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Europe’s Migrant Crisis Sparks Fear of Radicalized Presence

by Security Strategies Today in Safety & Security, Travel. Posted October 2, 2015

With arrivals at more than half-million strong and growing, is ISIS exploiting the crisis to gain a tactical advantage? With staggering speed, the migration crisis in Europe has grown in 2015 from a steady trickle of families huddled in rickety boats to the largest refugee crisis on the continent since World War II. So far, ...

First U.S. Airbus Factory Gives Wings to Mobile’s Economic Revival

by Nicola Clark in Travel. Posted September 18, 2015

When the first convoy of airplane parts snaked through the streets on a sultry June day, it seemed as if Mardi Gras had come early to the Gulf Coast city of Mobile, Ala. Drawn by the swinging brass horns of an approaching 10-piece jazz band, onlookers stepped out onto their front porches or drew up ...

Keeping International Travelers Safe

by Garrett Seivold in Safety & Security, Travel. Posted September 16, 2015

After hitting a pause button several years ago, companies are back to sending employees on the road. Global business travel is on track to grow 6.5 percent in 2015 and should hit a record $1.25 trillion, according to a forecast released in July by the Global Business Travel Association. Business travel will continue to spike ...

Travel Most Often Reports To Finance Or Procurement

by AirPlus in Travel. Posted September 15, 2015

More than half of travel managers recently surveyed said they report to finance or procurement. Corporations have long struggled with the ideal reporting structure for the travel management function. Over the past decade, increasing numbers of travel managers saw their titles change to “buyers” as they reported to procurement, or increasingly, finance. In the latest ...

Duty of Care – An Essential Part of Your Business Travel Program

by Adam Knights in Safety & Security, Travel. Posted September 13, 2015

Business travel expert Adam Knights explains why duty of care and risk management is relevant to all organisations. Looking after your travelers If your employees have to travel for business of any kind, it’s up to you to ensure their safety as far as possible and communicate to them what to do in the event ...

Hotels Fight Back Against Sites Like Expedia and Priceline

by Aaron Kessler in Technology, Travel. Posted September 3, 2015

Co-authored by Julie Weed For years, travelers have been drawn to online sites like Expedia, Travelocity, Orbitz and Priceline to find and reserve hotel rooms, flights and rental cars. Hotels welcomed the system — or at least learned to live with it — even though the business came at the cost of substantial commissions. But ...

2 American Service Members Foil Gunman in Train Attack

by Adam Nossiter in Safety & Security, Travel. Posted August 24, 2015

PARIS — The two American service members who tackled a suspected terrorist on a high-speed train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris rushed him even though he was fully armed, then grabbed him by the neck and beat him over the head with his own automatic rifle until he was unconscious, one of them said in ...

What the Foiled Train Attack Revealed

by The Soufan Group in Safety & Security, Travel. Posted August 24, 2015

Bottom Line Up Front: The foiled attack on a Amsterdam-Paris high-speed train on August 21 revealed the vulnerability of non-aviation mass transit The incident also revealed the thin line between mass murder and minor injuries that are a hallmark of poorly planned lone wolf attacks; bystanders have very short windows in which intervention is possible ...

Business Travelers: In Search of Opportunity, Safely

by Lynn Pina in Safety & Security, Travel. Posted August 17, 2015

Abstract To manage and grow their businesses, Americans take over 16 million business trips internationally a year. To grow further, companies will continue to look for opportunities abroad, especially in emerging markets. With this expansion and international travel comes risk. Indeed, a number of cities around the world – including many that offer substantial growth opportunities for businesses – are not particularly ...

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