The Global Congress on Travel Risk Management is an all-encompassing public-private dialogue to enhance the global travel industry’s ability to avoid interruptions and to provide a safe, secure and seamless travel experience,” said Stephen Barth, Founder of HospitalityLawyer.com. The annual Global Congress is a unique opportunity for travel industry professionals, business travel teams, and consultants from aviation, cruise, ground transportation, lodging, facilities, events and supply chain businesses to: • Explore continuing and recent legal, safety and security challenges • Identify common trends and issues relevant to the travel industry • Share and develop best practices • Benchmark current policies and procedures with other travel industry leaders • Develop innovative approaches from cross-industry knowledge exchange and • Discover the latest research and solutions available.

1. Revised 6/8/2012
Global
Congress
on
Travel
Risk
Management
Executive
Summary
“World
Peace
through
International
Trade
&
Travel”
-­‐
Conrad
Hilton
The
Greater
Houston
Convention
&
Visitors
Bureau,
in
coordination
with
HospitalityLawyer.com,
is
producing
the
third
Annual
Global
Congress
on
Travel
Risk
Management
–
the
only
conference
focusing
on
legal,
safety
and
security
solutions
for
the
travel
and
tourism
industries.
What
is
the
Global
Congress?
“This
conference
enables
all
aspects
of
the
travel
equation
to
share
their
legal,
safety
and
security
experiences
and
best
practices.
It
is
an
all-­‐encompassing
public-­‐private
dialogue
to
enhance
the
global
travel
industry’s
ability
to
avoid
interruptions
and
to
provide
a
safe,
secure
and
seamless
travel
experience,”
said
Stephen
Barth,
Founder
of
HospitalityLawyer.com.
Bruce
McIndoe,
President
of
iJet
International
and
member
of
the
Global
Congress
Advisory
Board,
has
expressed
that
“[we]
are
all
talking
about
the
topic
of
traveler
safety/security
and
travel
risk
management,
but
we
are
not
talking
together,
sharing
and
harmonizing
solutions.
Protection
of
human
assets,
whether
traveling
or
not,
is
a
multidisciplinary
effort
and
organizations
need
us
to
work
together
to
be
effective.
The
Global
Congress
will
provide
a
venue
and
forum
to
initiate
and
leverage
a
cross-­‐functional
dialogue.”
The
annual
Global
Congress
is
a
unique
opportunity
for
travel
industry
professionals,
business
travel
teams,
and
consultants
from
aviation,
cruise,
ground
transportation,
lodging,
facilities,
events
and
supply
chain
businesses
to:
• Explore
continuing
and
recent
legal,
safety
and
security
challenges
• Identify
common
trends
and
issues
relevant
to
the
travel
industry
• Share
and
develop
best
practices
• Benchmark
current
policies
and
procedures
with
other
travel
industry
leaders
• Develop
innovative
approaches
from
cross-­‐industry
knowledge
exchange
and
• Discover
the
latest
research
and
solutions
available.
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What
Topics
Will
the
Global
Congress
Address?
Plenary
Sessions
will
address
topics,
issues
and
solutions
that
impact
all
components
of
travel
and
tourism,
such
as:
• Corporate
travel
security
including
meeting
our
duty
of
care
to
mobile
employees
• Discussions
between
airport
operators
and
airlines
to
avoid
long
tarmac
delays
• Developing
an
effective,
consistent
response
from
the
travel
industry
to
contagious
outbreaks
and
other
travel
disruptions
Legal,
safety
and
security
topics
are
in
the
following
areas:
• Corporate
and
Government
Travel:
Employee
and
Property
Protection
• Transportation,
including
Air,
Sea,
Ground,
and
Travel
Distribution
• Public
Support
of
Travel:
Terminals,
Ports,
Visas,
Customs,
Health,
Domestic
Security,
Embassies
and
Consulates
and
Leisure
Travel
and
Tourism
• Lodging
• Venues
&
Events
The
Global
Congress
will
bring
leaders
together
in
an
unbiased
environment
and
accelerate
learning
on
key
subjects
in
a
concise
2-­‐day
format.
Who
Should
Attend?
Travel
Buyers
Travel
Suppliers
Public
Travel
Supporters
• Risk,
Safety,
Security,
Health
• Risk,
Safety,
Security,
Health
• Risk,
Safety,
Security,
Health
and
Environmental
Officers
and
Environmental
Officers
and
Environmental
Officers
• In-­‐house
Counsel
• In-­‐house
Counsel
for
Air,
Sea
and
Public
• Travel
Managers
• C-­‐level
Executives
Transportation
Systems
&
• Human
Resource
Executives
• Wholesalers,
Distributors,
Terminals
• Procurement/CFO
and
Manufacturers
of
Safety
• Domestic
Security
and
Other
• Meeting
Planners
and
Security
Solutions
Law
Enforcement
Officials
• Compliance
Officers
• Procurement
• Government
Attorneys
• Attorneys
&
Consultants
• Immigration
and
Customs
focusing
on
Travel
&
Officials
Hospitality
• Health
Policy
Directors
• Compliance
Officers
• Travel
and
Tourism
Ministers
and
Administrators
• Consulate,
Foreign
Trade
Officials,
Embassy
Personnel
• Researchers
and
Thought
Leaders
in
the
Hospitality,
Travel,
and
Tourism
Arenas
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The
third
Annual
Global
Congress
on
Travel
Risk
Management,
presented
in
coordination
with
the
Greater
Houston
Convention
&
Visitors
Bureau,
will
be
held
September
30th-­‐October
1st,
in
Houston,
Texas.
Houston,
situated
centrally
in
the
United
States,
is
an
international
gateway
city
with
92
consulates
and
the
headquarters
for
major
travel-­‐related
businesses
and
associations.
It
is
also
the
home
of
the
renowned
Conrad
N.
Hilton
College
of
Hotel
and
Restaurant
Management
at
the
University
of
Houston,
whose
namesake
strongly
championed
the
philosophy
that
global
travel
could
bring
about
world
peace.
iJet,
FrontierMEDEX,
NC4,
and
GroundLink
are
Foundation
Sponsors
of
the
Global
Congress.
About
HospitalityLawyer.com:
HospitalityLawyer.com
is
the
leading
global
network
of
people,
products
and
services
that
deliver
legal,
safety
and
security
solutions
to
the
travel,
tourism
and
hospitality
industries.
HospitalityLawyer.com
is
the
host
of
the
annual
Hospitality
Law
Conference,
now
in
its
eleventh
year,
and
the
longest-­‐running
conference
focusing
on
hospitality
legal,
safety
and
security
solutions.
For
more
information,
please
contact:
Stephen
Barth,
(713)
963-­‐8800,
sbarth@hospitalitylawyer.com.
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