CHANTILLY, Va., April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — FLO Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: FLRP) , a top Registered Traveler (RT) services provider, today announced a strategic alliance with Garber | FCm Travel Solutions. Garber, the ninth largest travel management company in the U.S. is offering FLO as the preferred provider of RT services to its clients. This agreement will drive even broader market adoption of FLO’s benefits-driven solution and build on an extremely active period in RT enrollment in airports and corporations across the country.
“We’re excited to offer a new service that so nicely complements our own approach to exceptional service for our clients,” said Roz Garber, President and CEO of Garber | FCm Travel Solutions. “As we expand our global capabilities and reach, the full value of Garber’s offering to clients is not limited to the day of travel. We view our work as a 24/7 proposition. FLO’s RT model supports this philosophy by providing convenience and value-added benefits that make moving through the aviation system more efficient and productive.”
FLO memberships, via its partnership with Unisys, are designed to be both secure and interoperable with all RT authentication stations deployed by TSA-approved service providers. Travelers who enroll with FLO will be able to use FLO cards at any of the 17 airports currently participating in the RT program.
“The best travel management companies are those advocating for change and innovation in the travel industry based on customer demand,” said Donna Gutierrez, Vice President Corporate Sales, FLO Corporation. “Right now there is a groundswell of support for the implementation of RT and growing participation in the service. Recognizing that saving time in security lines is only part of the equation, leaders in the industry like Garber | FCm are partnering with FLO for RT because our open platform also supports a robust menu of travel and non-travel related benefits.”
About FLO
FLO Corporation provides a comprehensive solution for the Registered Traveler program that is built on world-class, scalable technology and administered by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration. The Registered Traveler program is designed to identify air passengers who pose a minimal security risk and then to provide those passengers with access to faster and simpler processing at airport security checkpoints. FLO Corporation has formed the “FLO Alliance” — strategic relationships with several companies with extensive expertise in credentialing, security, access control, customer service, travel services, political lobbying and corporate and consumer marketing — designed to develop, market, sell and deploy an end-to-end solution and to provide next-generation RT 2.0 membership benefits to qualified individuals for expedited security screening in designated lanes at participating airports in addition to receiving promotional offers and discounts offered by retail partners. The FLO Alliance partnership consists of FLO Corporation, Microsoft, JPMorgan Chase, Unisys Corporation, Smiths Detection Inc., International RAM and ID Technology Partners. For more information about the FLO program and Alliance visit .
About Garber | FCm Travel Solutions
Garber | FCm Travel Solutions () operates wholly-owned locations throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, employing more than 300 travel specialists who provide corporate, leisure and meeting services. Garber | FCm celebrated its 60th Anniversary in 2006. Since its founding, the company has grown into one of the top 10 US travel management companies and is ranked as one of the top five women-led businesses in Massachusetts. Through a joint venture with FCm Travel Solutions, the fifth largest travel management company worldwide, global services are available in over sixty countries.
NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This release contains information about our management’s view of our future expectations, plans and prospects that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from historical results or those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors. For example, our business will depend on our ability to establish and maintain strategic relationships with travel services, technology, and other companies. If we are unable to establish and maintain such relationships or if current relationships were to weaken, our actual results may differ materially from those indicated by the statements made in this release and our business could suffer. Other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or those indicated by the statements in this release include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties associated with our financial condition, our planned acquisition of Unisys’ rtGO(sm) Registered Traveler business, and our efforts to meet the TSA’s requirements to offer Registered Traveler services to sponsoring entities as well as those included in our registration statement on Form 10-SB filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 28, 2007, and other documents we periodically file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Media Contact:
Amanda Cheslock - Sloane & Company - 212.446.1884 or
Roz Garber - Garber | FCm Travel Solutions - 617-739-2200 or
Investor Contact:
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