Correct location information not exporting from iPhoto

Hi,
I have painstakingly updated location information on several events in my iPhoto library. I now want to give copies of these events/photos to a friend, so he can add them to his iPhoto library (with the updated location information).
When I exported the event, I selected "Location information" in the dialogue box that comes up (in order to include the location information with the exported photos). However when I then import these photos to my friend's iPhoto library, the old/unupdated location information for all photos shows up.
Any suggestions on how to fix this would be appreciated!
Brian

Hi Terence,
Thanks for your response. I have successfully updated/changed the location of many photos in an event (and these changes are saved). However, my problem is that when I export these photos/event, the old location information shows up in the newly exported photos (i.e. when I put them into a different library on a different mac).
I have also tried creating a new library to refresh the cache, but that did not work either.
Any other thoughts? Regards,
Brian

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