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Ebola Examined: The History of a Viral Scourge

by admin in Safety & Security, Travel. Posted June 30, 2014

In 2014, we’ve seen epidemics and pandemics portrayed extensively in film and theorized about in mass media. Despite the low fatality rates associated with real-life outbreaks like modern-day H1N1, pandemics are typically portrayed as diseases with a devastating fatality rate. Just when we’re ready to chalk up the exceptionally high body counts of the plagues in Contagion and 24 Days Later to ...

How Travel Buyers Can Help End Child Trafficking

by Michelle Guelbart in Lodging, Safety & Security, Travel. Posted June 1, 2014

The Problem With the use of online classified ads, child trafficking has moved off the streets and behind the closed doors of local hotel rooms. Youth are targeted and manipulated by pimps who transport victims from city to city via U.S. owned airlines and buses. Exploiters use hotel rooms as venues to abuse children, knowing that systems are not ...

In Flight Cameras Would Assist in Accident Reconstruction, Crew Training and Enhanced Passenger Safety

by Steve Cocco in Human Resources, Insurance & Loss Prevention, Safety & Security, Travel. Posted May 8, 2014

With the final chapter on Malaysian Air flight #370 still unwritten, many aviation and security analysts seem to have attributed the tragedy to a sinister event, perhaps on the part of the pilot in command or the first officer. Some have speculated that another crew member might have been responsible or even a passenger or ...

Corporate Aviation Security: A Four-Pronged Approach to Improving Aviation Security

by Chris Hagon in Safety & Security, Travel. Posted April 29, 2014

In major countries like the United States or European Union, executives may move via corporate jet, and not just through major airports like New York’s Kennedy, Frankfurt Airport, or London’s Heathrow but also through minor airports. Here, the issue is that minor airports may lack the security infrastructure of their larger counterparts. This problem is ...

What Are Your Rights When You Fly?

by John Hendrie in Travel. Posted March 11, 2014

With lodgings, you look forward to a clean, safe guestroom. In our restaurants you want sufficiently prepared food, served in a timely manner, and hopefully what you ordered. In the tourism segment, you have promoted a vision. In the travel arena you have presented means to get from point “A” to “B”. Of course, we ...

Duty Bound

by Fatima Durrani Khan in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Safety & Security, Travel. Posted March 10, 2014

“Duty of care” is the new buzzword across the travel risk management industry, as corporate travel managers increasingly recognize their central role and responsibility in creating a strong, balanced business travel policy that protects their employees. Though duty of care has existed in common law for a long time, the application of duty of care laws to the ...

The Top 4 Ways to Fly Privately

by Phil Mathews in Travel. Posted February 20, 2014

When entering the world of private flying it’s important to fully appreciate all of your options and to know precisely which one will benefit you the most. Making a choice between the various forms of private flying can be difficult, and sometimes it helps to think about your options as you would when ordering at ...

Human Sex Trafficking in Hotels is a Major Concern for Hoteliers

by William Frye in Lodging, Safety & Security, Travel. Posted January 6, 2014

Because of the transient nature of guests who utilize lodging accommodations and the privacy afforded to these temporary guests, hotels have become prime venues for the exploitation of “at risk” individuals through sexual exploitation and human trafficking. Check any newswire or perform an Internet search and stories of human trafficking and sexual exploitation invariably connect ...

Charting a Course for Renewed Airline Consumer Loyalty

by Deloitte in Featured, Travel. Posted December 3, 2013

Click here to download the report. Deloitte’s Travel, Hospitality, and Leisure practice is pleased to announce our new report, Rising above the Clouds: Charting a course for renewed airline consumer loyalty. In this report, we explore the state of loyalty in the airline sector. Our findings suggest that an undifferentiated one-size-fits-all approach to loyalty improvement will ...

Declining Flight Crew Health and Happiness Degrades Air Safety

by admin in Human Resources, Safety & Security, Travel. Posted November 19, 2013

We all have our pre-flight rituals. Some passengers need a coffee and a magazine. Others, not as keen to flying, spend their time before takeoff silently praying that the engines don’t fail; as it turns out, engine integrity may be the least of their worries. Recent studies indicate that the health and job satisfaction of ...

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