Firms urged to seek security help
28 August 2012
Travel managers should not rely on Foreign & Commonwealth Office travel advisories to determine security risks for their executives, according to a crisis management specialist.
Isabelle Claes, a consultant with Control Risks Group, warned delegates to the Corporate Travel and Expense Management Forum that Foreign Office advisories failed to adequately measure the risks for different travellers.
"Their inherent weakness is that they give blanket advice," she said. "It's all pitched at the same level whether it's for a gap-year student...