Travel Business, Tourism Marketing & Hospitality Industry Tools & Resources


November 30, 2008

Liability Insurance and Risk Management for Travel Agencies and Tour Operators

Are you are a tour operator, travel agent, hotelier, resort, lodge and have questions on travel liability insurance and risk management, especially in adventure travel, you need to listen to this important episode of Travel Business Success Podcast.

Tim Warren interviews Rick McKinley with Alameda Associates who specializes helping travel providers and vendors get liability insurance and has lots of experience in the adventure travel, active sports filed. 

Top Travel and Hospitality Risk Management  and Liability Insurance Topics Include:

1) WHERE CAN I FIND LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR MY TRAVEL AGENCY \ TOUR OPERATIONS?

2) WHAT'S DOES IT COVER?
•    Levels of coverage:
•    Cost

3) WHAT ARE THE BASICS A TRAVEL COMPANY SHOULD SEEK?
•    Gen liability insurance
•    Non owned and hired auto -important
•    Physical and sexual abuse
•    worldwide
•    Bodily injury
•    Errors and omissions ( $ back from client)
•    Volunteer workers comp
•    Accidental death and dismemberment

4) TRAVEL INSURANCE SUPPLIER:

  • CNA international
  • AIG
  • Lexington – AIrisk.com


5) WHAT'S DOES IT NOT COVER?
•    Definitions in policy
•    Endorsements?

6) WHAT SHOULD I DO TO FIND OUT WHAT MY CURRENT POLICY COVERS AND DOES NOT COVER?

7) WHAT CAN I DO PROACTIVEL Y TO REDUCE MY CHANCES OF HAVING A LIABILITY INSURANCE CLAIM?
•    Have in contracts:

  • hold harmless/ disclaimer statements
  • limit liability
  • medical release form for treatment
  • Vendors insurance – naming suppliers as additional insured
  • Vendor selection process
  • Hold activity provider harmless – indemnity provision


6)  CRISIS MANAGEMENT PLANS

  • Risk management policies, procedures and STAFF TRAINING

 

Rick McKinley Contact:

Voice: (510) 522-2090
email: alainsur@pacbell.net
www.alamedaassociatesins.com

For more tips, tools and templates on liability and risk management for travel professionals, look for my new Travel Business Success Handbook being released in January 2009. This new handbook will give you actual digital templates you can use to create important business forms including: Release of Liability and Cancellation Terms and Conditions, Advance Credit Card Agreement and more.

 

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September 13, 2008

Sell More Travel with Packaging for Tour Operators, Destinations, Hoteliers

If you want to fill your shoulder season, create greater awareness for tourism product or destination and increase your revenues on every transaction, you need to listen to this Travel Business Success show on travel packaging.

Tim Warren interview Manny Papadoulis with Icon tourism, former owner of a Feature Tours, the largest Western Australian coach tour business based in Perth, Australia.

Learn how you can partner with fellow travel professionals: tour operators, airlines, and other regions to increase your marketing exposure and your sales for little to none up front costs.

Highlights of Travel Business Success, Show # 39

  • How to assemble travel packages
  • What are the top 3 elements that make a successful package
  • How to research best travel options to package and sell
  • Why cooperation with travel competitors is good for your tourism business
  • How to partner with Airlines for a flood of new sales

 

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July 30, 2008

How to Sell More Travel and Hospitality With Video

Tim interviews Rob Olmsted with RGO Advertising who produced many successful promotional videos to market and sell many of Tim's adventure travel projects.

 

Selling Travel with Video Highlights

  • Key visual and script elements that must be included in a video to successfully promote and SELL travel & hospitality.
  • How to get your clients selling for you with video testimonials.
  • How to create a professional travel video that successfully sells travel, even with less than perfect video.

 

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