easyEverything to come to Cyprus

EXPANSION to Cyprus is in the works for easyEverything, the world’s largest chain of Internet cafés, London-based Cypriot tycoon Stelios Haji-Ioannou is to announce at a press conference in Athens today.

The easyEverything franchise is the brainchild of 34-year old Haji-Ioannou, continuing a no-frills approach like his other ‘easy’ brand name enterprises, easyJet and easyRentacar.

The Internet café chain advertises 21 Internet cafes worldwide, mostly in Europe, with 8,635 computer terminals open 24 hours a day, every day.

The 760 computer terminals at the easyEverything café on New York’s Times Square makes it the Guinness Book’s record-holder for largest internet café in the world.

EasyEverything is the sister company of easyJet and was conceived in 1999 as a result of the airline’s successful online ticket sales.

The latest round of expansion will, in addition to Cyprus, bring new cafés to Greece and four Eastern European countries, which have yet to be announced.

The café targets 18-35-year-old customers, the so-called ‘internet generation’ who want to use e-mail, chat services, games, employment, entertainment, sport and travel services as well as general surfing and buying goods and services online.

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