Red Herring Magazineannounced that iXiGO.com has been short listed forerunners of the Red Herring100Asia 2008 awards. The 100 winners will be announced at the Red Herring100 Asiaevent in Hong Kong, on December 2-3, 2008.

The200 finalists are based in 16 countries/regions including China, India,Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Australiaand Vietnam.The names of the 200 companies short-listed as finalists for the "RedHerring 100 Asia 2008" will be found online athttp://herringresearch.com/eventspace/blgtrx_event_home/asia08/index.html

"The200 finalists we selected from across 16 countries and regions are all excellentcontenders," said Joel Dreyfuss, Editor-in-Chief of Red Herring."They are exceptionalcompanies who thrive on innovation and stronglydefinethe importantrole of technology in Asia’seconomy and throughout the world."

“iXiGO’s nomination for this prestigious award for the second year in arow is an acknowledgement of our strong track record of bringing market-leadinginnovations to life”, said Founder and CEO, Aloke Bajpai.

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

Distinguishedspeakers on past Red Herring100 Asia include SeHyun Oh, Chairman of SK Telcom, JohnChen, Chairman of Sybase, RichardLi, Chairman of PCCW; Victor Koo, CEO of Youku.com(former President of Sohu.com); James Ding, Chairman of AsiaInfo, JohnHummelstad, Apac Director of Microsoft Venture and many others.

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About iXiGO.com

iXiGO.com ® isIndia’s leading online and mobile travel search engine based out of Gurgaon. iXiGO searches across multipleairlines,hotels, andbus bookingsites and finds thebest travel deals in India. Launched in June 2007 by an entrepreneurial team of young IITians and INSEAD MBAs, iXiGO.com has been recognized by NASSCOM asIndia’s Top-100 Innovator; BusinessToday and WSJ-Mint have named it amongIndia’s hottest startups for its unique market approach, product usability, and passionate management team. iXiGO is backed by BAF Spectrum, a Singapore-based seed-investment fund. For more information about iXiGO, visitwww.ixigo.com.

About Red Herring

Red Herring is a global media company uniting the world’s best high technology innovators, ventureinvestors 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, visitwww.redherring.com.