News Releases for January 2004
January 7, 2004
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Hoeven: American Express To Expand Dickinson Operation
Company To Add 21 Employees
BISMARCK, N.D. - Gov. John Hoeven today announced that American Express Corporate Travel will again expand its interactive travel center in Dickinson. The company expects to hire 20 navigational consultants and a team leader in response to high demand for its online corporate travel reservations service. The news follows an earlier expansion in December 2003, which brought on an additional 43 new employees. The new hirings announced today bring the total number of employees up to 210.
“Clearly, American Express is finding the kind of workforce and community assets it prizes in Dickinson,” Hoeven said. “We are grateful for this expansion, and will continue to work with American Express officials to encourage additional growth in North Dakota..”
Hoeven and Dickinson Mayor Dennis Johnson have stayed in close contact with the principals during the transition period after last summer’s merger of Rosenbluth International and American Express. News of the company’s decision to expand comes after Hoeven and Johnson spoke with American Express Executive Vice President Pam Arway last month, encouraging the company further to expand the Dickinson facility. Rosenbluth International, a Philadelphia-based travel management firm, had operations in North Dakota and fifteen countries around the world.
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