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The Global Rescue Intelligence Delivery system (GRID 2.0) that places critical travel intelligence in the hands of leisure and business travelers was named to Fast Company\u2019s prestigious list of the World\u2019s Most Innovative Companies of 2024. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cOur list of the Most Innovative Companies is both a comprehensive look at the innovation economy and a snapshot of the business trends that defined the year,\u201d said Fast Company editor-in-chief Brendan Vaughan.<\/p>\n The GRID 2.0 system distributes targeted notifications and alerts to individuals who could be impacted by events including civil unrest, disease-related developments, safety issues, transportation disruptions, communications blackouts, and natural disasters such as floods, hurricanes, earthquakes and volcanic activity.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is the world\u2019s only integrated medical and security mobile app for travel risk, asset tracking, intelligence delivery and crisis response management. Last year more than a million targeted event alerts were distributed to individuals who could be affected by more than 10,000 global events reported,\u201d said Dan Richards, CEO of The Global Rescue Companies, the world\u2019s leading provider of medical, security, evacuation and travel risk management services.<\/p>\n As leisure and business travel increase globally, so do the challenges to balance safety in the face of travel disruptions from extreme weather, flooding threats and transportation delays as well as threats of international violent conflicts, terrorism and civil unrest. Most travelers lack immediate access to travel intelligence information or communication capabilities that may be lifesaving in the event of a medical or security emergency.<\/p>\n \u201cGlobal Rescue\u2019s GRID 2.0 changes that. In an emergency, the GRID 2.0 app puts its users in immediate contact with the medical teams and military special operations veterans who staff Global Rescue\u2019s Global Operations Centers,\u201d said Harding Bush, associate director for Global Rescue security operations.<\/p>\n The GRID 2.0 system is comprised of two parts to reduce traveler risk. The Individual Traveler Mobile App and the Desktop Administrator Control Center work together to help individuals, organizations, companies and universities protect, track and communicate with remote travelers, employees and students.<\/p>\n Travelers using the GRID 2.0 Individual Traveler Mobile App can research medical and security risks by destination, obtain automatic Destination Reports, receive active security alerts including analysis and advice, connect for GPS \u201ccheck-ins\u201d with real-time location tracking, and stay in touch with in-app communications both internally and with Global Rescue.<\/p>\n Administrators managing the GRID 2.0 Desktop Administrator Control Center receive comprehensive situational awareness of global risks 24\/7\/365, monitor real-time global threats and analysis with Event Alerts, audit a dynamic global risk map to identify regions of increased risk, manage communications using the in-app messaging that allows direct contact with individual or group GRID 2.0 Mobile App users.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n