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Who’s the ‘most wonderful, caring mover’?

By • Jun 1st, 2012 • Category: FEATURED STORIES, Ordinary Movers - Exceptional Moves

A new 'Ordinary Movers, Exceptional Moves' feature has been added in RELO Roundtable's left sidebar on the front page after "Grateful Mom" wrote asking how to locate the "most wonderful, caring mover" who helped her eight year-old son. Apparently the boy was playing with a buddy when he started having a grand mal epileptic seizure. [...]



MoversReviewed.com helps consumers find best movers

By • Jan 10th, 2012 • Category: Advertising, Blogroll, Consumer Protection, How to Find a Reputable Mover, WHAT'S NEW

Some RELO Roundtable subscribers and Linkedin connections might be aware of my personal penchant for using relevant moving industry indices and uniform quality metrics to search for and select the most qualified relocation product and service providers. On January 1, 2012, MoversReviewed.com announced the beta launch of their new consumer oriented database of active moving [...]



Senior moving services franchise wins top industry award

By • Feb 21st, 2011 • Category: American Moving and Storage Association (AMSA), Awards and Recognition, Senior Move Management, THE CHANGING FACE OF RELOCATION

The American Moving & Storage Association (AMSA) has announced Crowning Touch Senior Moving Services of Roanoke, Va. as the winner of the inaugural Enterprise Award which was introduced to give industry recognition and acknowledgment to an outstanding smaller, independent mover. AMSA;s new Enterprise Award reflects the full-service moving industry’s commitment to recognizing outstanding performance among [...]



Albert receives AMSA’s ‘Indy Mover’ award

By • Feb 18th, 2011 • Category: American Moving and Storage Association (AMSA), Cheers and Jeers

The American Moving & Storage Association (AMSA), has chosen Albert Moving & Storage of Wichita Falls, Texas as the nation's top independent moving company for 2010. The 72 year-old, family-owned business is headed by CEO Bobby Albert.  It employs more than 100 people and has operated in the moving and storage industry by providing moving [...]



Moving etc…TV is open for business

By • Aug 3rd, 2010 • Category: Cheers and Jeers, Industry Associations, Social Media Marketing, WHAT'S NEW

Well she did it. Jane Finch just passed another milestone on her personal journey to create an online marketing community for those in the relocation industry in the U.K.  Her newest venture – Moving etc…TV – is being introduced to the public this week. I met Jane, a former move manger with Crown Relocations, several [...]



As if the moving industry didn’t have enough concerns…

By • Jul 29th, 2010 • Category: Cheers and Jeers, COMMENTARY

If you believe the latest in “homeownership tips and topics, brought to you by RISMedia, the leader in real estate information systems”, the entire moving industry is in tail spin. Their latest PR blurb, Moving Season: Book Early and Be Prepared, opens with the statement “The van line community lost a lot of drivers during [...]



North American Van Lines awards top agents for 2009 performance

By • May 27th, 2010 • Category: *RELOCATION NEWS UPDATES*, Awards and Recognition, Cheers and Jeers, Full Service Relocations, North American Van Lines Inc

  North American Van Lines Inc. recently awarded several of its top agents with Customer Choice Quality Awards based on their exceptional 2009 customer survey scores. The Customer Choice Quality Awards are given to van line agents for their excellent performance based on customers’ perceptions of services received during their relocation. A Quality Index is [...]



The worth of work in the moving industry

By • May 21st, 2010 • Category: Awards and Recognition, Cheers and Jeers, COMMENTARY

  If you have a minute, there's an excellent article at the Fleet Owner 'Trucks at Work Blog' about the The Worth of Work. In it Senior Editor Sean Kilcarr looks at some of the hurdles that the transportation industry in general is facing in filling the seats in America's big rigs. The article talks [...]



Hilldrup receives AMSA’s ‘Agent of the Year’ service excellence award

By • Feb 26th, 2010 • Category: *RELOCATION NEWS UPDATES*, American Moving and Storage Association (AMSA), Awards and Recognition

  Hilldrup Moving & Storage Named Top Van Line Agency in the United States Hilldrup Moving & Storage of Stafford, Va has been chosen to receive the 2009 Moving and Storage Agent of the Year Service Excellence Award. The award reflects AMSA’s and the industry’s commitment to excellent customer service, and is presented to agents [...]



United Van Lines Canada Ltd becomes a new “Best Managed” company

By • Feb 18th, 2010 • Category: *RELOCATION NEWS UPDATES*, Awards and Recognition

  Our neighbors to the north aren't just recognizing the personal vision, passion and achievements of the worlds best athletes at the 2010 Winter Olympic games in Vancouver. They're also hanging gold medals around the corporate necks of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies  who've consistently demonstrated the very same qualities in business. Just as Alex [...]