| Headline: How to avoid being blown up abroad Source: Euromoney Date: September 2000 Author: Julian Marshall What do you do if you are sent on a business trip, or even worse asked to relocate abroad? At least you would be forgiven for doing so if you took to heart the advice on oVer in a new business travel survival guide. Forewarned is Forearmed: or How to survive in some of the riskiest business travel destinations in the world, published by Merchant International Group, offers advice on staying alive away from familiar surroundings. It seems death is lurking in many corners of most countries in the world. The report opens encouragingly, saying that as globalization continues, business people are more likely to travel to countries where life is cheap and they may then encounter danger from criminal gangs, terrorists, and fanatics. “The world is a far more perilous place and the safety of executives is in jeopardy whenever they travel, work away from safe places or pass close to areas of concern or risk,” the report warns. “It is of little comfort to be reminded that, for every executive or manager harmed in any way, literally thousands remain totally unscathed.” |