"News from the Relocation Industry"

Issue Five - January 2007

Presidents' Message

The first month of 2007 has come and gone, and already this year promises to be the best yet for our association !

Our membership has peaked at an all time high of 261 and looks set on a continually upward trend;  preparations are well underway for this year's EuRA conference to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, April 19th and 20th and the council has many new incentives and ideas to continue to grow and promote awareness of the association not only within Europe but in the worldwide arena of our global industry.

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Focus on our Members

Relocation in Athens is a relatively new concept. Multinational companies, however, tend to use relocation services more here since the need of outsourcing these services in a country where the language is difficult and the bureaucratic procedures complicated has become very important in recent years.

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Lisbon Golf Challenge

Our Lisbon Golf Tournament will take place on Saturday April 21st at the fantastic Quinta de Marinha resort.  If you're not a golfer, this is the perfect chance to see whether this is the sport for you as we will be running a "golf clinic", a half day introduction to golfing skills with one of the resorts excellent professionals. 

You will also be helping to support our nominated charity, MSF.   We have a deal with the resort so why not make a weekend of it?

Click here for a booking form

2007 Holiday Dates

Even though most of us now carry PDA's, how many of these clever devices have lists of national holidays in multiple countries? 

The EuRApean has compiled just such a list.  Click here for a list of national holidays around the world, 2007.  Did you know for example, that Germany, Portugal and Finland top the list of national holidays, at 15 per year?  The Netherlands has the least, with a very mean, nine. 

To download a copy, click here.

Lisbon Feature:
Downtown

The city centre of Lisbon is split into three distinct areas;Bairro Alto & Estrela, Baixa and Avenida and Alfama.  Each has its own character and architecture and its own very special feel.

Bairro Alto is one of the prettiest areas of Lisbon, and is situated on a hilltop, giving wonderful views across the city and down to the water.  Translated the name Bairro Alto, means “High Quarter”.  The area dates back to the 16th century, when it was planned and inhabited by the city’s wealthy elite and although it fell into decline during the 19th century, is again a fashionable are of central Lisbon. 

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Movers and Shakers

Cartus Takeover
Relocation giant becomes part of Apollo Management for $9bn

Primacy
Announce changes to Paris offices

Michele Bar Pereg
Becomes Business Development Manager for EuRA

Network Relocation Switzerland
Achieve ISO 9000 and 14001 certification

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Great Websites:
Health!

In this edition, we are taking a look at interesting holistic health websites.  From Reiki to Homeopathy, these webs can start the New Year off to a great start.....

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New Blog!

We have created a new interactive feature for our website;  The Blog.

Each edition of The EuRApean will contain a different chat topic, for anyone to contribute to with their opinions.  This edition, the topic is "A Consultants' Register".  More details can be found on the Blog pages.  You DO NOT NEED passwords or permissions - just jump to the page and leave your opinion.

If you would like to start a Blog topic of your own, we can set you up with a page of your own - Just email Dominic Tidey to find out more.

To go to the Blog, click the link on the Nav Bar.

Flights to Lisbon:
The Costs

As the Lisbon conference gets closer, so we are taking a look at the current flight deals to Lisbon.  With the growth in low coast airlines and the major carriers competing for the same business, what are the best deals?

Click here to find out.......

Upcoming Dates

Training -
Frankfurt - March 27th
Amsterdam - May date TBC
Stockholm - September date TBC

Members' Day - Frankfurt
November  30th

EuRA Conference -
Lisbon, 18, 19 & 20 April 2007
For full details of our sponsor programmes and booking forms, click here.

Details of all functions and training will also be sent in  separate e-Bulletins

Marketing EuRA:
Helmut Berg

We all are aware about marketing as a notion.  We are pretty certain, that corporations of the calibre of GE, Daimler Chrysler, Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Mitsubishi etc. do have very powerful marketing departments.  If asked what “Marketing” means, most people assume that it is advertising, some say it is Public Relations.Well, advertising is not a wrong assumption, since it can be a major part of marketing as PR can be. 

But marketing is much more than advertising and PR.  And marketing is not only a major activity in corporations.  Every organisation – even every individual - has a marketing strategy – may it be consciously or unconsciously.

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Job Opportunity

Sales Executive - London
Clearview Relocation are looking for a Sales Executive for their UK HQ.

For full details, click here.