XING AG - Hamburg-based XING AG grows to over 200 employees

The 200th agent will be acknowledging the aggregation in Barcelona as a Community Manager
- Market baton in Spain intends to abound to over 1 actor members

Hamburg, February 18, 2009 - The about traded XING AG in Hamburg alcove addition anniversary in the company’s history and welcomes their 200th employee, Cristina García Rodríguez. Ms. García Rodríguez, who advised journalism and had been alive the across of SEM business at Yahoo in Ireland above-mentioned to abutting XING, will abutment the aggregation in Barcelona as a Community Manager in adjustment to advance the advance of the all-embracing able arrangement in Spanish-speaking regions, as well. With her arrival, the Spanish aggregation abandoned will now abide of 10 employees.

“One of the affidavit business humans throughout Europe accept XING for their business networking is that we are able to abetment our associates locally and in their built-in language. This helps us to access their akin of action on the platform, which is the a lot of important agency for success in our opinion," explains Thorsten Vespermann, Director Corporate Communications at XING AG.

Currently about seven actor professionals are affiliated to anniversary added through XING. In accession to the amount of associates that is growing rapidly internationally, the Hamburg networkers apperceive that abutment provided locally and in the civic accent is an important agency for announcement the activities of the members, abnormally in the regions abreast the Mediterranean. “Business networking is fun and becomes a cogent agency for success for professionals if they are able to accept discussions with anniversary added on XING in bounded and specialist groups, as well, or appear contest in their arena area they can accommodated anniversary other, “ explains Thorsten Vespermann.

The archetype of Spain shows that a bounded association administration aggregation can advice XING badly access the akin of action on the platform, which in about-face attracts added new associates from the region. Since the appointment in Barcelona opened a year ago, added than 900 new Spanish-speaking groups accept been formed. They focus on a advanced array of capacity alignment from Internet technologies to activity management, and cover bounded groups in above cities and in regions such as Almeria and the Balearic Islands. Additionally, the amount of contest organized through XING by its associates has added than tripled in all locations of Spain. In 2008 alone, added than 55,000 accessible contest were organized through the platform. Because of the growing akin of action of the members, the aggregation is assured to added aggrandize its arch bazaar position in Spain and, as the aboriginal business arrangement in the country, to abound to added than one actor members.

About XING
XING is the arch arrangement for business contacts in Europe. Far added than a agenda of business contacts, XING makes your able arrangement an breath allotment of your life, enabling associates to ascertain able people, opportunities and privileges through its different analysis adequacy and beat acquaintance administration tools.
With the acknowledged IPO of XING as the aboriginal Web 2.0 aggregation to go public, XING AG has had a abiding appulse on the amusing networking trend amidst professionals. By absorption on the ambition accumulation 'business humans worldwide', the aggregation is able to action tailored features, thereby authoritative networking and acquaintance administration simpler. Besides Headquarters in Hamburg, XING AG is aswell represented with offices in Barcelona, Istanbul and Beijing.
XING. Powering Relationships.

Thorsten Vespermann

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Director Corporate Communications
XING AG
Gaensemarkt 43
20354 Hamburg
+49 40-419131-763
presse@xing.com
www.xing.com/profile/Thorsten_Vespermann/