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Why Travellers Tune Out Risk Messages and How Organisations Can Change That
Why Travellers Tune Out Risk Messages and How Organisations Can Change That. Working in travel risk, you have probably had the experience of sending an important update and wondering whether anyone has actually read it. Perhaps you have prepared destination guidance ahead of a trip, issued an alert about a...
Ebola in East Africa: Beyond the Medical Crisis
A Travel Risk Management Perspective on the Current Outbreak By Travel Risk Academy | 28 May 2026 Expert review by Jennifer Milton, CEO of Compass Point Assist, and Thierry Montrieux, Founder of Summit Consulting When the World Health Organisation declared the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo...
Why smaller NGOs and universities deserve travel risk management built for them
A Q&A with Patience Ogunruku, TRA Mentor Most travel risk support has been built for big corporates with big budgets. NGOs, charities and universities have often been left to fit in around the edges even though their people are frequently the ones going to the high risk countries. I’ve spent...
When the Threat Travels With Your People: AI-Enabled Fraud and the Duty of Care Gap
The Moment of Maximum Vulnerability Crisis disruption does not simply strand travellers. It creates the conditions in which they are most susceptible to manipulation. When flights are cancelled, rebooking queues are overwhelmed and official guidance is fragmented, travellers do what comes naturally: they search for help, they post on social...
Is Your Emergency Plan Missing a Pulse? The Case for Medical Support
Do Organisations including, Security Managers Forget About Medical Assistance? Is that an insightful or inflammatory question? TRA Mentor Thierry Montrieux gives us his considered opinion and some trips on addressing it if the answer is anything other than NO. Security managers focus heavily on threats like theft, violence, cyberattacks, or...
TRA Guide to Travel Optimization
TRA Guide to Travel Optimization At the Travel Risk Academy, we frequently discuss the importance of optimizing travel programs. In fact, our annual summit is dedicated to this very topic. But what exactly do we mean when we talk about Travel Optimization Management (TOM)? In this article, we’ll unpack the...
Bridging Silos in TRM: 5 Key Steps to Keep Employees Safe
Bridging Silos in Travel Risk Management: 5 Key Steps to Keep Employees Safe As companies expand globally, the need for a solid travel risk management programme becomes more critical. Yet, establishing this programme can be challenging, especially when departments like People Management, Vendor Management, Corporate Mobility, and Security have their...
Travel Optimisation Management Vol. 2: Optimising Travel Data
In this deeper dive into Travel Optimisation Management, we’re focusing on the core of your travel program’s potential: data. We'll cover what travel data actually is, where it originates, and some of the main challenges in analysing it. Then, we’ll discuss what optimisation means in this space and look at...
Travel Optimisation Management (TOM) Vol. 1
A new term is emerging in the travel risk management field: Travel Optimisation Management. Earlier this year, we launched the Travel Risk Academy with our inaugural event, the Travel Optimisation Management Summit. Throughout the day, 75 attendees explored what it means to optimise a travel program to reduce risk. Our...