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- Explocity Pvt Ltd is a media and publishing company headquartered in Bangalore. The company was formed by Ramjee Chandran. Prior to the inception of Explocity, Chandran first began a Bangalore based magazine, Bangalore This Fortnight, in 1989. This was followed by the launch of the Bangalore Monthly and the Bangaloremag. com. The internet had just begun its journey in the late nineties in India, when Chandran created Explocity. com in 1999. Some of the initial funding was from media Mogul, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. Explocity. com has content like events, restaurants, hotel listings, shopping, nightlife and sightseeing in cities like New York, Dubai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata. CityInfo (now known as the Explocity Guide), was the next product from Explocity, which provides information on restaurants, places to visit, shopping, in cities around the world. It then began publishing lifestyle magazines like 080 (Bangalore), 044 (Chennai) and 040 (Hyderabad), followed by 022 (Mumbai) and 011 (Delhi'). A daily newsletter, MyTime, was also created. Explocity was one of the first companies in the world to introduce the software called Pagician for their digital magazines. Explocity also launched a city Movies Guide website online called Explocity Movies. Explocity also partners with Kingfisher (beer) to bring out the Kingfisher Explocity Great Food and Nightlife Guides. On the eve of its 21st anniversary, Explocity also launched an area specific destination guide for the Indiranagar area in Bangalore, followed by the more recent guide to the Mumbai based shopping mall Palladium. Explocity is the official publisher of the Dubai Shopping Festival 2010 and the Dubai Summer Surprises 2010. Explocity organised the Bangalore Restaurant Week which was a week-long event involving reportedly the best restaurants in Bangalore in November 2011. The event started with 7 chefs from reportedly leading hotels in Bangalore, facing off in a cooking competition called King of Chefs. As on April 2011, Explocity has launched EXEC - reportedly, India's first magazine for business travellers.
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