logo maxposure media group type private industry publishing genre inflight magazine custom media founded miami florida u.s. 2006 2006 founder vikas johari headquarters new delhi india area served india bangladesh saudi arabia kingdom of bahrain united arab emirates morocco singapore key people vikas johari publisher jorge arauz editorial director prakash johari ceo products shubh yatra inflight magazine of air india vistara inflight magazine of vistara airlines gulf life inflight magazine of gulf air nawras inflight magazine of air arabia saudigulf magazine for saudigulf spiceroute inflight magazine of spicejet airlines gogetter inflight magazine of goair trujetter inflight magazine of trujet airlines fly smiles inflight magazine of air pegasus rail bandhu on board magazine of indian railways mercedes magazine india the oberoi group magazine for oberoi hotels & resorts hair say schwarzkopf milestones ashok leyland nissan magazine india perspective ministry of external affairs india city walker select city walk ambience promenade credai crossing insights crossing republic smart trucking daimler india fdci dailies fashion design council of india homecoming axis bank watts up havells india pantaloons circle lifestyle services custom media special interest magazines creative solutions advertising marketing events owner johari family number of employees 200 to 500 1 website maxposure.in maxposure media group stylized as maxposure media group is an integrated custom publisher that produces magazines in the genres of travel inflight magazines hospitality retail automobile entertainment fmcg and real estate . 2 maxposure s key publications include rail bandhu magazine 3 4 shubh yatra 5 in flight magazine gulf life inflight magazine 6 saudigulf magazine nawras inflight magazine vistara in flight magazine 7 go getter 8 9 inflight magazine trujetter 10 inflight magazine fly smiles 11 inflight magazine fly easy 12 inflight magazine spiceroute 13 inflight magazine india perspective 14 magazine mercedesmagazine 15 and the oberoi group magazine . founded by publisher vikas johari the company s headquarters are in new delhi india . 1 16 17 18 on 1 july 2011 the largest european printing and publishing firm gruner jahr acquired a 78.75 percent interest in maxposure media group india pvt ltd. 19 20 21 on december 5 2014 founders johari family bought back stake from gruner jahr for rs 40 crore . 22 23 24 contents 1 history 1.1 foundation 1.2 expansion 1.2.1 2006 2011 1.2.2 2011 2014 1.2.3 2015 present 2 awards 2.1 awards 2016 2.2 awards 2015 2.3 awards 2014 2.4 awards 2013 2.5 awards 2012 and 2011 2.6 awards 2010 and 2009 3 references history edit foundation edit maxposure media group llc was incorporated in miami beach florida united states in 2006 by publisher vikas johari and editor in chief & editorial director jorge arauz . the first office was set up at 1111 lincoln road south beach miami . the pilot issue of the flagship magazine andpersand a.k.a. & was created from johari s dorm room during his senior year at the university of miami where he studied with arauz . 25 in late summer 2006 johari incorporated maxposure media group india pvt. ltd. in new delhi . in fall 2006 an indian edition of andpersand was launched as a quarterly in mumbai . it marked the 1 year anniversary since the magazine s pilot issue was created . in january 2007 the magazine was converted into a monthly publication . it was one of the first magazines in india to focus on the luxury segment . 26 expansion edit 2006 2011 edit in addition to andpersand maxposure media group india has launched various publications in different genres including andmore fashion & style forms interior design & architecture and the beat city & lifestyle . the company has in house creative agency ; maxcom ; 27 an online outsourcing division maxposure digital ; and an events division equator . in august 2009 the company began publishing spiceroute 13 for spicejet airlines . the in flight magazine is the second contract publishing project for the company after beyond luxury . 28 in october 2009 maxposure media group india launched the indian edition of italian hair & beauty magazine estetica . it marks the magazine s 25th international edition . 29 in june 2010 maxposure media group india acquired the license for the indian edition fhm from next gen publishing ltd. and bauer media group in the united kingdom . maxposure media group india released the first issue of fhm since it acquired the licence in august 2010 with lisa haydon on the cover . 30 fhm is the uk s biggest men s lifestyle media brand . 31 in summer 2010 it launched touchdown magazine and the indian edition of mercedesmagazine . the former is the official magazine of the mumbai international airport and published for gvk and mumbai international airport ltd. mial . mercedesmagazine is published exclusively for mercedes benz india customers and was launched by vidya balan & dr. wilfried aulbur managing director & ceo mercedes benz india . 32 in september 2010 maxposure acquired the rights to publish elite life for icici prudential customers as well as the indian edition of diabetic living under license from meredith corporation . a month later elite life was launched . 33 in may 2011 maxposure media group launched diabetic living a quarterly magazine distributed nationally on newsstands inside hospitals and to medical professionals and diabetics throughout india . 34 in summer 2011 it won the bid to publish the in flight magazine for air india india s oldest and largest airline the inflight magazine is now called shubh yatra magazine . it features editorial coverage in both english and hindi 35 and reaches more than 2.5 million readers monthly . 36 the acquisition positioned maxposure as india s largest in flight magazine publisher and the largest custom media publisher in india . 37 2011 2014 edit during the gruner jahr era it added axis bank magazines called ascend and homecoming 38 city walker 39 for select citywalk crossing insights for crossings republik credai times 40 for credai nissan magazine for nissan motor india private limited smart trucking 41 for daimler india commercial vehicles milestones magazine 42 for ashok leyland watts up for havells circle 43 magazine for lifestyle stores pantaloons 44 magazine for pantaloons fashion & retail promenade magazine 45 for dlf promenade ambience magazine 46 for ambience malls fdci dailies for fashion design council of india isuzu travelogue 47 for isuzu motors india and india perspective 48 for ministry of external affairs india 49 2015 present edit post gruner jahr exit in december 2014 50 maxposure sold its consumer media business to a local company in march 2015 51 and to focus on its core business i.e. custom media and inflight magazines . 52 in january 2015 it launched vistara inflight magazine 53 54 55 for air vistara a joint venture between tata sons limited and singapore airlines limited sia . in november 2015 it won the contract for indian railways monthly magazine rail bandhu . the bi lingual magazine is available on board shatabdi rajdhani and duronto trains across the country . 56 57 58 its first issue under new contract was december 2015 . in december 2015 it launched trujetter magazine for regional trujet airlines based out of hyderabad . 59 in january 2016 it won rights to publish the monthly gogetter magazine the exclusive inflight magazine of goair and its first issue under new contract was february 2016 issue.further in february it bagged contract to publish fly smiles magazine for bangalore based airline called air pegasus . the first issue was april 2016 . 60 in march 2016 it bagged the contract to publish the monthly gulf life magazine for gulf air national carrier of kingdom of bahrain . 61 its first issue was may 2016 and is published in english language and arabic . 62 63 64 in june 2016 it was awarded the contract to publish nawras air arabia s monthly inflight magazine . air arabia is the sharjah headquartered united arab emirates national budget airline with over 101 destinations in 32 countries worldwide . the magazine is published in 2 editions ; sharjah english language arabic and morocco english language french language arabic . maxposure s first issue will be september 2016 . on 23 august 2016 it was awarded the contract to publish saudigulf magazine for the boutique saudi arabia airline called saudigulf . its first issue will be november 2016 and it will be published bi monthly in english language arabic 65 66 67 in early september 2016 it was awarded rights to publish the oberoi group magazine 68 for oberoi hotels & resorts eih limited with its first issue being winter 2016 . the oberoi group magazine 68 is an exclusive lifestyle and travel publication that caters to the interests and desires of the ultimate luxury consumer . the magazine is a quarterly and is distributed in oberoi properties in india & across the globe . awards edit awards 2016 edit award magazine recipient from world leader business person the bizz 2016 69 prakash johari ceo world confederation of businesses 70 world business leader the bizz 2016 maxposure media group i pvt. ltd. world confederation of businesses awards 2015 edit award magazine recipient from external magazine silver citywalker associated business communicators of india abci 55th annual awards 71 external magazine bronze mercedes benz associated business communicators of india abci 55th annual awards indian language publication gold india perspectives associated business communicators of india abci 55th annual awards bilingual publications gold shubh yatra associated business communicators of india abci 55th annual awards new publications silver flyafrica.com associated business communicators of india abci 55th annual awards new publications bronze india perspectives associated business communicators of india abci 55th annual awards magazine design silver mercedes benz associated business communicators of india abci 55th annual awards features english silver flyafrica.com associated business communicators of india abci 55th annual awards features language silver india perspectives associated business communicators of india abci 55th annual awards headlines bronze spiceroute associated business communicators of india abci 55th annual awards photography silver shubh yatra associated business communicators of india abci 55th annual awards photo feature silver shubh yatra associated business communicators of india abci 55th annual awards awards 2014 edit award magazine recipient from best features english gold spice route associated business communicators of india abci 54th annual awards 72 special column english bronze spice route associated business communicators of india abci 54th annual awards best photography gold spice route associated business communicators of india abci 54th annual awards best internal magazine silver watts up associated business communicators of india abci 54th annual awards best external magazine silver credai times associated business communicators of india abci 54th annual awards best external magazine gold mercedes magazine associated business communicators of india abci 54th annual awards magazine design silver mercedes magazine associated business communicators of india abci 54th annual awards best bi lingual publication gold shubh yatra associated business communicators of india abci 54th annual awards best photo feature bronze city walker associated business communicators of india abci 54th annual awards awards 2013 edit award magazine recipient from external magazine gold mercedes benz magazine associated business communicators of india abci 53th annual awards 73 external magazine silver shubh yatra associated business communicators of india abci 53th annual awards magazine design silver mercedes benz magazine associated business communicators of india abci 53th annual awards illustration bronze credai times associated business communicators of india abci 53th annual awards magazine design silver shubh yatra associated business communicators of india abci 53th annual awards 74 75 bilingual publication silver shubh yatra associated business communicators of india abci 53th annual awards photo feature bronze shubh yatra associated business communicators of india abci 53th annual awards headlines silver ascend associated business communicators of india abci 53th annual awards external magazine silver spice route associated business communicators of india abci 53th annual awards awards 2012 and 2011 edit award magazine recipient from photo feature silver elitelife icici life insurance associated business communicators of india abci 52th annual awards 76 language feature hindi bronze air