNEY: Allegiance Mining announces the upgrade andexpansion of Mineral Resources at its Avebury Nickel Mine inTasmania. Resources estimates increased by 10 per cent comparedto previous estimates announced in April 2007. A full copy ofthe report is available at www.allegiance-mining.com.auwww.allegiance-mining.com.au ARKADIN EXPANDS... NEW YORK: Arkadin SA, a global provider of audio and webconferencing services, announces its expansion into India withthe launch of Arkadin ConferIndia. Arkadin will deliverconferencing services to India through a partnership withConferIndia - one of the leading audio conferencing services inthe region.www.arkadin.comwww.conferindia.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.