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Threats Abroad: Essential Preparations for Security and Risk Personnel

by admin in Travel. Posted July 30, 2015

On Monday, U.S. diplomatic installations across the Middle East reopened in the wake of a precautionary lockdown; two weeks ago, U.S. intelligence learned of a possible attack via communications between two high-ranking al-Qaeda officials. The embassy in Yemen remains closed, however, with a terror watch still in place for that nation. With the geopolitical situation ...

Boko Haram: The Latest Implications of the Insurgency

by iJET International in Safety & Security, Travel. Posted July 29, 2015

At approximately 0700 on April 14, 2014, a car bomb rocked a busy bus station in Nyanya, an eastern suburb of Abuja, Nigeria, killing at least 71 people and wounding more than 120. Authorities have blamed the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which carries out regular attacks in northeastern Nigeria, and has also targeted a ...

How Leakage Affects Your Travel Program

by FCM Travel Solutions in Travel. Posted June 24, 2015

Despite a travel management company’s (TMCs) daily efforts to create the best possible travel program for your business some bookings still go astray. Sometimes travelers won’t book through your preferred channel or they’ll book their own choice of hotel over the internet. When this happens, gaps start to appear in your data and your reporting. ...

Compliance in Corporate Travel

by FCM Travel Solutions in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Travel. Posted June 24, 2015

How well do your employees follow company guidelines for business travel? Are there areas in your travel program where improved compliance could save you more? As demand for air travel and accommodation increases and market conditions continue to change, traveler compliance will become even more important for corporates keen to maintain control of their travel ...

Sharpen Your Hotel Rate Negotiations

by FCM Travel Solutions in Travel. Posted June 24, 2015

With the hotel industry’s 2015 contracting season upon us, corporates should have now started the rate negotiation process. But how can you lock in more competitive rates with hotels to attain better value for the year ahead? This paper gives you the insight and strategies to strengthen your negotiation prowess so everyone wins. One of ...

Inquiring About Bed Bugs: Essential Questions for Travel Managers

by Stephen Barth in Lodging, Travel. Posted June 11, 2015

As more reports of bed bug incidents surface, travel managers may want to ask the following questions of a destination: Has the hotel identified bed bugs on the premises in the last twenty-four months? If so, what steps did the hotel take to eliminate the infestation? What types of preventative training occur at the hotel? ...

Protecting Executives Abroad with Kidnap & Ransom Insurance

by Jeffrey Schulman in Human Resources, Insurance & Loss Prevention, Safety & Security, Travel. Posted June 11, 2015

For most Americans, the notion of being kidnapped and held for ransom is nothing more than the plot to a good action movie. For international business travelers, wealthy, or high-profile individuals living and traveling abroad (or individuals perceived as such), however, kidnapping can be a very real threat. Kidnapping for ransom has historically been a ...

The Risky Business of Travel

by Ann Longmore-Etheridge in Safety & Security, Travel. Posted June 9, 2015

Employees traveling internationally can create remunerative results and attain a reinvigorated pleasure in traveling as a representative of the company. Traveling across the pond for business purposes may also result in an onslaught of predicaments for the company. Predicaments that the employee might not have been informed of prior to departure. Small and large companies ...

Sustainable Airport Policies for Car Sharing and Ride-Sharing Companies

by Paul Fraidenburgh in Technology, Travel. Posted June 8, 2015

“Disruption” has become the buzzword of the decade for technology startups. Entrepreneurs take aim at existing markets every day with ideas designed to uproot and redefine their industries. But some of the most innovative disrupters are having trouble bringing their ideas to a place where disruption is generally unwelcome: the airport. Car sharing services such ...

Risk Management vs. Big Brother

by Craig Banikowski in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Risk Management, Safety & Security, Travel. Posted June 4, 2015

Craig Banikowski takes a look at the fine line between risk management and an overbearing and potentially privacy invading way of managing traveling employees. Read below for a look at useful tips to maintain safety from a close but reasonable distance. As travel professionals working in the aftermath of 9/11, the 2004 Madrid train bombings, ...

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