What is Travel Intelligence?
Travel intelligence is information about the security, political, health and travel conditions that could affect your journey, helping you understand what is happening and what it could mean for you.
WHAT IS TRAVEL INTELLIGENCE?
Travel intelligence is the process of monitoring, collecting and assessing information that may affect people travelling internationally. It brings together information from a wide range of sources to help travellers understand what is happening in a destination and whether those developments could have an impact on their plans.
This can include security incidents, political developments, civil unrest, extreme weather, health concerns, transport disruption, border changes and other events that may affect travel.The purpose is not simply to provide more information. It is to provide relevant information in context, helping travellers understand what matters to them.
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The Global Traveller Travel Intelligence Centre provides regularly updated information and analysis covering developments that may affect international travellers. From security and political developments to extreme weather, health issues and travel disruption, it provides current information to complement the evergreen guidance available throughout the Knowledge Centre.
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How What Does Travel Intelligence Cover?
Travel intelligence can cover almost any development that has the potential to affect international travel. This includes:
Security incidents and emerging threats
Political developments and civil unrest
Crime and terrorism
Natural disasters and severe weather
Health and disease developments
Demonstrations and strikes
Airport and airline disruption
Border closures and changes affecting access
Events that may affect movement within a destination
Why Is Travel Intelligence Important?
Travel plans are often made weeks or months in advance, while conditions can change in a matter of hours. An airport can close. A severe weather event can disrupt transport. Political tensions can increase. A demonstration can affect movement through a city. A developing security situation can change the practical considerations for someone already on the ground.
Travel intelligence helps travellers remain aware of these changes rather than relying solely on information available when their journey was first planned. For organisations, it can also support the wider management of employees travelling internationally by helping travellers and travel managers understand developments that may affect their people.
Travel Intelligence Is About Context
Following the news is not the same as understanding what a development means for travel. An incident may take place far from the area a traveller is visiting and have little practical effect on their journey. In other circumstances, a seemingly local event may affect airports, roads, borders or wider transport networks.
Travel intelligence puts developments into a travel context, helping answer the questions that matter to travellers: What has happened? Where has it happened? Could it affect my journey? What should I be aware of?
Travel Intelligence and Travel Alerts
Travel alerts are one way important travel intelligence is communicated when a particular development requires attention. Travel intelligence provides the wider picture, while a travel alert highlights a specific situation that may be particularly relevant to travellers. Global Traveller provides both ongoing travel intelligence and travel alerts, helping members stay informed as conditions develop.
Read: What Is a Travel Alert? →
Stay Informed Before and During Your Journey
Conditions can change after a journey has been booked and even after a traveller has arrived. Staying informed helps you understand those changes and consider whether your plans or precautions need to change with them. Global Traveller combines travel intelligence and travel alerts with 24/7 human assistance, providing both the information to understand changing circumstances and practical support when you need it.
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TRAVEL INTELLIGENCE CENTRE
Guides,insights and advice for smarter travel
Explore the Travel Intelligence Centre for practical guides, traveller advice and in-depth insights designed to help you prepare before departure and make better decisions while abroad.
From airport transit and communications to extreme weather, personal safety, medical issues and travel disruption, the Travel Intelligence Centre brings together useful information for international travellers.