(Lebanon, N.H. – May 14, 2024) The Global Rescue Intelligence Delivery system (GRID) that places critical travel risk management, intelligence and operations resources in the hands of leisure and business travelers was selected by the Business Travel News Group as a Technology Innovation – Traveler Experience finalist for the 2024 Business Travel Awards Europe.

The GRID system distributes targeted notifications, alerts and serves as the communications hub for ongoing operations to individuals who could be impacted by events including civil unrest, disease-related developments, safety issues, transportation disruptions, communications blackouts, and natural disasters such as floods, hurricanes, earthquakes and volcanic activity.

“It is the world’s only integrated medical and security mobile app for travel risk, asset tracking, intelligence delivery and crisis response management. Last year more than a million targeted event alerts were distributed to individuals who were impacted by more than 10,000 global events reported,” said Dan Richards, CEO of The Global Rescue Companies, the world’s leading provider of medical, security, evacuation and travel risk management services.

As leisure and business travel increase globally, so do the challenges of travel disruptions from extreme weather, transportation delays as well as threats of international violent conflicts, terrorism and civil unrest. Most travelers lack immediate access to travel intelligence information, communication or operations capabilities that may be lifesaving in the event of a medical or security emergency.

“Global Rescue’s GRID changes that. In an emergency, the GRID app puts its users in immediate contact with the medical teams and military special operations veterans who staff Global Rescue’s Global Operations Centers,” said Harding Bush, associate director for Global Rescue security operations.

The GRID system is comprised of two modules to reduce traveler risk. The Individual Traveler Mobile App and the Desktop Administrator Control Center that work together to help individuals, organizations, companies and academic institutions protect, track and communicate with remote travelers, employees and students.

Travelers using the GRID Individual Traveler Mobile App can research medical and security risks by destination, obtain automatic Destination Reports, receive active security alerts including analysis and advice, connect for GPS “check-ins” with real-time location tracking, and stay in touch with in-app communications both internally and with Global Rescue.

Administrators managing the GRID Desktop Administrator Control Center receive comprehensive situational awareness of global risks 24/7/365, monitor real-time global threats and analysis with Event Alerts, audit a dynamic global risk map to identify regions of increased risk, manage communications using the in-app messaging that allows direct contact with individual or group GRID Mobile App users.

Winners will be announced at the Business Travel Awards Europe on Tuesday, 24 September in London.

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Contact Bill McIntyre at bmcintyre@globalrescue.com or +1 (202) 560-1195 (phone/text) for more information.

About Global Rescue

The Global Rescue Companies are the world’s leading provider of medical, security, evacuation and travel risk management services to enterprises, governments and individuals. Founded in 2004, Global Rescue has exclusive relationships with the Johns Hopkins Emergency Medicine Division of Special Operations and Elite Medical Group. Global Rescue provides best-in-class services that identify, monitor and respond to client medical and security crises. Global Rescue has provided medical and security support to its clients, including Fortune 500 companies, governments and academic institutions, during every globally significant crisis of the last two decades. For more information, visit www.globalrescue.com.

About The Business Travel News Group

The BTN Group’s Business Travel Awards Europe 2024 showcases industry leadership, partnership and innovation. The BTN Group (Business Travel News, Business Travel News Europe, Travel Procurement, and The Beat) is the leading global source of business travel and meeting information, news, data, analysis and research serving the $1.4 trillion business travel industry. BTN Europe is the leading source of information, news, features, data, and research for corporate travel managers and travel management professionals. For more information, visit BTN Group.