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Monday, January 28, 2008

SGTP and FLO Partner to Promote Registered Traveler 2.0 to U.S. Government

BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The Society of Government Travel Professionals (SGTP) today announced a preferred partnership agreement with FLO Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: FLRP), a leading Registered Traveler (RT) services provider. Under the terms of the agreement some 550 SGTP members, government travel agencies with over $7 billion in government travel spend and approximately 5 million annual trips, will be offered FLO-SGTP preferred RT membership pricing.

FLO offers an RT solution that innovates on the platform developed during the U.S. Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) pilot programs. FLO members can choose between multiple card packages at different price points, featuring a wide array of benefits - all designed to improve travelers' convenience, productivity and safety throughout the door-to-door travel experience. Examples of FLO's Gold Card benefits include worldwide emergency travel assistance, proactive identity fraud protection and concession discounts. Platinum Card benefits include airline lounge access, premium concierge services, enhanced credit monitoring services, and numerous additional features.

"We are pleased to partner with FLO organization," said Rick Singer, SGTP's Executive Director. "Our members will be very excited about the value- added benefits packages offered by FLO, the favorable pricing and the all- important front-end discounts. We applaud FLO's vision for this new industry and the Transportation Security Administration for its foresight in requiring an interoperability standard for RT. Our members' travelers will be able to use their FLO cards at all RT-provisioned airports in the country while benefiting from all the other services FLO will provide to make their travels more productive and convenient."

Fred Fischer, FLO Senior Vice President for Strategic Sales stated, "We are grateful for the opportunity to partner with such a prestigious and innovative organization as SGTP. FLO's continued success in Washington, DC, and important markets throughout the country, validates our business model. Under TSA-mandated requirements, interoperability standards guarantee that any RT card will be accepted at every RT-provisioned airport. We will continue expanding the RT program nationwide by securing major corporate commitments and enhancing the value-added services we provide to our customers."

About Registered Traveler

    For information about how RT works visit
http://www.flocard.com/about/how_flo_works.htm.

About STGP AnCon Conference

SGTP travel executives will be able to enroll in FLO's Registered Traveler 2.0 program using the rtGO platform in partnership with Unisys during the upcoming SGTP AnCon Convention February 6 through 8 in Alexandria, Virginia. www.sgtp.org

About FLO

FLO Corporation provides a comprehensive solution for the Registered Traveler program, which is administered by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration. FLO recently announced the execution of an agreement under which FLO has agreed to acquire the rtGO(SM) Registered Traveler business of Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS). The Registered Traveler program is designed to identify air passengers who pose a minimal security risk and then to provide those passengers with access to faster and simpler processing at airport security checkpoints. FLO Corporation has formed the "FLO Alliance" - strategic relationships with several companies with extensive expertise in credentialing, security, access control, customer service, travel services, political lobbying and corporate and consumer marketing - designed to develop, market, sell and deploy an end-to-end solution and to provide next-generation RT 2.0 membership benefits to qualified individuals for expedited security screening in designated lanes at participating airports in addition to receiving promotional offers and discounts offered by retail partners. The FLO Alliance partnership consists of FLO Corporation, Microsoft, JPMorgan Chase, Johnson Controls, Inc., Smiths Detection Inc., The Paradies Shops, International RAM and ID Technology Partners. For more information about the FLO program and Alliance visit http://www.flocard.com.

About SGTP

SGTP was formed in 1984 as a forum for open communication which was essential to realize the mutual goal of successful government travel management. SGTP's goals include education for both industry and government as well as providing a bridge between industry and government participants in the multi-billion dollar government travel industry. The government represented the single largest purchaser of travel in the world and wanted to leverage its buying power to realize substantial discounts and improved accountability.

FLO's NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This release contains information about FLO's management's view of its future expectations, plans and prospects that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from historical results or those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors. For example, our business will depend on our ability to establish and maintain strategic relationships with travel services, technology, and other companies. If we are unable to establish and maintain such relationships or if current relationships were to weaken, our actual results may differ materially from those indicated by the statements made in this release and our business could suffer. Other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or those indicated by the statements in this release include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties associated with our financial condition, our planned acquisition of Unisys' rtGO(SM) Registered Traveler business, and our efforts to meet the TSA's requirements to offer Registered Traveler services to sponsoring entities as well as those included in our registration statement on Form 10-SB filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 28, 2007, and other documents we periodically file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

NOTE REGARDING TRADEMARKS

"FLO" is a trademark of FLO Corporation. The names of actual companies mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

    SGTP Media Contact
    Rick Singer - 443.801.2200

FLO Media Contact:

Amanda Cheslock - Sloane & Company - 212.446.1884 or acheslock@sloanepr.com

FLO Investor Contact:

Josh Hochberg - Sloane & Company - 212.446.1892 or jhochberg@sloanepr.com


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