This article originally appeared in The New York Times. An excerpt is as follows.
"Travel companies were hit by one data breach after another last year — firms including Marriott, British Airways, Delta Air Lines and the travel booking site Orbitz.
Gustau Alegret spoke with Regional Analyst Jose De Bastos on the geopolitical situation in Venezuela.
De Bastos says "soon, we are going to start seeing the direct consequences of what happened on Jan. 23, the day Juan Guaido swore-in as interim president. For instance, we have to see how the Maduro administration handles the diplomatic personnel remaining at the US Embassy.
Regional Analyst for the Americas, Jose De Bastos, commented on the unrest in Venezuela.
Ed Clark, Senior Security Consultant for WorldAware, was interviewed by Buying Business Travel on the risk profile for energy, marine, and mining (EMM) industries and how to improve duty-of-care for people working in these sectors. An excerpt from the article is as follows.
"Companies working in EMM sectors face a wide range of different threats, according to Ed Clark, a senior security consultant at risk management specialist WorldAware, formerly known as iJet International.
"With a lingering government shutdown affecting travel to and from the U.S., and economic headwinds in play following instability in global stock markets, there is some concern that global business travel growth will be affected in 2019." Brendan's comment on this article piece is as follows.
You can’t shut down the United States government at this magnitude and expect that everything’s going to be hunky-dory. -Bruce McIndoe, Founder and Chief Evangelist
WorldAware's Founder and Chief Evangelist Bruce McIndoe shares top travel tips to keep in mind for 2019 in Safe Travels Magazine.
"Looking ahead to 2019, people should be particularly aware of security issues related to transportation, health, and cyber threats.
An excerpt from the original Skift article is as follows.
What will be critical to ensuring we execute comprehensive and thoughtful duty of care practices is continued collaboration and communications across the industry to pull all the various efforts on this front together.
-Bruce McIndoe
"Safety and security has been a key consideration in event planning for decades, but new threats from acts of terrorism, extreme weather, and pandemics are increasing the need for diligence.
Originally published on Business Traveler and Business Travel Executive.
"Wildfires (and associated health risks like air quality), a health emergency in China (counterfeit vaccines), “virtual kidnapping” (sophisticated scams), a migrant crisis in Venezuela, and airline failures (due to changing economic conditions) are expected to be among major threats to business travelers in 2019, according to the annual Global Forecast from WorldAware, a risk management company.