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Recent security incidents, travel disruptions, and inflated costs emphasises the need for organisations to evaluate their Travel Risk Management plans. An integral part of these plans is evaluating accommodation-based risks that may impact your travellers. Our experts outline the important measures organisations should consider when addressing accommodation-specific risks.

Even with the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 no longer a global emergency, the virus does not disappear and will still cause health problems. Nations, organisations and individuals should continue to be vigilant. Our health experts provide their insights on the ways they can ensure resilience following the impacts of the pandemic and prepare for future pandemics.

Your travel risk management policies are vital in upholding the Duty of Care responsibilities to your employees. Not meeting the ISO 31030 standard can be detrimental to organisations reliant on business travel.

In response to the recent coup in Niger, International SOS played a pivotal role in supporting our clients throughout the multifaceted challenges they encountered.

One of our long-standing clients, a large Japanese construction firm, holds their duty of care high on their agenda. They sought our medical support across three of their different project sites in East Africa. Over the past few years, we have been accompanying them in Madagascar, Mozambique and Djibouti by providing different types of medical services - from site health reviews to the management of dedicated COVID-19 facilities during the pandemic. To ensure the health and safety of their people, our client needed an efficient and reliable health partner with robust and consistent regional expertise.

In late August 2023, Hurricane Idalia quickly formed into a dangerous storm over the Gulf of Mexico, taking direct aim at Florida. The storm later moved into Georgia and South Carolina.

In our latest podcast, our security and medical experts share their advice to keep you and your people safe ahead of Australia's bushfire season.

In our latest podcast, our team of experts give us their insight after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Morocco late on Friday, 8 September.

A podcast with insight from our Crisis Management Team sent out to Florida state to assess the situation on the ground.

Academic institutions are gearing up to welcome students and employees back to campus. With the world navigating the impacts of various global health crises and security concerns, International SOS highlights the importance for education organisations to prioritise the health, security and wellbeing of their community.

Spotnana, the world’s first Travel-as-a-Service platform modernizing the infrastructure of the travel industry, announced a new integration with International SOS, the world’s leading medical and security services company.

Hurricane Idalia is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane as it crosses the warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico across 29 August. Tropical storm force winds will reach southern Florida in the early morning on 29 August EST. The storm is presently forecast to make landfall in North western Florida around 08:00 (local time) on 30 August. Idalia will bring significant storm surge to the North western coast, a part of Florida particularly susceptible to storm surge due to geographical features. Idalia will weaken and pass northeast across Florida, and along the coasts of Georgia, South and North Carolina during the evening of 30 August and day of 31 August before traveling out to sea. Tornados likely along in some parts of Florida beginning the evening 29 August.