CARTUS WINS 15 PRIZES FOR INNOVATION IN GLOBAL RELOCATION SERVICE

"Small Shipment Program” Wins Gold; Company also earns 14 silver prizes from Connecticut Quality Improvement Award Partnership
(DANBURY, Conn., September 17, 2007) – Cartus, the premier provider of global mobility management and workforce development solutions, announced that it has received one gold and 14 silver CQIA innovation prizes from the Connecticut Quality Improvement Award Partnership Inc. (CQIA). The prizes recognize a number of Cartus' innovations in 2006 to improve service to its clients. Over the past 12 years, Cartus has collected a total of 7gold and 205 silver awards from the statewide organization.

Cartus received the prestigious gold CQIA Innovation Prize for an innovative program developed around the transportation of small household goods shipments in the employee relocation marketplace. The "Small Shipment Containerized Program,” uses ATLAS Van Lines' Accel product to provide a specialized solution for small shipments, heightening customer satisfaction and reducing transit times and claims. 

"Developing new solutions for the benefit of our clients and customers is an ongoing focus for Cartus, and we are honored to be the recipient of these awards from CQIA as testimony to that dedication,” stated Kevin J. Kelleher, president and CEO. "We are particularly proud of our gold prize won for our Small Shipment Program, which is a clear indication of how innovation can continue to deliver new solutions to the needs of our marketplace,

"It is inspiring to see the continuing large number of organizations – both large and small; public, private, government, health care, education and not for-profits – driven by innovation and performance excellence that reach for third party endorsement for their products and services from the Connecticut Quality Improvement Award's Innovation Prize," stated Sheila Carmine, founder and executive director of the 20-year-old CQIA Partnership.

The individual department winners will be honored at the CQIA 20th Annual Conference on Quality and Innovation taking place at the Water's Edge Resort in Westbrook, Conn., on Oct. 19, 2007.

About the Connecticut Quality Improvement Award Partnership
A Connecticut nonprofit (501(c) (3) tax-exempt corporation, the CQIA is an active partnership among the private sector, state and municipal government, and the educational community, which annually sponsors a three-tiered awards program that recognizes organizations for their accomplishments.  The Connecticut Quality Improvement Award Partnership, Inc., America's first state-level quality award using the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for Performance Excellence criteria, was founded in 1987 in an effort to advance innovative programs that improve quality, performance excellence, and marketplace competitiveness.

About Cartus

Cartus is the premier provider of global mobility management and workforce development solutions serving the corporate, government and affinity markets. Through its industry-leading mobility management outsourcing, consulting, and intercultural and language training, Cartus helps the mobile workforces of organizations of all sizes achieve success worldwide. With more than 50 years of experience, Cartus helps clients achieve cost reductions and enhance service performance to accomplish their organizational objectives. Cartus is part of Realogy Corporation, the world's leading real estate franchisor. Realogy has a diversified business model that also includes real estate brokerage, relocation, and title services. Visit www.cartus.com and www.realogy.com for more information.
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