From this week onwards PEPC’s network of PRESSPOiNTS provides the Guatemalan traveler with the latest edition of elPeriodico. ElPeriodico, established in 1996, daily appears in Spanish and readership is mainly upper income individuals. With the addition of Guatemala City based elPeriodico PEPC currently offers the away-from-home reader 66 newspapers from 35 countries.
PEPC’s on demand newspaper kiosk, will offer three leading Spanish newspapers. Next to El Pais, available on the PRESSPOiNT™* since May 2000, Spanish-speaking travelers can print the latest editions of Expansión and Marca on PRESSPOiNTS* around the globe. PEPC is proud to have the two major dailies on board. “Both newspapers fit perfectly in our concept. Both Expansión, Spain’s leading financial publication, and Marca, Europe’s best-selling sports newspaper, focus on news that readers don’t want to miss while traveling” says Raoul Maphar, CEO of PEPC Worldwide. Maphar: “In the near future PEPC’s network of PRESSPOiNTS* can make a valuable contribution towards the ambition of Recoletos, owner of both newspapers, to broaden its reach in Spanish and Portuguese-speaking markets around the world.”
PEPC Worldwide announces that from August 1st 2001 onwards Gazeta Mercantil Daily, Brazil’s premier business newspaper, will be globally available on PEPC’s network of PRESSPOiNTS* . Besides the daily edition, PRESSPOiNT™* will also offer Gazeta Mercantil international weekly edition. Gazeta Mercantil, first published in 1920, is regarded as the most influential daily newspaper in Brazil. The newspaper was listed by Fortune magazine as one of the most important of its kind. More than 520,000 affluent individuals read Gazeta Mercantil.
As “global citizens”, Gazeta Mercantil readers are frequent travelers. The average number of foreign trips on business per reader is 2.1 per year. Especially these readers will appreciate the global availability of the same-day edition of their favourite newspaper on PEPC’s global network of PRESSPOiNTS .
With the addition of Gazeta Mercantil Daily and Gazeta Mercantil international weekly edition, PEPC’s network of PRESSPOiNTS* currently offers the same-day editions of 48 international newspapers from 29 different countries.