All the latest news from OMNI

Updates to OMNI country guides
7th November 2017

We have made a number of updates to our comprehensive Country Guides.

Recent updates to guides include: Gibraltar, Trinidad and Tobago, Montserrat, Gambia, Georgia, Dominican Republic, Tanzania, Moldova, Grenada and Thailand

We have also updated and verified visa information for all countries from Saudi Arabia to Zimbabwe. Other time-sensitive information like events and safety information is also updated regularly.

We are continuously adding new content, and are in the process of expanding existing guides to include even more useful information.

Please take the time to look over these guides as we are sure you’ll find them useful.

John Mason helps to save the Kiwi
26th October 2017

John Mason International has partnered with Kiwis for Kiwi, the New Zealand charity that is helping to protect its national bird, which is at risk of extinction.

The company will be supporting a kiwi bird for every family it moves to New Zealand. The promise of adopting a kiwi is a move that could help protect and grow the numbers of the country’s rare and endangered mascot. Customers who move to New Zealand with John Mason will receive a photo and be kept up to date with the kiwi’s progress.

John Mason International scores ‘the double’
25th October 2017

John Mason International scores ‘the double’ with two prestigious digital industry accolades in the Wirehive 100 Awards 2017.

Liverpool-based global removals and shipping company John Mason International, along with its marketing agency Carswell Gould, won the ‘Performance Marketing Campaign’ category and came runner-up for ‘Best Content Creation’.

De Haan – eight generations of family ownership
25th October 2017

There are very few family owned companies anywhere in the world that have survived into their eighth generation, but OMNI member De Haan can proudly claim to be one of them. It was way back in 1777 when Adriaan de Haan started his transport service using a barge, pulled by horses, between the towns of Alblasserdam and Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

Suddath announces new philanthropic partnership with Smiles Foundation
12th October 2017

Suddath^® is proud to announce a new philanthropic partnership with Smiles Foundation, a non-profit organization which provides free dental care and preventative health education to children in the Dominican Republic. Based out of Canada, the Smiles Foundation was formed over 30 years ago, when founder Elina Katsman traveled to the Dominican Republic and witnessed first-hand the urgent need for dental treatment.

Joleen Lauffer promoted at Aires
26th September 2017

Aires has announced the promotion of Joleen Lauffer to the role of executive vice president. This new role will increase her corporate responsibilities within the company and the technology space. She will continue to leverage her 20 years of experience in relocation to enhance the client experience and to keep Aires at the forefront of the global mobility industry.

Graebel opens in Ireland
25th September 2017

Graebel has recently opened a Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Financial Shared Services and Operations Center in Dundalk, Ireland, creating 125 new jobs over the next three years.

Grace launches new brand
25th September 2017

Grace in Australia has recently launched a whole new identity. The rebranding of the 106-year-old Australian company comes as part of a unification of its nine business divisions under a single all-encompassing identity.

The changing shape of relocation trends
25th September 2017

The US workforce is changing and, with it, so are the ways in which employees are being relocated for companies across the United States, according to a recent survey by Cartus: Relocation Policy and Practices Survey. The report examines the responses of 141 mobility managers representing more than 10 million employees. While the overall survey explores trends in how companies are supporting home sale for transferring employees, responding to a growing rental population, and developing intern programmes, the primary finding is the identification of a changing pattern in employee relocation, in which an increasing demand for flexibility is translating into different types of work transfers.

De Haan Relocation appoints Wouter Hijzen as its new CEO
25th September 2017

De Haan in The Netherlands has appointed Wouter Hijzen as its new CEO. Wouter has over 20 years of experience in international logistics at both TNT and Spring Global Mail. This year De Haan is celebrating 240 years in business.

Shareholder Michiel de Haan is very positive about Wouter ‘s arrival. “Wouter is a real people-person, and an entrepreneur with extensive international experience in the service industry, logistics and ICT,” he said. “With his skill set and experience, we will continue to strengthen the foundations of what is already a successful two century-old family business.”

Wouter will be attending next IAM conference in Long Beach. He can be contacted directly on wouter.hijzen@dehaan.nl.