Mumbai: Travelxp, the world’s leading travel channel reaching over 91 million homes, has expanded its reach in the major market of Asia-Pacific, where it is set to take its multicultural travel content shot for a global mainstream audience.
Prashant Chothani, CEO – Travelxp, said, “We are delighted to announce that on Tuesday, July 3, 2018, Travelxp will be launched in Singapore through StarHub, Singapore’s first fully-integrated info-communications company. This is the beginning of Travelxp’s expansion into the Asia Pacific region, and we will continue to take our world-class content to all parts of the world and in greater number of language feeds.”
He added, “Our partnership with StarHub would take Travelxp to all 4,49,000 subscribers of StarHub TV. The channel will include Chinese subtitles in the coming months, to appeal to and engage with a wider audience. Further launches in the Asia-Pacific region with more languages are on the anvil in the coming months.”
Lee Soo Hui, Head of Content Business Unit, StarHub,said, “We are delighted that our customers will be the first in South-east Asia to enjoy Travelxp’s content. Travelxp is the single largest producer of travel content in the world and a welcome addition to our lifestyle offering. With Singaporeans being avid travelers, we are confident that Travelxp will resonate with every backpacker, guidebook follower and adventure seeker.”
Travelxp HD (StarHub TV Channel 427) is available to StarHub TV customers subscribed to the Lifestyle Basic Group at no additional cost. All StarHub TV customers can also enjoy a free preview of Travelxp HD from July 3, 2018.
It will be recalled that on April 30th, 2018, Travelxp launched in United Kingdom on UK’s Freeview platform with its world class multicultural content, adding 16 million mainstream TV homes to Travelxp’s viewership.
The single largest producer of travel content in the world
Offering unmatched travel content and broadcast quality, Travelxp is promoted and led by Prashant Chothani CMD & CEO, and Nisha Chothani, Director and Head of Content. Together, they have over 55 years of media experience that has helped Travelxp become the world’s leading travel channel in seven short years since its launch in 2011.
Across various countries, Travelxp currently speaks the local language, like English, German, Czech, Slovenian, Serbian, Croatian and Bulgarian and plans are to add many more to the list. The Indian languages Travelxp currently speaks are Hindi, Tamil and Bengali, and plans are to add several more Indian languages in the near future.
With an end-to-end in-house infrastructure of the latest technology and the best quality equipment, Travelxp’s top-notch crew produce extremely high quality programs, conforming to and setting global standards.
Travelxp is also the global leader in 4K HDR technology, being the world’s first 4K HDR Channel. All shows on the channel are original in-house productions, planned to appeal to the best of global audiences.
Mr. Chothani said, “The content we produce empowers our mission to help travel enthusiasts get a taste of the best of travel and lifestyle opportunities and destinations through Travelxp, with the hope that it will encourage them to step out and explore our beautiful world in person. We shall continue to launch Travelxp in more and more countries worldwide.”
Content on Travelxp for TV homes on the StarHub network:
Travelxp’s most popular shows from its six main categories of Destination, Lifestyle, Food, Culture, Nature and Heritage will be available to 4,49,000 homes on the StarHub network
Destination: The destination category includes episodes about destinations from popular series like Backpack, Off The Grid, Glimpses, Xplore World, Xplore India, XP Guide, City Breaks, Nordic Quest, Summer Escapes and special series on Nepal – Hope Never Dies.
Lifestyle: The Lifestyle category includes episodes from top series like Unwind, Bliss, World Spas, Great World Hotels, Great Indian Hotels, Best From The Rest, Cruise XP, Tracking Royalty, and more.
Food: The food categories includes episodes based upon local, regional, national and international cuisines, dishes and delicacies from popular Travelxp shows like Strictly Street seasons 1 and 2, Food Fact Fun, Food Highway, Quest and Foodicted, among others.
Culture: The culture category includes episodes from popular culture-based series like Divine Destinations, World Festivals, The Special Mount Kailash Series, special culture series like Hornbill Festival, Desert Sunset, Rann Utsav, Fair@Pushkar, Spring Fun, and much more.
Nature: The Nature category includes episodes from popular series like Bada Weekend, Hills & Valleys, and much more.
Heritage: The Heritage category includes episodes from exquisite series like World Heritage, Landmarks and more.
