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INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPERS AVAILABLE ON DAY OF PUBLICATION IN INDIA

New Delhi, May 15 , 2003: InterContinental Parkroyal Nehru Place, New Delhi brings Hardcopy Editions Of 119 Newspapers From 48 Countries at the touch of a button.
InterContinental Parkroyal Nehru Place New Delhi from today onwards, provides an opportunity to the international guests staying at the hotel to start their day with a printed same-day edition of their hometown newspaper. These newspapers are printed on customer's demand through the International Newspaper KiOSK, a fully automated newspaper vending machine.

InterContinental Parkroyal Nehru Place has forever thrived to provide enhanced guest satisfaction through the adoption of innovative and latest technologies. It is this very aspiration that has inspired the hotel to deploy the first ever International Newspaper Kiosk in India for the guests' benefit. "We have been quietly busy shaping the world - the guests step into - once they check in - dissolving all International Time Barriers. This is a service, which is a significant step in keeping our guests on top of the Information World. " Scott Wilson General Manager InterContinental Parkroyal Nehru Place.

The International Newspaper KiOSK prints on customer's demand the Newspaper-of-Choice from around the world. International travelers can select and print their favorite newspaper following four easy steps on the KiOSK's touch screen. Within two minutes, the latest edition of the Newspaper-of-choice, printed in tabloid format and fastened with three staples, rolls off the Kiosk. The newspapers are of the same content and layout, including photographs and advertisements, as the edition people are used to reading at home.

Consilnet Inc, a company specializing in providing value added Internet based services to the Hospitality sector in multiple geographies of Asia Pac, India and Middle East is the India partner of PEPC. Consilnet is one of the first companies in the World to have spearheaded the deployment of Wi-Fi Wireless Internet Access Services at Hotels. The company targets high-traffic, international venues, such as hotels, airport concourses, and convention centers for developing Hotspots and providing value added Internet based services to the International traveler.

Mr. Pankaj Thakar, CEO of Consilnet, exubering confidence about the revolutionary International Newspaper Kiosk said "The quest for information is paramount with the International Traveler and I see at least 50 Hotels in India deploying the International Newspaper Kiosk at their lobbies by the end of the Year".

About PEPC Worldwide
The International Newspaper KiOSK, developed and manufactured by The Netherlands-based PEPC Worldwide, offers 'away from home readers' the latest edition of 119 newspapers from 48 countries including leading publications such as the International Herald Tribune, USA Today (USA), The Guardian (UK), The Observer (UK), Die Welt (Germany), Le Monde (France), El Pais (Spain), and Komsomolskaya Pravda (Russia). Indian publishers globally distributing their latest edition through PEPC (Publishers Electronic Printing Concept) include Business Line, Dinamalar, The Economic Times, The Hindu, The Hindustan Times, Malayala Manorama, Rajasthan Patrika, Tarun Bharat, Times of India and Udayavani.

PEPC Worldwide, headquartered in The Netherlands is a global distributor of digitally transmitted newspapers from newspaper publishers around the world. PEPC has developed an interactive newspaper-vending unit, marketed as the International Newspaper KiOSK that digitally prints latest edition newspapers within two minutes. PEPC's proprietary software and it's Private Multicast Satellite Network - covering 99.1% of the world population - provides a distribution 'highway' to Newspaper KiOSKS around the globe. For more information, please visit www.newspaperkiosk.com.

About Consilnet
Consilnet India Pvt. Ltd. a wholly owned subsidiary of Consilnet Inc, a company incorporated in the Silicon Valley with operations in multiple geographies of the world (currently- Asia Pacific, Middle East & India), is a premier provider of innovative Broadband Based Products and Services to the Business Traveler Being a focused provider of services to the Hospitality Sector and the International Traveler Consilnet has developed a deep understanding into the needs of the International Traveler and has perfected skills of communicating with them and marketing a wide range of products and services to him.