Ipsos MORI study looks into business decision-makers views on travel risks
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- Published: Wednesday, 16 November 2016 09:33
A comprehensive Ipsos MORI survey of over 1,000 business decision-makers responsible for their organization's travel risk mitigation has looked at trends and attitudes to this enterprise risk.
Despite an increased perception of risk (72 percent of respondents), 44 percent reported a rise in business travel activity in the past year and over half expect further increase in 2017. Almost half of respondents (48 percent) say their organizations investment in travel risk mitigation has increased over the past year, and 47 percent believe this will increase further in the coming year.
The top risk mitigation activities were:
Reinforced travel security measures | 50% |
Updated travel risk policy | 45% |
Introduced pre-trip advisory emails | 39% |
Implemented travel safety training | 32% |
Implemented programs to locate travelers | 25% |
Provided pre-travel health programs | 22% |
Invested in crisis communication systems | 20% |
Enforced use of mobile check in | 15% |
Business decision-makers report the greatest challenges in mitigating travel risks are:
Educating employees about travel risks | 49% |
Communicating during a crisis | 47% |
Tracking employee travel | 42% |
Confirming that employees have read pre-travel information | 37% |
Travel risk policy compliance | 31% |
Managing a crisis | 31% |
Business continuity planning | 23% |
Implementing a travel risk policy | 23% |
Confirming that employees have taken travel risk training | 23% |
Understanding legal obligations to travelers | 22% |
Management buy-in of travel risk policy | 18% |
Dominating concerns on a global level are potential terror attacks (71 percent), followed by the Zika virus (49 percent) and civil unrest (46 percent), with inadequate healthcare and road accidents both at 15 percent. However, these lesser considered, but more common, issues should also be taken seriously.
The results of the Ipsos MORI survey were released by International SOS and Control Risks during the launch of their Travel Risk Map for 2017. Providing a comprehensive overview of risks by destination, the Travel Risk Map helps organizations and their mobile workforce in their travel risk mitigation efforts.
Learn more about Travel Risk Map 2017 and view the map online at https://www.internationalsos.com/travelriskmap
