CWT Names Senior Director to its Travel Management Institute | December 12, 2006

Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), the world’s second largest travel management company, has appointed Christophe Renard to the newly created position of senior director of the CWT Travel Management Institute. Mr. Renard reports to Pascal Jungfer, global vice president of the CWT Solutions Group. He is based in the company’s Paris offices.
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Enhanced Version of CWT Freedom Delivers Travel Itinerary Information to More Desktop Calendars and Mobile Devices | December 5, 2006

Carlson Wagonlit Travel, the world’s second-largest travel management company, has released a new version of CWT Freedom, a business travel tool that now automatically delivers its travel itinerary information to Microsoft Outlook and mobile devices such as BlackBerrys, smart phones, Palm devices and Pocket PCs. By January 2007, Freedom will also provide functionality to travelers using IBM Lotus Notes.
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Marilyn Carlson Nelson admited to French Legion of Honor on Oct. 30 | October 31, 2006

Marilyn Carlson Nelson, chairman and chief executive officer of Carlson Companies, has been admitted to the French Legion of Honor, a recognition reserved for outstanding achievement in public service or professional activity
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Carlson Wagonlit Travel Boosts Global Leadership in First Half of 2006 | September 20, 2006

Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), the world’s second-largest travel management company, today announced a sizeable increase in sales volume for the first six months of the year and considerable progress in the implementa-tion of its three-year strategic development plan, CWT 007
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Carlson Wagonlit Travel Reports Record-Breaking New Sales of US $1 Billion for the First Half of the Year | September 20, 2006

Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), the world’s second- largest travel management company, reported record-breaking new sales of US $1 billion on an annualized basis, excluding renewals, for the first six months of the year.
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Carlson Wagonlit Travel Finalizes Acquisition of Navigant International | August 8, 2006

Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), the world‘s second-largest corporate travel management company, today announced that the acquisition of Navigant International Inc., formally doing business as TQ3Navigant, is complete. The agreement to purchase Navigant was originally announced on April 27, 2006. Subsequently, the transaction gained necessary regulatory approvals and was approved by Navigant stockholders at a special meeting on July 12, 2006.
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Carlson Wagonlit Travel and Navigant International announce expiration of Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period for proposed merger | June 6, 2006

Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) and Navigant International, Inc. (Nasdaq: FLYR), doing business as TQ3Navigant (Navigant), announced today that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 in connection with CWT’s proposed acquisition of Navigant expired on June 5, 2006.
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Amadeus and Carlson Wagonlit Travel Announce Global Reseller Agreement | May 24, 2006

Expanded strategic association between Amadeus and CWT provides the travel management company with global distribution rights to the Amadeus e-Travel Management online booking solution
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Carlson Wagonlit Travel to acquire Navigant International for US$16.50 per share in all cash transaction valued at US$510 million | April 27, 2006

Two global leaders in business travel management, Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), and Navigant International, Inc. (Nasdaq: FLYR), doing business as TQ3Navigant (Navigant), announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement whereby CWT will acquire all outstanding shares of Navigant for $16.50 per share.
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Carlson Companies and One Equity Partners to acquire Accor's share of Carlson Wagonlit Travel | April 27, 2006

Carlson Companies; One Equity Partners (OEP), a private equity affiliate of JPMorgan Chase & Co.; and Accor today announced that they have reached an agreement for Carlson and OEP to acquire Accor Group’s 50 percent share of Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), a globally renowned travel management company. Carlson currently owns 50 percent of CWT.
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Carlson Wagonlit Travel Launches CWT Connect ® for Small and Mid-Size Companies Across Europe | March 28, 2006

Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), a world leader in business travel management, has launched CWT Connect ®, a packaged solution for the mid-market, the company announced today. The launch took place simultaneously in 13 countries throughout Europe. The company’s newest offering, which consists of CWT Connect Express ® and CWT Connect Business ®, for small and mid-size companies respectively, is up and running in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
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Carlson Wagonlit Travel Reports Significant Growth in 2005 and Strong Progress on Strategic Fronts | March 20, 2006

Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), the world’s second-largest travel management company, announced today strong growth in 2005 and significant progress in the implementation of its CWT 007 development strategy.
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Carlson Wagonlit Travel Teams Up with GetThere for Online Corporate Travel Reservation System | March 1, 2006

Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) signed a reseller agreement with GetThere to offer clients worldwide enhanced flexibility in their choice of online booking systems, the travel management company announced today. The GetThere online corporate travel reservation system is available to CWT clients in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America and is offered in eight languages. The GetThere system complements CWT’s proprietary online booking tool CWT Horizon, which is available in the United States and Canada.
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CWT Business Travel Indicator | January 23, 2006

CWT Business Travel Indicator reveals optimism about business travel growth around the globe in 2006
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Regional Results | January 23, 2006

On Monday, January 23, 2006, Carlson Wagonlit Travel released the results of its global business travel survey, the "CWT Business Travel Indicator." The survey was commissioned by the travel management leader to gauge attitudes and perceptions of business travelers and corporate travel managers about the current and future state of business travel. The survey randomly sampled opinions of 2,100 business travelers and 650 travel managers, both CWT and non-CWT customers, in 12 countries.
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