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Hogg Robinson Group (HRG), the award-winning international corporate travel services company, held its annual Thanks! Dinner at Elcot Park Hotel near Newbury on Friday 5 June 2009 to honour its outstanding employees.

Project Manager, Annette Back, who works for HRG UK in Farnborough, was crowned ‘Employee of the Year’ during the annual employee recognition awards (Thanks!) prize giving ceremony.

Annette was recognised and honoured by her peers and the HRG Senior Management Team for her willingness to help others and perform above and beyond her role. She has been instrumental in the development of a number of projects including HRG Reporting™ and HRG Travel Watch™, working over weekends to ensure that the testing was completed in time for the Business Travel Show in February.

Annette was rewarded for her efforts with two return Club World airline tickets to a destination of her choice, seven nights hotel accommodation, a week’s car hire, £700 spending money and a Fortnum and Mason hamper.

Annette commented: ‘I was totally surprised to hear my name called out and felt really overwhelmed with the recognition from both my peers and the HRG Senior Management Team. I think the Thanks! scheme is a really positive way of saying thank you to a colleague and telling someone that they have made a difference. It certainly meant a lot to me to win this award and has made me feel very appreciated by the company’.

Other winners on the night included Business Travel Consultant Richard Beard based at the Arena, London, who received the runner up award for his professionalism and efficient approach with one of HRG’s clients. Senior Management Consultant, Dianne Rogers, based in Farnborough was also commended for going out of her way to help an individual who was on a work experience placement with the company.

Commenting on the award winners, David Radcliffe, Chief Executive of HRG said: ‘I am delighted that Annette, Richard and Dianne have been recognised for their work at HRG over and above the cause and there is no doubt that they are all very worthy winners of the Thanks! award. I’d like to offer my personal congratulations and thanks to all of them for their commitment to HRG and I hope their prizes will help them enjoy a well earned break’.

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For further information:
Sallyanne Heywood / Katy Carmen
Hogg Robinson Group
Tel: +44 (0) 1256 312624 / Tel: +44 (0) 1256 312622
Sallyanne.heywood@hrgworldwide.com / Katy.carmen@hrgworldwide.com

Veronica Rossini/Rowan Usher
Euro RSCG Biss Lancaster
Tel: +44 (0) 207 467 9200
Email: blhrg@bisslancaster.com

Notes to Editors:
Hogg Robinson Group plc (HRG), the award-winning international corporate travel services company was established in 1845 and operates from headquarters in Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK. Its interests include owned or controlled corporate travel services operations in 25 key driver/growth markets throughout Europe, North America and Asia Pacific, which are supported by a network of contracted partners. The HRG network extends to nearly 120 countries.

HRG’s philosophy is to focus on its clients, underpinned by three differentiators – its people, its technology and its breadth of service. The company has experienced management and skilled operators together with a strong reputation for technology which it develops and owns in-house. In addition HRG is the only major travel management company to offer a real breadth and depth of services, all of which combine to serve every client around the globe delivering value, cost savings, efficiency and innovation, without compromise.

HRG’s portfolio of clients spans a broad range of industry sectors including but not limited to Automotive, Banking and Finance, Food Manufacturing, Media and Entertainment, Pharmaceutical, Retail and Telecommunications.