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Wings Travel Management adds key Angola office to its Africa network

Luanda office represents the latest expansion into major energy-producing regions

Johannesburg, South Africa – 04 May 2011: Wings Travel Management today announced its enhanced capabilities for energy-industry clients with the launch of a new corporate office in Luanda. The office, now fully operational, signifies the company’s ‘first-to-market’ approach to investing and establishing integrated travel management services in the vital Angola area.

“As a travel management company that specialises in the oil and gas industry, we need to be involved wherever our clients’ activities take them. Angola is a key strategic market for us,” says Tony Sofianos, CEO Wings Travel Management.

For almost two decades, Wings Travel Management has serviced blue chip oil and gas companies through its regional hubs in the US, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The launch of this new operation in Angola, which is Africa’s third-largest oil producer, enables Wings to service the growing number of foreign oil companies operating in that region.

“Our expertise in offshore travel, coupled with our experience in tough emerging markets in the Middle East and Africa, gives our clients a unique advantage,” says Simon Phage, Vice President of Operations for Africa and the Middle East. “Not only are we confident that our team in Angola can provide significantly improved travel and logistic solutions to the local Angolan oil and gas industry, but all our solutions are aligned to global standards, both in terms of service and technology.”

As part of its corporate policy to build strong local bases, Wings is committed to providing employment opportunities in the Angolan community. “By hiring and training Angolans to work with our own team of oil and gas travel experts here, we all benefit,” Sofianos says. “They provide invaluable on-the-ground knowledge of the Angolan market, and we help them develop their skills in the travel industry. Together, we create a powerful partnership.”

About Wings Travel Management

Founded in 1992, Wings is a full-service travel management company specialising in offshore, marine and corporate travel, with established, wholly owned operations in major energy-producing regions in the Americas, Europe and Russia, Africa, and the Middle and Far East. The company is known for its advanced technology solutions, all seamlessly accessible over a standardized global platform, and fully customizable. Wings is ISO 9001:2008 accredited, and manages its entire global operation with a proprietary quality-management system that provides clients with comprehensive financial reports, including the Wings Incident-Free Index™, which tracks the performance of all service and supplier transactions.

For more information, please visit www.wings.travel, or contact Andy Johnson on 0207 395 7194 or email andy.johnson@fleishmaneurope.com

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