Blog Entries tagged 'Risk Management'

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

JoanEisenstodt — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:00:00 +0100

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 disruptions rippling across the world and likely to continue to [...]

Destination selection and financial hit-be very afraid

JoanEisenstodt — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:00:00 +0100

In the meetingscollaborative.com discussion boards, we're having a good discussion about destination selection and the current state of the economy.

We know that there are air fares and added travel fees to consider. Hotel room rates and other charges seem to be stable (v. rising or decreasing.)

The bigger considerations to me are the health and safety of those who attend our meetings. Safety first.

This article in the NYTimes spells out what we [...]

When bad things happen in good cities

JoanEisenstodt — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:00:00 +0100

Washington, DC - the place I've called home since 1978 - has an often maligned reputation.

It is referred to by politicians and newscasters (and, now, it seems ordinary citizens) as WASHINGTON, the place where all evil happens to harm this country. I shake my head in sadness every time I hear this since I know that we are a place of people just like any other and the 'evil' people perceive is only in the Federal enclaves of Congress, the White House, and othe [...]

Lessons learned

JoanEisenstodt — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:00:00 +0100

Have you been watching the Democratic National Convention? Read anything about it in print or on the web? Talked with colleagues who are there - either as delegates, guests, demonstrators, or volunteers?

Did you watch the Olympics and follow what went on .. beyond sports? Did you watch to see how crowds were handled?

Both events - and next week's GOP convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul - are all superb examples of how cities deal with major events.

As meeting [...]

Who cooked that?

JoanEisenstodt — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:00:00 +0100

For years, I've wondered when our industry would take note of the risk management issues inherent in all we do. Food safety, something most think little about (until they get a dose of food poisoning), is rarely discussed among industry colleagues.

When first confronted with our RFP where it asks about food safety and inspections of kitchens, many properties ask if we are serious.

Uh huh. Very.

This article, from the Sunday, 8 June New York Times, [...]

"It's an emergency. We're not prepared."

JoanEisenstodt — Sun, 18 May 2008 23:00:00 +0100

Following up on the blog I wrote this weekend was this superb article from the 18 May, 2008 Washington Post. Read it and then sit down and prepare - for yourself, for your homelife, for your community and for your meetings and facilities.

We're far from prepared and I'm gonna beat this drum until we are.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/16/AR2008051603735.html?referrer=emailarticlepg

"I've got the watch."

JoanEisenstodt — Sat, 17 May 2008 23:00:00 +0100

This morning, on "Weekend Edition Sunday" on NPR, we listened to a wonderful storyteller, Captain 'Fatty' Goodlander, a person who has lived on boats his entire life, tell about his current circumnavigation of the globe. From the seas off Borneo, he talked about his life with his wife as they live life on the high seas.

What struck me as much as his wonderful ability to tell stories (which was delightful and insightful, full of passion) was his [...]