Taleo Corporation (NASDAQ: TLEO), the leading provider of talent management solutions, today announced the successful implementation of Taleo Enterprise Edition, the industry leading talent management solution for large enterprises, with leading international hotel company, IHG (“InterContinental Hotels Group”).

Taleo has been working with IHG to improve the speed and effectiveness of its recruitment process in order to support its business growth strategy, particularly in the competitive Asian market. By automating the recruitment process, IHG can now acquire more high quality talent and effectively re-deploy existing staff to meet the needs of their expanding business.  The global solution was initially implemented across Asia in just three months and has since been deployed in Europe and the United States. The implementation has included the InterContinental brand of hotels, as well as the Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza brands.

“The timely acquisition of high quality talent is a fundamental aspect of our business strategy, particularly for our rapidly expanding Asian business. We selected Taleo because of their track record in the hospitality industry and the Asian region, proven scalability and ability to meet the local needs of our Asian, European and US businesses on one platform,” said Jon Harding, senior vice president, Organizational Capability, IHG.

IHG is an international hotel company that focuses on seeing the world through the eyes of its customers. The group has 120 million guest nights every year. Consequently, its staff and the service they deliver are crucial to the success of the brand portfolio. IHG needed a talent management system that would enable it to build and manage its talent pipeline on a global basis, as well as providing the ability to continuously measure and improve the process. Working with Taleo has improved the speed and quality of hiring across the company.

Taleo senior vice president, international, Neil Hudspith comments, “In the hospitality industry, having the right staff is crucial. Our solution helps IHG cost-effectively attract, select and retain the best talent, while also providing visibility into any stage of the recruitment process. I am delighted that the success of the project in Asia has now led to further successful implementations in Europe and the US.”

About Taleo
Taleo (NASDAQ:  TLEO) delivers on demand talent management solutions that enable organizations of all sizes, around the world, to assess, acquire, develop, and align their workforce for improved business performance.  More than 1,000 organizations use Taleo to recruit and retain top talent with 900,000 users processing 60 million candidates from 100 countries. Requiring no capital investment, software as a service and on demand delivery offer 99.9% availability and 100% accountability. 

About InterContinental Hotels Group
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG) of the United Kingdom [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms.  IHG owns, manages, leases or franchises, through various subsidiaries, over 3,700 hotels and more than 558,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories around the world. IHG owns a portfolio of well recognised and respected hotel brands including InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn® Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites®, Candlewood Suites® and Hotel Indigo®, and also manages the world's largest hotel loyalty programme, Priority Club® Rewards with over 33 million members worldwide.

The company pioneered the travel industry’s first collaborative response to environmental issues as founder of the International Hotels and Environment Initiative (IHEI). The IHEI formed the foundations of the Tourism Partnership launched by the International Business Leaders Forum in 2004, of which IHG is still a member today. The environment and local communities remain at the heart of IHG’s global corporate responsibility focus.

IHG offers information and online reservations for all its hotel brands at www.ihg.com and information for the Priority Club Rewards programme at www.priorityclub.com.

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Forward-looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding Taleo’s market growth, the demand for Taleo’s solutions and general business conditions.  Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based upon Taleo's historical performance and its current plans, estimates and expectations and are not a representation that such plans, estimates, or expectations will be achieved. These forward-looking statements represent Taleo's expectations as of the date of this press announcement. Subsequent events may cause these expectations to change, and Taleo disclaims any obligation to update the forward-looking statements in the future. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially.  Further information on potential factors that could affect actual results is included in Item 1A of Taleo’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the SEC on March 16, 2007, in Item 1A of Taleo’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as filed with the SEC on May 10, 2007, and in other reports filed by Taleo with the SEC.