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Risk Management

US Presidential Inauguration: By the numbers

Posted by: JoanEisenstodt in Washington Post, Washington DC, Vice President Biden, Tourist attractions, Taxation without Representation, Smithsonian, Security, Safety, Risk Management, President Obama, Michelle Obama, Meeting Planning, Inaugural Ball, Barack Obama on Jan 03, 2009

WOW! We in DC - and those around the world - are counting down the days until the Inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States.

Living in DC (where we still have taxation without representation) gives us a great opportunity to read, daily, in the Washington Post and at washingtonpost.com all kinds of information about past inaugural celebrations and about the plans for

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Wanna be a good samaritan? Not in California you won't!

Posted by: JoanEisenstodt in Risk Management, Meetings, Meeting Planning, Good Samaritan Law, California on Dec 23, 2008

When I heard this ruling, I was fascinated and horrified. So many different scenarios ran through my head - many of them involving our work and the circumstances in which we find ourselves as meeting professionals and providers of facilities and services.

Let's say you are producing a meeting or event in a convention center. It's the end of the day, the weather is pleasant and a meeting

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9.11.01. Katrina. Rita. Ike. Bangkok. Mumbai. You.

Posted by: JoanEisenstodt in Travel Arrangements, Travel, Tourist attractions, Tourism, Sales Marketing, Safety, Risk Management, Onsite management, News, New Orleans, Katrina Rita Ike, Julia Rutherford Silvers, Jim Fausel, Incentive Travel, Hotel, Events, Education, Economy, Destination, Dave Wiggins, Conventions, Conferences, CATourism Safety Security Conference, Bangkok Thailand, AZ Tourism Safety Security Conference on Dec 06, 2008

As many as 100K tourists are stranded in Thailand, unable to depart. Airline schedules around the world have been disrupted. Thailand is both a major (traditional) tourist and incentive destination and is a 'hot spot' for medical tourism - which means that people who took time off to go or those en route also may not be able to get there.

Airines cut flights into and out of Mumbai, with

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