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Ebola Crisis – International SOS Webinar

Daily there is news about the Ebola crisis. So it’s not surprising that the uncertainty grows. Companies and enterprises, in particular the Corporate Security Managers, as well as the Travel Managers are required in the current crisis. Besides the fact that employees are recalled from the endangered areas, one must also deal with the question whether and to what extent the travel activity should be restricted in the risk areas. For this purpose there should be different opinions and judgments on the part of the company. An objective assessment promises International SOS, a company that specializes on health care, medical advice

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TMC Apps – Updates from BCD and CWT

Last week was a bit hectic because of our message about the conversion at HRG with the resolution of the region HRG Europe Central. Since no official press releases were issued, half the world has fallen on our blog post. This involved a lot of emails and telephone inquiries. Now we focus on our projects again and watch what happens on the market around smartphone apps. During the last days almost simultaneously messages from BCD Travel and CWT about their smartphone tools arrived. While BCD now offers and application called “Trip Source, CWT promises new functionalities. What can the

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New HRG Structure – Europe Central Management get the boot

Hogg Robinson decided to give up the Region Europe Central by end of this year and to consolidate all countries under one European management team. This has a strong impact on the Swiss organisation managed by Beat Bürer who led Europe Central with some central functions out of Zurich. HRG Europe Central Management is History This re-organisation will make a number of functions to become redundant. HRG lays off the complete management – with one exception – in Switzerland. This includes Beat Bürer Head Switzerland & HRG Europe Central, Andreas Stehrenberger Head Sales & Account Management, Pierre-Yves Lecué Head Finance, Purchasing

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