Travel Risk Academy

30/07/2024

Some of our favourite memories of … tell us where this pic features on our new website when it launches 🚀 WATCH THIS SPACE!

30/07/2024

Sharing, learning from others, adopting best practice and aspiring to set standards so that…

…everyone who travels on business (and in their own time) is able to do so in a far safer way.

In part, it's that vision that has us at the Travel Risk Academy. And the soon to be relaunched super-charged TRA website has a big, dedicated space designed to you!

As one of the TRA’s three core purposes in serving our community and the wider travel risk industry, the pages will help bring to life by describing our latest workshops, webinars and events.

By design these will give you access to expertise, knowledge and practical skills you can apply at whatever point you are on your travel-risk management learning journey.

In the very near future and with your participation (in person or virtual), these will equip you with knowledge and confidence to guide, influence, and implement travel risk management practices that optimises your travel management programme and will help benefit your organisation, your colleagues and yourself.

Watch out for more about how the TRA seeks to help Educate, Inspire and Qualify everyone involved in Travel Risk and Travel Optimisation Management over the next few days, as we move closer to the big website reveal – coming soon!

15/07/2024

8 Phase Consulting (8PC) have announced a partnership with mysa; to provide organisations with tailor-made serviced accommodation programmes with safety at their heart.

8 Phase Consulting have announced a partnership with mysa; to provide organisations with tailor-made serviced accommodation programmes

14/06/2024

This is a real eye opener! It's an event that you will not want to miss out on if you value your employees and your accommodation programme!

11/06/2024

Does your company ensure duty of care, security, traveller safety, wellbeing and adequate risk standards are in place for your accommodation programme?
Join the Travel Risk Academy webinar tomorrow at 12 noon to learn more and get involved with expert topics to reduce risk for your employees.
It is a hotter topic than usual after some exciting announcements from another mysa this week. Gary Hurst will be joining us alongside Shaun Boulter and hosted by the TRA's own Sara McKenna to get deeper into this subject.

Also joining the party is partner and all round super human Mac Segal, hear what he has to say to get us thinking in advance of next week; (remember like all Travel Risk Academy events, this session is as much about you as our speakers; you can submit your questions in advance to us via our website:
https://lnkd.in/ei-XREyp or on our Linked in pages, in the comments below or to any one of us directly!)
Register here: https://lnkd.in/e76y_i4z

07/06/2024

Travel buyers!
Are you looking to implement a serviced accommodation programme?
How do you incorporate your long-stay employees into your RFP's?
Exhausted of having to implement this with your cross functional expert teams to ensure duty of care, security, traveller safety, wellbeing and adequate risk standards are in place?
Do you need the most cost effective and time saving solution?
Would you like your own individual, tailor-made programme?
Hoorah! We have that solution and it’s at your fingertips!
Find out about an industry-first RFP tool which incorporates all of these functions and more…

What do you do now?
👉 Join the webinar below on the 18th June to hear from Mysa CEO Gary Hurst, hosted by Leigh Cowlishaw (Percy) exclusively for programme buyers to learn more.
https://lnkd.in/eiZa-97J

👉 Follow us at 8 Phase Consulting Ltd. To learn more about our partnership with mysa and why we’re supporting this empowering, transparent technology.

👉 DM Lisa Sumner or Bex Deadman - AKA Travel Risk Bex to get started today.

Vendor Management is a major part of nearly all ISO risk standards, but, particularly this has felt like a daunting task, to really get behind the smoke and mirrors and own this space - at 8 Phase Consulting Ltd. we are helping clients to do this across their travel programmes, with authenticity and evidence, using as a benchmark.

and criteria for the accommodation sector, has been decentralised, is inefficient and unsustainable, mysa is the technology to change this and 8 Phase Consulting Ltd. can empower you to Rise Up and Build!

22/05/2024

Thank you so much Vanessa Harrison for sharing your horrendous travel experiences with us!
Do you as a company or an employer take responsibility for your contractors, guest travellers and employees when they travel on your behalf?
How do you look after individual needs?
Do you have a travel programme incorporating due diligence and duty of care?
How do you communicate with your contactors or guests that do not know how your travel programme works or who to contact in an emergency situation?
If you cannot answer these questions, then it's time to act.

Want to share your story for the traveller files, for others to learn from your experience? You can either email us or send an audio clip of your experience to [email protected] and please let us know if you wish to remain anonymous.

Welcome back to Talk'n TRM: The Traveller Files, where we explore the unpredictable world of business travel through the eyes of those who've navigated the highs and lows. In this episode, we join seasoned traveller Vanessa Harrison as she regales us with her rollercoaster of travel mishaps during t...

25/04/2024

In our latest Talk'n TRM podcast we chat to David Chappell about how technology and risk has a wider scope in the travel industry today and how we can adapt to a more holistic approach to protecting ourselves as companies and our travellers by integrating the correct solutions.
If you would like to ask further questions for our next podcast with David, please either leave them in the comments below or email [email protected]

Join host Bex Deadman for an insightful episode of Talk'n TRM, as she sits down with David Chappell, Chief Product Officer for Tripstax Technologies. Renowned in the industry for his deep understanding of all aspects of Travel Management Company (TMC) architecture and process flow, David brings a we...

22/04/2024

We celebrate Earth Day today, a day where we raise awareness of our beautiful planet and the importance of environmental conservation and sustainability. Let's all unite and take action to protect the Earth for a healthier planet and brighter future for generations to come.
https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2024/

For Earth Day 2024, EARTHDAY.ORG is unwavering in our commitment to end plastics for the sake of human and planetary health, demanding a 60% reduction in the production of ALL plastics by 2040.

22/04/2024

We really appreciate making the list Mesh Payments! To our fabulous followers... we also have another podcast called the travellers files where our community shares their travel risk experiences with us. Grab a cuppa and have a listen!
https://lnkd.in/emPg26My

28/03/2024

In our latest Talk'n TRM podcast we talk to Gary Hurst about one of our favourite topics in the travel industry... Accommodation RFP Technology BUT this includes incorporating global standards, safety and security. It is out there and can be created by the user to reach the specific needs of your accommodation programme for the benefit of your travellers. Listen and learn folks!

Join host Bex Deadman for an enlightening episode of Talk'n TRM, as she sits down with Gary Hurst, the innovative Founder of Mysa. Mysa is a pioneering technology company dedicated to revolutionising corporate accommodation management. At the heart of Mysa is their platform, myo, designed to streaml...

28/03/2024

In our latest Talk'n TRM podcast we talk to Gary Hurst about one of our favourite topics in the travel industry... Accommodation RFP Technology BUT this includes incorporating global standards, safety and security. It is out there and can be created by the user to reach the specific needs of your accommodation programme for the benefit of your travellers. Listen and learn folks!


https://lnkd.in/g3Yq85s8

15/03/2024

Only 3 days to go!

But there’s still time to get yourself (and maybe a colleague) along to !

Next Monday – 18 March - you’ll hear how to redefine the risk/reward equation for better travel-related risk management from a fantastic line-up of guest speakers supported by a representative cross section of travel risk management providers and practitioners.

Our goal of breaking through functional silos and linking up those with a responsibility for some part of managing travel-related risk is also an outcome we’re striving for across service providers that support those organisations and functions.

This is the way.

As the inaugural and launch event for the Travel Risk Academy, this isn’t going to be ‘death-by-PowerPoint’ presentations and lectures from a raised stage! Speakers and sponsors will ‘roll-up their proverbial sleeves’ to join you for several immersive sessions that are part of the TOMS24 agenda…and of course, during coffee breaks and over lunch, there’ll be plenty of opportunities for one-to-one chats with other attendees and your peers!

So grab one of those few places left, and join us at where we’ll be silo-busting and developing joined up thinking to construct processes that recognise the nuanced business needs of HR, Finance, Risk management, Travel procurement, Cyber and data security, Legal, Traveller productivity and wellbeing – in fact, all of these and more.

Book your place now: https://buff.ly/3UdTKr8

We’ve still got a great offer – everyone that brings a colleague to TOMS24 can claim a 10% discount on all courses for 12 months after the TOMS event. Use Promo Code TRAADV10 for these Group Booking ticket prices.

Bex Deadman - AKA Travel Risk Bex, Simon Crane M.ISRM RISC, Sara McKenna, Shaun Boulter, Bruce McIndoe, Carolyn Pearson (Carr), Sam Cande, Alexandra Hoffmann, Mac Segal, James Lawrence (Jim ) MSc CSyP FSyl, Elyah Oulad-Mehdi, Russell Price, Gary Hurst, Daniel Price, Charles Watt, MPA, JP

An IMMERSIVE one day event of Discussion, Insight & Solutions

14/03/2024

Wow! This podcast magnifies the importance of having experienced trained staff in a crisis situation.

Thank you Mike Causey for sharing this life changing experience with us, and highlighting the importance of knowing what to do in a crisis.

How do you as a company support your employees for crisis management before, during and after a situation occurs?

These bite-size episodes are designed to share stories of what has happened to real life travellers and why is so important to them and their loved ones. We hear their stories and offer some feedback via our host Bex Deadman - AKA Travel Risk Bex

If you would like to share your story for the traveller files, for others to learn from your experience you can either email us or send an audio clip of your experience to [email protected] and please let us know if you wish to remain anonymous.

Welcome to another gripping episode of Talk'n TRM: The Traveller Files, where we unravel the intense narratives of business travel, delving into the heart of risk management. In this episode, we step into the shoes of Mike Causey, whose business trip to Jakarta takes an unimaginable turn as he finds...

06/03/2024

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24/01/2024

In the news: the relaxation of the 100ml Liquid ban at UK Airports

It is believed unlikely that , , and many other UK based airports will have the necessary security scanning equipment in place by 01 June 2024, to allow a relaxation of the liquid limits.

Trials began in 2018, and UK airports have been gradually putting new scanners in place – with some smaller airports including Teesside and London City Airport, having already completed their installations.

Are your aware of this? Have you worked with them to make sure they don't fall foul of the highly likely disruption and confusion? How do you communicate how they can be ready?

The cut-off date for the restrictions to be lifted is NOT THE SAME as the restrictions actually being lifted! Without the (expensive, hard to source and install) equipment in place, it will be impossible to achieve the goal.

And commentators have already warned that different UK airports will have different rules, so at some places you will need to get the liquids out in advance, at others you won't. This will cause confusion and likely extra hold-ups at security.

Learn more about how to prepare your at on 18 March this year.

Book your place: https://buff.ly/3Oc3lLi
Don't’ hesitate though…book now and you’ll get the Early Bird discount (saving £50)**

Some UK airports will not have all the technology in place by 1 June to do away with carry-on limits.

08/01/2024

08/01/2024

The Travel Risk Academy is launching in March!