Boston, Mass., January 19, 2016 – Global Rescue, a worldwide provider of integrated medical, security, intelligence, travel risk and crisis management services to enterprises, governments and individuals, today announced a partnership with theEducational Travel Community (ETC), an organization dedicated to promoting lifelong learning through travel and advancing the field of alumni and affinity travel. Global Rescue and ETC will collaboratively develop and communicate travel risk management and preparedness best practices to ETC members, and Global Rescue will be the official provider of travel risk and crisis management services to the ETC.

Through this alliance, Global Rescue and the ETC will collaborate to create benefits exclusive to ETC members, including:

  • Comprehensive education regarding travel risk and Duty of Care, including the requirement to disclose potential hazards and provide support to travelers during emergencies.

  • Online training in critical travel risk and crisis management topics and best practices, including emergency action planning.

  • Access to proprietary information and analysis of travel risk topics through ETC member online dashboards.

  • Preferred pricing on travel risk and crisis management preparedness for ETC members.

“Global Rescue’s unique travel risk and crisis management expertise will ensure ETC’s members have access to an intensive education program and information resources necessary to prepare for and address crises in an increasingly challenging global environment,” said J. Mara DelliPriscoli, President, Travel Learning Connections, Inc., and founder of the ETC. “Through this partnership, community members will reap the benefits of world-class education, training and access on risk topics that are critical to alumni and affinity travel planners, their respective institutions, travelers as well as to their purveyors of travel in the decade ahead.”

“ETC is well-positioned to become the leading forum for travel risk management content and training in the alumni and affinity travel industries,” said Global Rescue CEO Daniel L. Richards. “We share the ETC’s commitment to working with this community to improve preparedness, resiliency and to help reduce the risk of liability.”

At the annual Educational Travel Community’s 30th annual Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, January 24-27, 2016, Global Rescue will be a sponsor of the 2016 Risk Management Professional Development Program, an intensive series of workshops on building and auditing an organization’s integrative travel risk management program.

About the Educational Travel Community (ETC)

The Educational Travel Community (ETC) is a membership organization dedicated to promoting lifelong learning through travel and advancing the field of alumni and affinity travel. ETC and its annual Educational Travel Conference, roundtables and workshops offer professional development, mentoring, and networking opportunities for the travel planners at alumni associations, zoos, museums, cultural, and conservation organizations who are responsible for the planning, management and marketing of alumni, member, and donor travel programs, as well as the U.S. and foreign tour operators, travel suppliers and country/regional destinations serving special-interest and lifelong-learning group travel globally.

About Global Rescue

Global Rescue is a worldwide provider of integrated medical, security, intelligence, travel risk management and crisis response services to enterprises, governments and individuals. Founded in partnership with Johns Hopkins Medicine, Global Rescue’s unique operational model provides best-in-class services that identify, monitor and respond to potential threats. 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 decade.

For more information, call +1-617-459-4200 or visit www.globalrescue.com.

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Global Rescue
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