Ensuring the safety of your travelling cast and crew is crucial for a successful film shoot. The International SOS Risk Outlook 2024 surveyed senior risk decision makers around the world, with two-thirds of respondents believing that ensuring their workforce’s health, wellbeing, and security will be more challenging in the coming year. Extreme weather events, natural disasters, geopolitical tensions, and medical emergencies are potential risks that can unexpectedly arise and threaten traveller safety.
What remains certain is that prevention is better than a cure. Awareness of potential risks and plans to mitigate them is important for the health, safety and confidence of travellers, as well as project continuity.
For this month’s newsletter, Show Group discusses risk management strategies and highlights the important role of an entertainment travel management company (TMC) in simplifying the process of protecting your production team while they are on the road.
Maintaining communication with travellers
Keeping your travellers informed with reliable, up-to-date information is vital. Consistent communication enhances safety, helps your travellers feel supported, and provides peace of mind. The circulation of misinformation online also poses a significant risk, with over half of Risk Outlook 2024 respondents reporting exposure to inaccurate information about health and security issues in their work. One of the key benefits of advanced travel technology is its ability to facilitate seamless, centralised communication and automated risk alerts. This technology allows travel coordinators to communicate instantly with travellers, ensuring they have a central, verified source of reliable information. This boosts travellers’ confidence and gives travellers and travel managers peace of mind.
Access to travel risk management tools
Today’s travel technology can provide fast and effective solutions for mitigating risks and maximising traveller safety. Advanced tools like real-time traveller tracking and interactive global mapping enable immediate identification and response to emerging threats and potential hazards. In an emergency, travel coordinators must be able to locate and contact their travellers. These technologies allow travel coordinators and their teams to instantly locate travellers and stay informed about any potential risks in travellers’ destinations. This empowers travel coordinators to make informed decisions and quickly take action on emergency response protocols. By leveraging the innovative technology offered by your TMC, you can effectively locate and protect your travellers throughout their journey.
Partner with aTMC that prioritises safety
An experienced entertainment TMC understands that keeping your team safe while travelling is the highest priority. Strategic risk management is essential, and partnering with a knowledgeable entertainment TMC will help you develop a comprehensive travel policy and provide your team with access to travel technology and 24/7 support. As part of the global CTM group, Show Group’s customers benefit from a suite of advanced technologies and services that deliver innovative risk management and duty of care solutions.
Backed by the support and expertise of an entertainment TMC, productions can effectively minimise and manage potential risks and ensure the safety and security of travelling cast and crew throughout their journey.
Show Group’s experts can help you streamline the risk management process and prioritise traveller safety. Contact Show Group today to experience the difference.