Globopolis.com Picks Pyxis To Lead Site Redesign
14.08.2000, 16:01
PRAGUE, Aug 14 (PROTEXT) - Globopolis.com, the firstmultilingual content and commerce website providing lifestyleinformation and online commerce for cities in Central and EasternEurope, has chosen Pyxis International to lead the redesign ofits highly touted site.
Pyxis, an international web service company with offices inChicago, Hyderabad, Prague and Zürich, will be using itsinternational experience to help its Prague neighborGlobopolis.com provide its customers with enhanced servicesincluding faster site searches and easier navigation.
Fresh from their US$6 million venture capital infusion,Globopolis.com continues to expand its network of city coverage,offering both tourists and city residents insider information onhow to get the best out of some of the world's most interestingcities.
To help accomplish this, Globopolis.com chose Pyxis. Havingsuccessfully completed projects with Nestlé Worldwide, theChicago Transit Authority, and 12Snap.com, Pyxis brings with itthe international experience and technical expertise that amultilingual and user-responsive site like Globopolis.comdemands.
"After working on projects throughout the U.S. and WesternEurope, we're happy to be working with Globopolis.com, ourneighbor here in Prague," says Julia Bryan, Vice President ofEuropean Operations. "The Internet, e-commerce, and wirelessaccess are the biggest things happening right now in CentralEurope, and Globopolis.com is leading the charge by leading itsusers to the local and regional information they need."
"We were extremely impressed with Pyxis' comprehensiveknowledge of available technologies, professional process and'do-whatever-it-takes' attitude," said Scott Rogers,Globopolis.com CEO. "We look forward to working with this teamthat has the very same attributes as the Globopolis.com team."
The first phase of the new design is scheduled to roll out bySeptember 15, corresponding to the launch of a major ad-campaignfor Globopolis.com.
About Pyxis Consulting
Since its founding in 1998 Pyxis has applied its powerful andflexible global methodology to bring its clients tailoredsolutions to complex e-business/e-commerce projects.
Pyxis has successfully worked with Nestlé Worldwide, theChicago Transit Authority, 12Snap.com and other high profileprojects doing everything from web applications to WAPcommunications.
In the next year Pyxis will open sales and developmentoffices in several locations around the world, applying itsglobal methodology to create Internet solutions for a world'sworth of businesses.
About Globopolis.com
Globopolis.com is a first-to-market content and commercewebsite consisting of a network of local city guides to Centraland Eastern Europe. Globopolis.com provides users with up-to-dateinformation and services on lifestyle, leisure, and tourism inlocal languages as well as in English and German. With thearrival of the wireless Internet (WAP), Globopolis.com users willbe able to execute their lifestyle and tourism transactions onthe fly. Globopolis.com currently covers Prague, Budapest,Warsaw, Krakow, Berlin, Vienna, Ljubljana, Bratislava, andZagreb, with ambitious plans for Central, Eastern, and WesternEuropean expansion.
For further information please contact:
Will Barnard
Communications Manager
Pyxis Consulting
phone: 42.02.2222.2123
fax: 42.02.2222.2089
Corri Coulter
Globopolis.com
phone: 42.02.2224.6334
fax: 42.02.2491.6301
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