Continental Airlines Manager wins OAG Outstanding Service Award 2006.DOWNERS GROVE Downers Grove, village (1990 pop. 46,858), Du Page co., NE Ill.; settled 1832, inc. 1873. Downers Grove has undergone population growth and commercial development that include the construction of new office complexes. , Ill. -- Later tonight at a glittering awards ceremony hosted by Alan Whicker Alan Donald Whicker, CBE (born August 2, 1921, Cairo, Egypt) is a British journalist and broadcaster. Background As a young child Whicker moved from Egypt to Richmond, London upon the death of his father. , CBE CBE Commander of the Order of the British Empire (a Brit. title) CBE n abbr (= Companion of (the Order of) the British Empire) → título de nobleza CBE n abbr (= , at the Grosvenor House Hotel The Grosvenor House Hotel is one of the largest and most famous luxury hotels in London. It was built in the 1920s on the site of the former London residence of the Dukes of Westminster, whose family name is Grosvenor. in London, Maria Benson, Manager of Continental Airlines' "We Care" program, will be presented with the OAG OAG Office of the Attorney General OAG Office of the Auditor General (of Canada) OAG Official Airline Guide OAG Open-Angle Glaucoma OAG Open Application Group OAG Operational Advisory Group Outstanding Service Award 2006 for her dedication and inspiring leadership during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. . The OAG Outstanding Service Award, a special category in the OAG Airline of the Year Awards, is presented to an individual at an airline or airport who is nominated by colleagues for acting above and beyond the call of duty. In a year marked by unprecedented natural disasters, Maria's incredible dedication and unfailing positive attitude helped hundreds of people in despair. When the devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded , Maria immediately mobilized employees to help others. She was on call 24/7 offering assistance and hope. "We Care" is an internal charitable foundation completely funded by Continental Airlines employees. The plight of their employees based in New Orleans was a microcosm of what happened to thousands of people in the wake of the disaster. Many of the airline's staff there lost everything they owned and were separated from family and loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl . Maria travelled hundreds of miles to personally dispatch immediate cash and basic necessities to employees in need, master-minding a clothing drive and seeking out alternative housing. She visited and helped an employee who was evacuated from the floods and went into pre-term labour, many miles from home and with no personal possessions. She arranged for aid and transport for a distraught lady, her elderly mother and young child who had been stranded on a small rooftop for two days. More importantly, Maria's compassion and care never diminished, no matter how desperate the situation or how exhausted she felt. Nearly 200 people were helped directly by Maria's efforts. She worked tirelessly on their behalf for four months following the Hurricane, helping them to rebuild their lives. The daily heroic acts she carried out went far beyond doing her job. Further Information: The full results of the Awards will be on the Airline of the Year section of the OAG web site after midnight on Thursday 18th May at www.oag.com. All press enquiries/interview requests should be directed to: Margareta Stanley for OAG on 020 7930 3636, email dba@nchl.demon.co.uk, or Susan Hutchinson for Continental Airlines at Harrison Cowley on 020 7404 6777. OAG U.S. contact: Kathy Marr 630-515-3240 About OAG OAG is a global travel and transport information company. We have three core activities: --managing and distributing information within the passenger and cargo aviation sectors --providing travel information to business travellers --providing advertising and promotion opportunities for the aviation and travel communities. Our business is underpinned by our data management expertise. We hold a breadth of travel related content and are best known for our airline schedules database. This holds future and historical flight details for 1,000 airlines and more than 3,500 airports. Every ten seconds a flight is updated on the OAG system. Over the coming year we are tracking around 27 million departures. Using these vast databases, we provide a broad range of multi-lingual products for business and consumer customers, available in virtually any way the customer wants it: Internet, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). , mobile, digital and print. We are a private company with 400 employees based in 9 offices in Europe, the Americas and Asia. More information about our company, our products and our services is available on our web sites www.oag.com, www.oagdata.com, www.oagcargo.com and www.inforwarding.com |
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