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FLO Penetrates Meetings Management Market

CHANTILLY, Va., June 18 PRNewswire-FirstCall — FLO Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: FLRP), a leading Registered Traveler (RT) services provider, today announced an exclusive distribution agreement with Universal Meeting Management, Inc. (UMM), a premier meetings management company located in Raleigh, NC. UMM, a member of Hickory Travel Systems, has produced over 5,000 meetings around the globe. This agreement enables FLO to develop an enrollment channel where the efficiency of enrolling corporate employees during meetings will drive benefits for FLO members and shareholders alike.

"We are delighted to partner with Universal Meeting Management in launching FLO services to their clients, partners and staff. This is an important entree into the meetings industry," said Donna Gutierrez, Vice President Corporate Sales, FLO Corporation. "UMM will offer RT enrollment opportunities to clients who annually schedule hundreds of meetings. These opportunities will likely lead to additional penetration of corporate accounts with respect to RT and business travelers. It is indeed a privilege to be associated with the first travel company to introduce RT in Raleigh marketplace."

FLO memberships are designed to be interoperable with all RT authentication stations deployed by TSA-approved service providers at any of the approximately 19 U.S. airports currently participating in the RT program. FLO's RT 2.0 benefits platform offers access to a robust menu of membership benefits and perks that add value, choice and convenience far beyond the airport security lane. Packages can be selected based on individual preference and include nationwide benefits such as personal concierge and discounted golf club rental services, worldwide airline lounge access, personal GPS and mortgage concierge services. Details about FLO benefits can be found on the firm's newly launched web portal, http://www.flocard.com/.

"We are pleased to make enrollment in the Registered Travel program available to our meeting planners, business partners and clients. Our planners are on the road weekly and the benefit of the FLO card will allow more flexibility in their schedule, ease some of the security delays they may face and save them valuable time," stated Universal Meeting Management's Travel Manager Lisa Favor. "We are committed to providing the best possible travel experience for our active travelers. We recognize many people in the meeting management industry travel constantly. By partnering with FLO we are providing a cost-effective benefit that will improve their airport experience. Also, many people in our area are not familiar with the Registered Traveler program since it is not offered at RDU, so we are bringing this opportunity to them as part of our proactive customer service mindset."

About FLO

FLO Corporation provides a comprehensive solution for the Registered Traveler program that is built on world-class, scalable technology and administered by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration. 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 Registered Traveler 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 consists of strategic relationships FLO has with Johnson Controls Federal Systems, Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Smiths Detection Inc., Unisys Corporation and International RAM. For more information about the FLO program and Alliance visit http://www.flocard.com.

About Universal Meeting Management

We have produced over 5000 meetings around the globe with individual meeting attendance ranging from 10 to 2500 people. Our business opportunities are diversified and include the Pharmaceuticals, Insurance, Finance, Food Service, Energy and Power Distribution, and Telecommunications industries.

Meetings produced encompass a broad expanse of business areas including sales training, sales and marketing, clinical, global strategy, human resources, research and development, telecommunications and foreign government.

Universal Meeting Management has a full-time staff of 55+ and over 300 national and international contractors. Our staff has over 200 years of collective experience. Whether you need to hold an advisory board meeting, an executive retreat, train your sales team or launch a new product, Universal Meeting Management is equipped to handle the project.

We have an in-house travel services division with concentration in Group Air. As a licensed, full service travel consultant, we manage group air travel for meetings of all sizes and types. Our specialists also provide cost estimates to help in your decision making and budget development. Our office is designed to provide you with ease in handling all your meeting and travel needs. One Call. One Company

NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This release contains information about our management's view of our 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. In addition, we expect to incur substantial transaction and restructuring charges as we integrate the rtGO solution with our solution, and there may be additional unanticipated costs. The integration of any acquisition involves numerous risks, including, among others, difficulties in assimilating operations and products, diversion of management's time and attention from other business concerns, potential exposure to unknown or contingent liabilities and possible loss of significant customers or impairment of relationships. We may not achieve the expected benefits of the transaction in the near term, or at all. Our failure to successfully, timely integrate the Unisys rtGO solution with our business could harm our business and future prospects. 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 and our efforts to meet the TSA's requirements to offer Registered Traveler services to sponsoring entities as well as those included in our annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15, 2008, 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.

SOURCE FLO Corporation

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