United Van Lines agents ‘ride for those who died’
1st August 2017

United Van Lines agents in the USA have supported police officers who have died in the line of duty with their annual Unity Tour for Fallen Police Officers.  The event took place on 12 May 2017 and involved 2,200 motorcycle riders from around the country converging on The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington DC.  Over the last 20 years the Unity Tour has raised $23 M for the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.  Once again United Van Lines agents were honoured to logistically support.

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New e-book from Graebel helps mobility professionals
20th July 2017

Graebel has launched a new e-book designed to help mobility professionals analyse their own mobility programmes and transform them into key differentiators for their companies.

The book looks at why mobility is important; what a good mobility programme can do for a company; who should be involved; the process of making it work and even takes a longer look at the future of workplace mobility.

Please click here to download the E-book.

Strikes and service interruptions in Venezuela
19th July 2017

Juerg Degenmann, General Manager of Mudanzas Internacionales Global in Venezuela, has advised of a worsening situation in his country including strikes and service interruptions.

Juerg writes:

As you already know, the situation in Venezuela is getting worse every day. Our country has become a constant scene of atrocities where the government has taken the social and economic balance that was once the best in South America and the Caribbean to the lowest level of poverty and insecurity.

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New branch manager for Metropolitan in Rio
3rd July 2017

Daniel Rodrigues has joined Metropolitan Group as the manager of the company’s Rio de Janeiro branch.  Daniel was brought up in Rio and has been in the moving business for 20 years.  “Daniel’s energy and drive makes him the perfect fit to further enhance Metropolitan’s strategy,” said Fabrico Bertoldo, Deputy CEO.

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FIDI switches 2018 conference venue to Puerto Rico
15th June 2017

FIDI has announced that its 2018 conference will take place in Puerto Rico, not Rio de Janeiro as previously announced. The conference will be from Sunday 8 to Wednesday 11 April 2018.

FIDI said that it had made the change as a result of concerns raised over security as the ongoing violence and political unrest in Rio de Janeiro showed no sign of resolution. The FIDI Board had carefully monitored the situation and come to its decision supported by an independent Risk Assessment Report and first-hand testimonies from local affiliates.

Aires wins gold at the Stevies
15th June 2017

Aires has announced that its SpringBoard, self-service, lump-sum management tool has won the Gold Stevie American Business Award in the ‘New Product or Service of the Year – Software – Cloud Application/Service’ category. Winners were determined by the average scores of more than 190 professionals worldwide in a two-month judging process. Aires’ SpringBoard tool was selected for its advanced functionality, ease of use, and ability to fill gaps in current market offerings.

“When developing the tool, we worked to fully understand the patterns, motives, and decisions of our lump-sum transferees to improve their experience. This approach resulted in the refined and intuitive user experience that Aires’ clients expect,” said Aires’ Vice President of Operations, Joleen Lauffer.

One judge in the process highlighted several key benefits of the tool, stating, “Identifying gaps in competitive solutions is called value-based marketing, which not enough companies appear to do with any due diligence. Bravo for doing so. I also like that you can track actual spend against budget and have tax data available at the end of it all. Excellent. Well done!”