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Thirty lucky employees have been offered the opportunity to live and work abroad for a month, thanks to forward-thinking employer Hogg Robinson Group (HRG). The Company has further developed its career-enhancing employee exchange programme, Interchange, with placements now available in 19 countries across five continents.

Interchange gives HRG employees the opportunity to experience a new culture, make new friends and further business relationships with their overseas colleagues. It is a proven way of sharing new ways of working, adopting best practice and transferring skills between countries to benefit HRG’s global operations.

HRG’s Chief Executive David Radcliffe commented: “I am sure that many of us have wondered, at some stage, what it would be like to live and work in a different country, experience different cultures, share best practice solutions and widen our international experience. Through Interchange, the world has become significantly smaller for HRG employees and it is a fantastic experience for our people to be able to use our global reach to their advantage and further enhance international links to improve the way we operate as one global team.”

One of this year’s participants, Mounia Laalej, a Marketing Manager for HRG based in Farnborough, Hampshire, will travel to Buenos Aires (HRG Argentina) at the start of 2008 to sample life as a Key Account Manager. Talking about her forthcoming placement she commented: “For me it is all about the experience. I am thrilled to be able to experience a new culture, meet new people, see how they live and better understand our business in Latin America. I can’t wait to get on that plane and start my month-long adventure!”

In addition to Mounia, over the next few months a further five employees will have swapped life in the UK for placements in other countries, whilst the UK will have hosted four overseas colleagues.

UK placements:

• Lydia Bray from Liverpool - travelling to Geneva (HRG Switzerland) to become a Business Travel Consultant
• Sheila Cousins from Farnborough - working as a Human Resources Assistant in New York (HRG North America)
• Stuart Dray from Crawley - travelling to Shanghai (HRG Jin Jiang China)to take up the position of Training Officer
• Susan Powell from Glasgow - experiencing life in Halifax (HRG North America) as a Customer Care Representative
• Smita Raval from London - who will spend time as Operations Manager in New Delhi (HRG Sita India).

Overseas visitors:

• Pamela Gladney from Charlotte (HRG North America) - joining the Glasgow office as a Business Travel Consultant.
• Petra Jakobssen travelling from Stockholm (HRG Nordic) - spending time as a Business Travel Consultant in Manchester
• Pandelis Keparis from Winnipeg (HRG North America) - travelling to London to take up a Business Travel Consultant position
• German Suarez travelling from Madrid (HRG Spain) - becoming an Events & Meetings Management Assistant in Southampton.

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For further information please contact:

Laurie Waugh, PR Manager
Hogg Robinson Group
Tel: +44 (0) 1256 312623
Email: laurie.waugh@hrgwoldwide.com

Leah Phelps / James Gilheany
Euro RSCG Biss Lancaster
Tel: +44 (0) 207 467 9200
Email: blhrg@bisslancaster.com

Notes to Editors:

Hogg Robinson Group (HRG) is the award-winning international corporate services company. Founded in 1845, HRG has over 60 years specific corporate travel expertise. Its corporate services interests include wholly-owned or majority controlled corporate travel operations in 25 of the key driver and growth markets throughout Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. Supported by contracted partners, the HRG worldwide network extends to approximately 100 countries.

Totally committed to a value offering for clients, HRG offers a comprehensive range of corporate services which includes Corporate Travel Management, Consulting, Expense Management, Events & Meetings Management, and Sports.

About Interchange

Interchange was launched in 2003 and gave twelve employees the opportunity to spend one month working overseas in an HRG location of their choice. Following the phenomenal success of the inaugural programme, the scheme has evolved to become even more exciting and rewarding, offering HRG employees a greater number of opportunities across even more locations. In 2007/2008 the scheme has been significantly extended to include participants and placements across Africa and the Middle East as well as Asia Pacific, Europe and North America.