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Iceland news channel, IceNews, has announced that Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice is set to perform at tomorrow’s special ‘Iceland Inspires’ concert, held near the now quiet Eyjafjallajokull volcano.

The open-air ‘Iceland Inspires’ concert, which is a part of the Inspired By Iceland campaign, will be taking place at the Hamragardar campsite next to the stunning backdrop of the Seljalandsfoss waterfall. This free concert will also be streamed live across the world via inspiredbyiceland.com. The Inspired By Iceland campaign intends show the rest of the world that Iceland is still a safe place to visit and more alive than ever despite the recent negative media exposure.

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With the academic year drawing to a close, many educational establishments take advantage of the summer months to renovate and expand school facilities including the catering department. Just in time for the school summer break, the stainless steel manufacturer Teknomek will be offering discounts on a variety of its hygiene-standard stainless steel catering products for the whole of July.

Teknomek sells a variety of stainless steel catering products ready to fit and accommodate any professional kitchen. The Bain Marie & Heat Gantry top hot cupboards, a Teknomek top seller, are manufactured in stainless steel with painted steel cladding, 4 swivel castors, 2 locking breaks, sliding doors with an internal shelf and gastronorm tray fittings. As well as this, Teknomek offers Read more…

Icelandair Group recently entered into a binding agreement with the Pension Fund of Commerce (PCF), receiving a ISK 1 billion investment in return for a 12 percent share in the Company. PCF will subscribe to new shares in the nominal amount of ISK 400 million at a price of 2.5, for a total of ISK 1 billion.

The agreement follows in the wake of an agreement with FSI announced recently on the acquisition by FSI of ISK 3 billion in shares in Icelandair Group. Both transactions will take place at the same price. The agreement with PCF was concluded with the normal reservations regarding the results of due diligence. Read more…

The Reykjavik International Film Festival (RIFF), taking place this year between September 23rd and October 3rd, has become one of Iceland’s most popular cultural events, offering both Icelandic and international film enthusiasts a wide selection of alternative and independent cinema. The festival is making preparations for its 7th consecutive year of showcasing independent films in the heart of Iceland’s capital city, Reykjavik.

The independent film festival last year was a smash-hit, with sold out passes achieving the highest recorded ticket-sales and acclaimed raving reviews. One of the festivals all-over highlights was the visiting honorary guest Milos Forman, a two time Academy Award winning director. Read more…

Cutting back on spending for satisfaction surveys is especially dangerous for the B2B sector warns Jem Marketing.  The B2B marketing specialists say that many companies risk serious wastage of time, money and effort by not establishing customer satisfaction and increasing sales and brand loyalty.

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Hafnarfjordur is Iceland’s third-largest town, with around 25,000 residents built in a lava field just 10 minutes drive from Reykjavik. The town offers opportunities for whale watching, horse-riding and the harbour can accommodate luxury cruise ships including the magnificent MSC Poesia.

The MSC Poesia cruise ship docked in the Port of Hafnarfjordur recently, breaking the record of the largest ship ever to dock in the harbour. The luxury cruise ship arrived in Iceland on Friday 11th June and was the first ship to arrive in Hafnarfjordur this year. Read more…

Following hot on the heels of the Asigra Cloud Backup Partner Summit 2010 in Toronto, SecurStore is pleased to announce that Asigra has released v10 of its superior cloud based backup platform and will be implementing Asigra Cloud Backup™ v10 across existing and new customers.

It is now recognized that the Asigra backup solution is the industry‘s preferred choice when backup software is being considered by leading IT personnel across all corporate sectors. The new features of this software coupled with the support of the current offering, makes Asigra Cloud Backup a must have requirement for companies who are seriously considering an offsite solution.

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DMC Software Solutions, leading Sage Business Partner, present a unique seminar opportunity which goes beyond the normal DMC Software offering of CRM and Accounts solutions, to provide a glimpse of new business technologies designed to improve business productivity and efficiency.

The Making Technology Work for Business Seminars are based around business research conducted which revealed the two key areas of interest for the growing business, Business Intelligence and Mobile Applications. For the purpose of these informative seminars DMC Software has teamed up with the market leaders in both Business Intelligence and Mobile Applications to demonstrate the vast progress made in these fields in recent times.

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SEO-Localisation, a new service designed to help international organisations improve the efficiency of their global online marketing, has been launched by WebCertain.

The service was launched at the Localization World conference in Berlin, where WebCertain ran an International Search Summit event and Andy Atkins-Krüger presented a session on blending SEO and localisation into one process. Read more…

Leading car rental company, Iceland Car Rental, has just added the Jeep Wrangler 4×4 to its already impressive fleet of vehicles in time for the summer. The Icelandic car rental company has increased its services in order to accommodate the influx of travellers wishing to take self drive holidays across Iceland’s beautiful landscape.

The company website is a one-stop-shop for cheap vehicle rental, with cars ranging from city drive saloons to four-wheel drive cars able to withstand the toughest terrain across the country. All the vehicles are all easy to drive and come fully equipped with a Garmin Navigation System, child seat, cushion and roof box on request. Read more…

On Thursday June 3rd, approximately 320,000 residents of Iceland, government bodies and various travel companies, such as Icelandair, left online messages of support, encouraging visitors to experience Iceland for themselves.

The event titled ‘Iceland Hour’ drew more than 100,000 visitors, 1 million downloads of the promotional video and images, as well as 5 million Twitter messages. This positive exposure was picked up and encouraged by foreign media and celebrities alike, including artist Yoko Ono, actor Viggo Mortensen, writer Steven Fry and celebrity chef Jamie Oliver. Read more…