Red Herring Magazine announced that Ticketvala.com, India’s largest bus ticketing platform, a website owned by Travis Internet Pvt. Ltd has been short listed forerunners of the Red Herring 100Asia 2008 awards. The 100 winners will be announced at the Red Herring 100 Asiaevent in Hong Kong, on December 2-3, 2008.

The 200 finalists are based in 16 countries/regions including China, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Australia and Vietnam. The names of the 200 companies short-listed as finalists for the "Red Herring 100 Asia 2008" will be found online at http://herringresearch.com/eventspace/blgtrx_event_home/asia08/index.html

"The 200 finalists we selected from across 16 countries and regions are all excellent contenders," said Joel Dreyfuss, Editor-in-Chief of Red Herring. "They are exceptionalcompanies who thrive on innovation and strongly definethe importantrole of technology in Asia’s economy and throughout the world."

“It’s an accolade just to be selected amongst the Top 200 finalists and an honour for Ticketvala.com to be recognized by the prestigious Red Herring Asia Awards. We are delighted, our endeavour to take the Online Bus Travel in India to a higher level has been acknowledged for the efforts put in by the company as a whole.” as stated by Mr. Haranath Lokanadham – CEO and President at Ticketvala.com

The finalists and winning companies will be celebrated at the Red Herring 100 Asia event in Hong Kong, on December 2-3, 2008. Red Herring 100 Asiais an exclusive event honoring 100 cutting-edge private technology companies from across the Asia-Pacific region. The event brings together an elite roster of entrepreneurial and global venture investment firms to showcase excellence in innovation. It features two days of keynote discussions, roundtable panels and intimate networking events designed for participants to make connections and learn what it takes to achieve the best in business and technology in Asia.

Distinguished speakers on past Red Herring 100 Asia include SeHyun Oh , Chairman of SK Telcom, John Chen, Chairman of Sybase, Richard Li, Chairman of PCCW; Victor Koo, CEO of Youku.com (former President of Sohu.com); James Ding, Chairman of AsiaInfo, John Hummelstad, Apac Director of Microsoft Venture and many others.

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About Ticketvala.com

Ticketvala.com is the internet sales channel owned by Travis Internet Pvt. Ltd. launched in June 2007. Ticketvala.com offers travellers the convenience of online bus ticket booking across a vast all India network that extends from Jammu to Kerala. For more information, visit www.ticketvala.com

About Red Herring

Red Herring is a global media company uniting the world’s best high technology innovators, venture investors and business decision makers in a variety of forums: a leading innovation magazine; an online daily technology news service; technology research, and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider’s access to the global innovation economy, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy. For more information, visit www.redherring.com.