Graebel Relocation Services Worldwide has been awarded first place in the Thought Leadership category at the Expatriate Management & Mobility Awards (EMMA) presented in Orlando in September for its Annual Relocation Policy Summit Research Summary.

The 27-page provides research that is benchmarked with prior years' studies, relocation industry statistics, and the company's market intelligence documents. Collected data including polls from the 92 executives of the Fortune 500 and Global 100 was based on the participants' identified topics prior to the Summit that was held at the organisation’s world headquarters last February. 

The Forum for Expatriate Management’s (FEM) global summits provide a forum for human resource and talent management executives to discuss their corporations’ mobility programmes and to review findings from the Annual Survey Report conducted by FEM. A jury from a wide spectrum of global industries independently review nominations and select each category’s award winner. The judges said: “The Graebel Relocation Policy Summit research provided rich and current data on global mobility issues from companies and experts. Their approach and the outcome published was a differentiator.”

Bill Graebel, CEO, who was also recognised as the Global Mobility Professional of the Year by FEM said: “Winning first place is a testament to our team’s tireless drive to provide globally active companies with leading-edge information that will help keep them ahead of the curve in their industries. 2014 marks the eighth consecutive year of the Graebel Relocation Policy Summit. We are pleased to host this annual forum for human resource and talent management executives, because we believe that this enables them to probe challenges, and share solutions as they network with peers. This research study is a compilation of their findings. I would personally like to thank everyone for their collaborative efforts that have led to this prestigious honour from FEM.”

Last year, Graebel Relocation held its successful Summit research platform in the EMEA and APAC regions.