CLC Provides Lodging for Emergency Responders

WICHITA, Kan., May 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- As people begin to recover from this Spring's devastating storms, CLC Lodging's Emergency Response team is putting in extra hours. Emergency response crews are deploying in large numbers to the Midwest, South and East Coast offering humanitarian aid and clean-up services to victims of storms and tornados in those regions. Finding a place to stay while providing assistance is one issue they won't have to worry about.

"We have been working for several years as the lodging solution for many first responders who travel to all kinds of disaster situations," said Matt Rogers, Assistant Vice President of CLC Emergency Response. "From floods, to hurricanes, and more recently devastating tornadoes, we work countless hours to make sure these responders have the lodging they need to provide the necessary recovery services to these devastated areas."

In the last week CLC Lodging has booked over 2,000 hotel rooms in Texas, New York, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas, Alabama and Missouri for first responders, various power and tree removal companies.

"This time of year is one of our more active," Rogers adds. "The storms that rolled across the Midwest, the South, and now into the Eastern states have left immense destruction and devastation. It's our job to find lodging for volunteers and first responders traveling to these areas to help restore some essential services as these areas begin to rebuild and recover."

CLC Lodging serves a variety of emergency response companies, government agencies and organizations, including those providing disaster relief, utility restoration and environmental remediation. CLC has managed lodging for over 1,600 disasters for response personnel and hundreds of thousands of evacuees, enabling its clients to take care of those impacted by the disaster.

CLC Lodging (http://www.clclodging.com) is a division of FleetCor, the Global Fleet Card Company. CLC has more than 30 years experience as a leading provider of lodging management programs to businesses, serving thousands of clients in North America. CLC's clients purchase more than 9 million room nights annually across CLC's proprietary network of thousands of hotels.

For Media Inquiries, Contact:

Debra Austin
Communications Manager
CLC Lodging
(316) 771-7057
[email protected]

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