WORLD TRADE CENTERS ASSOCIATION SIGNS STRATEGIC ALLIANCE AGREEMENT WITH PEPC WORLDWIDE
Today the Netherlands based PEPC Worldwide, a global distributor of latest edition national and international newspapers, announced a Strategic Alliance Agreement with WTCA Services, a subsidiary of the World Trade Centers Association (WTCA), a New York based not-for-profit organization. Under the agreement the WTCA and PEPC will cooperate in promoting the use of the PEPC Newspaper Kiosk within the 297 World Trade Centers and their connected offices and organizations throughout the world.
The first 'WTC-Newspaper Kiosks' will be installed at the World Trade Centers in Barcelona (Spain), Boston (USA) and Nice (France). The PEPC Newspaper Kiosk provides international employees, guests and visitors of these World Trade Centers with the latest edition of 108 newspapersfrom 46 countries. Among the available newspapers are leading publications such as the International Herald Tribune, USA Today (USA), The Los Angeles Times (USA) The Miami Herald (USA), El Pais (Spain), Le Monde (France), Le Figaro (France), Times of India (India) and Sports Nippon (Japan).
The Strategic Alliance Agreement was signed by Guy F. Tozzoli, President of the World Trade Centers Association, and Rob Dorpmans CEO of PEPC Worldwide.
"PEPC is delighted to provide world's news to members and tenants of World Trade Centers and connected offices and organizations around the globe," says Rob Dorpmans, CEO of PEPC Worldwide. "Our service directly delivers publisher's newspapers on-time and on-demand to readers anywhere in the world. It perfectly fits World Trade Centers' purpose to have information available to businesses in a timely and coordinated manner."
The PEPC Newspaper Kiosk digitally prints, on customers' demand, the latest edition of national and international newspapers from around the globe. An easy to operate touch screen menu guides a customer through a four-step purchase process. Customers can pay their newspaper of choice with their credit card or a dedicated Kiosk-card. The selected newspaper is printed and stapled within two minutes and comes in an easy to read - black and white - tabloid format.
"Providing instant access to over 100 of the latest edition international newspapers emphasizes and enhances the World Trade Centers Association's global leadership in creating innovative service for international business," said Guy F. Tozzoli, President of the World Trade Centers Association.
About PEPC Worldwide: PEPC Worldwide, headquartered in The Hague, The Netherlands, with offices in Miami, San Diego and Hong Kong, is a global distributor of digitally transmitted newspapers from newspaper publishers around the world. PEPC, founded in 1999, has developed an interactive Newspaper Kiosk that digitally prints the latest editions of publisher's newspapers, on-demand within minutes. PEPC's state-of -the-art proprietary software and its Private Multicast Satellite Network, form a Digital Distribution Network - covering 99.1 % of the world population - that provides a distribution "highway" to Newspaper Kiosks around the globe.
About World Trade Centers Association: The World Trade Centers Association is an expanding not-for-profit, non-political membership organization consisting of 297 World Trade Centers servicing more than 750,000 businesses in 90 countries. Founded in 1970 and headquartered in New York City, its mission is to support the establishment and successful operation of individual World Trade Centers as part of an extensive worldwide network to enhance trade, promote economic development and foster peace. World Trade Centers stimulate their regional economies through trade and business leads, research information, online and e-commerce services, accredited trade education programs and the power of reciprocity throughout the extensive WTCA network.
