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Around 100 guests, including dignitaries and local business leaders, last night (28 November) joined the prominent Sri Lankan travel group, Hemas Travels, for a cocktail reception celebrating the company’s formal rebranding of its corporate travel arm to HRG Sri Lanka.

The event marked HRG Sri Lanka’s continued development and ongoing partnership with Hogg Robinson Group (HRG), the award-winning international corporate services company whose worldwide network now extends to over 100 countries.

Hosted at the Trans Asia Hotel in Colombo, the cocktail reception was followed by entertainment, including a cultural Sri Lankan dance.

Riza Ahamat, Director HRG Sri Lanka, explained: “In August 2006 we took the decision to join the HRG worldwide network and this has proved enormously successful.  As part of a worldwide organisation, HRG Sri Lanka offers clients local market knowledge together with increased international support and an extensive range of value-added products. Only recently we have been successful in winning the corporate travel management accounts of both the British High Commission and the British Council in Sri Lanka.

“Rebranding our corporate travel division to HRG Sri Lanka demonstrates our commitment to the HRG worldwide network and we are delighted that so many of our business partners and HRG colleagues from the Middle East and West Asia joined us to help celebrate this special occasion.

Adrian Woodward, General Manager HRG Partner Management, who flew in from the UK to support HRG Sri Lanka as they adopted the HRG branding and entered the next stage in their corporate development, commented: “Sri Lanka is an important part of our worldwide network. Riza and his team embrace the same dedicated approach as HRG to adding value to clients’ corporate expenditure and delivering service excellence. We look forward to a continued successful relationship with HRG Sri Lanka.”

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For further information:

HRG Sri Lanka
Maryam Cader
Tel: +94 112 313 379
maryam.cader@lk.hrgworldwide.com

Hogg Robinson Group enquiries
Jonathan Ludford, Corporate Communications Manager
Tel: +44 (0) 1256 312624
jonathan.ludford@hrgworldwide.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 currently extends to over 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.