Why Risk Management Is Essential to Your Business Travel Success


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In today’s volatile world, risk management in business travel is more important than ever. Organizations have a duty of care for their employees, but they need help to meet it. The solution is a travel management company who understands the high-touch service, preparation, and proactivity required to keep everyone at all levels of the travel program safe and well.
Another day, another long haul flight. Sometimes it seems like I spend as much time in the air as I do on the ground. I know the routine - seat backs up, smartphone to airplane mode, cute safety video - from Indianapolis to Istanbul, you could say I live in the Cloud. The skies have become sort of a happy place, really. Catch up on a little work on my laptop, watch a movie or two, take a nap – most of the time it’s, dare I say, relaxing. Excuse me while I sit back and cruise over the Atlantic. Here we go again – another alert that could affect one of our travelers. It seems like it’s something new every day, or just a new version of the stories we hear more and more. I know all about the risks that come along with traveling, because I’m in charge of thousands of international travelers. From Kagoshima to Kathmandu it’s my job to make sure their travel plans allow them to be productive, happy, and most i