The Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau, in coordination with HospitalityLawyer.com, is producing the first-ever Global Congress on Legal, Safety, and Security Solutions in Travel – the only conference that places legal, safety and security solutions for the travel industry under one roof. **What is the Global Congress?** “This conference enables all aspects of the travel equation to share their legal, safety, and security experiences and best practices. This will be an all-encompassing public-private dialogue to enhance the global travel industry’s ability to avoid interruptions and to provide a safe, secure, and seamless travel experience” said Stephen Barth, Founder of HospitalityLawyer.com. The annual Global Congress is a unique opportunity for travel industry professionals, business travel teams, and consultants from aviation, cruise, ground transportation, lodging, facilities, events and supply chain businesses to: -Explore continuing and recent legal, safety, and security challenges -Identify common trends and issues relevant to the travel industry -Share and develop best practices -Benchmark their current policies and procedures with other travel industry leaders -Develop innovative approaches from cross-industry knowledge exchange and -Discover the latest research and solutions available. **What Topics Will the Global Congress Address?** General Sessions will address topics, issues and solutions that impact all components of travel, such as: -The Debate: Screening vs. Personal Privacy -Global Data Security Best Practices -Contagious Outbreaks: Appropriate Responses in all Sectors of Public Accommodation -The US Travel Association's Blue Ribbon Panel on Aviation -Security: Findings and Recommendations -What Have We Learned from Recent Travel Disruptions? -Can We Predict Future Violent or Terrorist Acts? -Profiling: Is it Effective and What are the Privacy Implications? -Human Trafficking: Is the Travel Industry Enabling It? -Best Practices in Supply Chain -Security Around the World -The Media's Role in Creating and Sustaining a Travel Crisis The second day features a full day of sessions in each travel component: -Transportation, including Airlines, Cruise, Ground, and Terminal -Lodging -Venues & Events -Public Support of Travel, including Embassies, Health, Entry/Exit, Airports, Terminals, and Seaports -Leisure Travel & Tourism -Business Travel -Legal The Global Congress will bring leaders together in an unbiased environment and accelerate learning on key subjects in a concise 3-day format.

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Global Congress on Legal, Safety, and Security Solutions in Travel
Executive Summary
ÉWorld Peace Through International Trade & TravelÉ
- Conrad N. Hilton
The Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau, in coordination with HospitalityLawyer.com, is
producing the first-ever Global Congress on Legal, Safety, and Security Solutions in Travel – the
only conference that places legal, safety and security solutions for the travel industry under one
roof.
What is the Global Congress?
“This conference enables all aspects of the travel equation to share their legal, safety, and security
experiences and best practices. This will be an all-encompassing public-private dialogue to
enhance the global travel industry’s ability to avoid interruptions and to provide a safe, secure,
and seamless travel experience” said Stephen Barth, Founder of HospitalityLawyer.com.
The annual Global Congress is a unique opportunity for travel industry professionals, business
travel teams, and consultants from aviation, cruise, ground transportation, lodging, facilities,
events and supply chain businesses to:
• Explore continuing and recent legal, safety, and security challenges
• Identify common trends and issues relevant to the travel industry
• Share and develop best practices
• Benchmark their current policies and procedures with other travel industry leaders
• Develop innovative approaches from cross-industry knowledge exchange and
• Discover the latest research and solutions available.
What Topics Will the Global Congress Address?
General Sessions will address topics, issues and solutions that impact all components of travel,
such as:
• The Debate: Screening vs. Personal Privacy
• Global Data Security Best Practices
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• Contagious Outbreaks: Appropriate Responses in all Sectors of Public Accommodation
• The US Travel Association's Blue Ribbon Panel on Aviation Security: Findings and
Recommendations
• What Have We Learned from Recent Travel Disruptions?
• Can We Predict Future Violent or Terrorist Acts?
• Profiling: Is it Effective and What are the Privacy Implications?
• Human Trafficking: Is the Travel Industry Enabling It?
• Best Practices in Supply Chain Security Around the World
• The Media's Role in Creating and Sustaining a Travel Crisis
The second day features a full day of sessions in each travel component:
• Transportation, including Airlines, Cruise, Ground, and Terminal
• Lodging
• Venues & Events
• Public Support of Travel, including Embassies, Health, Entry/Exit, Airports, Terminals, and
Seaports
• Leisure Travel & Tourism
• Business Travel
• Legal.
The Global Congress will bring leaders together in an unbiased environment and accelerate
learning on key subjects in a concise 3-day format.
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Who Should Attend?
Travel Buyers Travel Suppliers Public Travel Supporters
• Risk, Safety, Security, • Risk, Safety, Security, • Risk, Safety, Security,
Health and Environmental Health and Environmental Health and Environmental
Officers Officers Officers for Air, Sea and
• In-house Counsel • In-house Counsel Public Transportation
• Travel Managers • C-level Executives Systems & Terminals
• Human Resource • Wholesalers, Distributors, • Domestic Security and
Executives and Manufacturers of Other Law Enforcement
• Procurement/CFO Safety and Security Officials
• Meeting Planners Solutions • Government Attorneys
• Procurement • Immigration and Customs
• Attorneys & Consultants Officials
focusing on Travel & • Health Policy Directors
Hospitality • Travel and Tourism
Ministers and
Administrators
• Consulate and Foreign
Trade Officials
• Researchers and Thought
Leaders in the Hospitality,
Travel, and Tourism
Arenas
• Embassy Personnel
The first Global Congress, presented in coordination with the Greater Houston Convention &
Visitors Bureau, will be held August 25-28, 2011, in Houston, Texas. Houston, situated centrally in
the United States, is an international gateway city with 92 consulates and the headquarters for
major travel-related businesses and associations. It is also the home of the renowned Conrad N.
Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management at the University of Houston, whose
namesake strongly championed the philosophy that global travel could bring about world peace.
Arthur J. Gallagher and iJet are Foundation Sponsors of the Global Congress.
About HospitalityLawyer.com:
HospitalityLawyer.com is the leading global network of people, products and services that deliver
legal, safety and security solutions to the hospitality industry. HospitalityLawyer.com is the host of
the annual Hospitality Law Conference, now in its ninth year, and the only conference of its kind to
focus comprehensively on all aspects of hospitality law.
For more information, please contact: Diana Singson, COO, (713) 864-6944, diana@hospitalitylawyer.com .
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