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Hotelogix to Exhibit at World Travel Market, London 2013

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BANGALORE, Karnataka, Sept. 26, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - WTM is the leading global event for the travel industry which shall take place in ExCel London from the 4th to 7th of November. The decision to participate will not only mean that Hotelogix is taking part in an event boasting consistent growth in the value of deals it drives, but comes following news that WTM 2013 will be bigger and better with a number of new initiatives for this year.

Last year, Hotelogix showcased their unified distribution product line which was widely appreciated. The Hotelogix unified distribution system enables a hotel to market themselves on all diverse mediums of sales and distribution in real time and from one single point.

Since the launch of the product last year, the system has been widely adopted by small and mid-sized properties in countries including UK, Greece, U.S.A, Thailand, Italy, Morocco, Japan, and Canada amongst many others. Prabhash Bhatnagar, Founder member and Executive Chairman of Hotelogix says, "With presence in 65+ countries, there's no doubting the speed with which Hotelogix is growing. The opportunities appear to be endless, and with our distribution system, we are giving smaller hotels a revolutionary technology that connects and updates all GDS networks, OTAs, web-booking engines, and booking consoles -- from a single dashboard! This is poised to transform the industry."

Hotelogix has worked with 4 rooms B&B's to 400 room business hotels. We realize that the smaller the inventory of a hotel, the bigger their challenges, especially when they venture into the global marketplace. Hotelogix's unified distribution system helps small hotels expand their target market leverage in all the complex mediums of sales and distribution in real time and be present in places where their customers are.

Hotelogix is looking forward to participating in the WTM for the 2nd consecutive year. Aditya Sanghi, co-founder and CEO of Hotelogix is pleased to say, "Hotelogix is gaining momentum globally and we see opportunities of scaling up in each of the countries we are present in, as well as other countries. At WTM 2013, we would like to forge effective partnerships with companies who would like to grow with Hotelogix, by leveraging their regional network with the small and mid-sized hospitality industry."

Hotelogix would look forward to meeting the industry experts and share its views with the global hospitality community that visits at WTM.

Reed Travel Exhibitions Exhibition Director World Travel Market Simon Press said: "We are delighted to welcome Hotelogix to WTM 2013 and are sure their attendance will prove to be a wise decision. WTM is showing consistent and strong growth in the business deals generated there and with this year's innovations, we are confident the 2013 event will continue in this vein."

ABOUT HOTELOGIX:

Hotelogix is now being used in over 65+ countries like USA, U.K, Brazil, Spain, Morocco, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, France; etc. It has Channel Partners in the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, USA, Peru, UK etc. and is backed by Accel Partners. Hotelogix offers a 24x7 live support to its customers and is hosted on highly reliable and secured cloud services. To know more visit: http://www.hotelogix.com

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Exceptional South Africa Five-Star Safari Vacation with Lion World Travel

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DELRAY BEACH, FL, Sept. 26, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Exceptional South Africa is an unforgettable five-star safari vacation. Walk with the majestic elephants, indulge in wine and olive oil tastings, and experience the breathtaking beauty of South Africa on this once-in-a-lifetime journey. All taxes and surcharges are included in the $3,499* price, saving guests more than $1,600 when compared to competing packages.

Spend four nights at the gorgeous five-star Table Bay Hotel, conveniently situated in the heart of the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront and positioned against the stunning backdrop of Table Mountain and the Atlantic Ocean. Complete your magnificent South African vacation with three nights at the luxurious and contemporary five-star Marataba Safari Lodge, where the vast plains touch the dramatic Waterberg Mountains, offering an exceptional game experience and an unparalleled scenic adventure.

This deal from Lion World Travel includes:

This 10-day vacation and safari is being offered by Lion World Travel for travel on specific dates in February, March, September and October 2014 for $3,499* based on double occupancy and an additional $100* for travel on specific dates in May and August 2014, based on double occupancy.

THE SINGLE SUPPLEMENT FEE IS $750.

*Prices are in US Dollars and are per person based on double occupancy accommodations and include fuel surcharges, Government taxes, departure fees and September 11th Security Fee.

**INCLUDES: US domestic flights from the following 26 cities: Atlanta, Boston, Buffalo, Charleston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, Raleigh, St. Louis, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C.

OPTIONAL VICTORIA FALLS EXTENSION: Starting from US $1,599* per person sharing accommodations. Straddling the borders of Zimbabwe and Zambia, the Victoria Falls captivates visitors from all over the world. The grandeur and beauty of this extraordinary natural phenomenon must be seen to be believed. This region has recently been described as the Adventure Capital of the World.

To book this travel deal, call Lion World Travel at 1-800-387-2706 from the USA or visit http://www.lionworldtravel.com.

Winner of the South African Tourism Ubuntu Awards "Top Producing Tour Operator for North America" for 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013

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The written word: spirituality, fashion and cinema

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Far from last years very centrally located venue, the second edition of Bangalore Literature Festival will have a huge section of Bangalore having to negotiate gargantuan traffic and distances to reach Electronics City. But its all worth the effort, the book lover might say, given the distinguished and eclectic mix of guests and panels that discuss everything from cinema and fashion to spirituality.

The event is being held over three days, starting this Friday, at Crowne Plaza, Velankani Park, Electronics City. The inaugural, presided over by Chandrashekara Kambar, is followed by a talk on spiritual writing by Celebration of love and life: an intimate note to the sincere seeker by Art Of Living founder Ravi Shankar. Ensuing sessions have several literary celebrities including Gulzar, Ramachandra Guha, William Dalrymple, U.R. Ananthamurthy, Rajmohan Gandhi and Shashi Deshpande, to name a few.

A new track this year is one commemorating 100 years of Indian cinema with a discussion on the adaptation of biographies to bio-pics. This track features actor Farhan Akhtar, director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and lyricist-writer Prasoon Joshi. Film critics such as Baradwaj Rangan, M.K. Raghavendra and Bhawana Somaaya will also participate.

Like last year, this time too a section of panel discussions are focussed on Kannada literature, with a special focus on oral literary languages of Karnataka including Beary, Tulu, Kodava and Konkani. An entire track is devoted to Mathoor and its success with making Sanskrit all pervasive there, a press release stated.

Many childrens sessions and activity corners have been organised at a tent thats been called the Makkala Koota.

Publishers Pratham Books, Bookalore and Amar Chitra Katha are participating. The festival opens at 10 a.m. on all three days. Entry is free and open to all via registration on the website http://www.bangaloreliteraturefestival.org. The schedule for the event is also on the site.

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Spacecraft with American, 2 Russians blasts off and docks with space station

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A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut blasted off from Kazakhstan Wednesday, climbed smoothly into orbit and docked with the International Space Station after an abbreviated six-hour rendezvous, boosting the lab's crew back to six.

The mission kicks off an exceptionally busy few months aboard the space station, with the arrival and departure of multiple cargo ships, a visit by the Olympic torch for a spacewalk photo op in early November and an unusual interlude with an expanded crew of nine astronauts and cosmonauts.

The station has been staffed by a reduced crew of three -- Expedition 37 commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano and Karen Nyberg -- since mid September when two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut departed after a five-and-a-half-month stay in orbit.

But the Soyuz TMA-10M launch Wednesday boosted the lab crew back to six just a few days before the delayed arrival of an Orbital Sciences Corp. Cygnus cargo ship making its maiden flight.

Soyuz TMA-10M commander Oleg Kotov, a space station veteran, rookie flight engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy and first-time NASA flier Michael Hopkins lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:58:50 p.m. EDT Wednesday (GMT-4; 2:58 a.m. Thursday local time).

Trailing a brilliant plume of flame from its liquid-fueled engines, the Soyuz booster climbed away to the northeast, launching almost directly into the plane of the space station's orbit.

Hopkins is the first of his 14-member 2009 astronaut class to win a flight assignment. Raised on a farm in Missouri, captain of his University of Illinois football team and an Air Force flight test engineer, Hopkins made the climb to space strapped into the right seat of the cramped Soyuz command module.

Kotov, the veteran commander, monitored cockpit displays from the center seat with Ryazanskiy strapped in to his left.

The ascent appeared to go smoothly and live television from inside the cramped Soyuz command module showed all three crew members calmly monitoring their instruments amid routine calls to and from mission control near Moscow.

"Vibration, oscillations, within norms," Kotov reported at one point. "Nominal operation of the systems."

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China aims for space station by 2023

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26 September 2013 Last updated at 08:39 ET By Clive Simpson Beijing

China expects to complete its first orbiting space station within a decade.

The station, in low-Earth orbit, will be able to support six crew on short-term missions and three for long-term stays.

Its design consists of three capsules - a core module attached to two laboratories - with a cargo vessel to transport supplies.

The 2023 launch target was revealed at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Beijing.

According to the China Manned Space Agency, the space station will cover an area of 60 sq m.

Its core module (18.1m long) will weigh 20 to 22 metric tonnes and will be attached to two self-contained labs.

Once operational, astronauts would be able to make long-term missions in orbit and conduct technical tests and science experiments, said Wang Zhaoyao, the director of the space agency.

But before all this, China must first test technologies in renewable life support and in-orbit refuelling.

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