Collinson Group has launched Intana Global. It’s described as an integrated medical and security assistance provider serving the London market. Based in the City of London, Intana Global’s assistance centre provides response for around the globe. Intana Global is the new brand for the corporate and specialty assistance business of Collinson Group and replaces the Specialty Assist name after its acquisition by Collinson in 2015. Collinson Group’s partnering with the security and crisis management specialist Security Exchange.
Collinson points to its service’s international medical and logistical network of over 40,000 quality assessed partners. As part of Collinson Group, Intana Global can tap into the Group’s travel expertise spanning across loyalty, lifestyle benefits, insurance and assistance to build what the company terms differentiated and bespoke assistance propositions.
The firm says corporate travel spend is expected to grow further. Assistance-based services will be increasingly important – for corporations from a duty of care perspective as well as for employees as their end users, according to the company. Collinson Group’s own analysis found a 52pc increase in the number of visits by UK business travellers to high-risk destinations overseas in the first half of 2015 compared to the same period a year earlier. At the same time, 58pc of HR professionals believe the process of sending employees abroad has got more difficult from a duty of care perspective over the past year. And yet, only 59pc of HR professionals said their businesses have a corporate travel policy which includes a risk management strategy, the firm said.
Mark Rands, Head of Intana Global, said: “The creation of Intana Global signifies an exciting start for our integrated approach to medical and security assistance services and reflects our global capabilities. Because of our ownership by Collinson Group, we are able to operate on a business model that allows us to connect the dots throughout the entire travel journey. While providing medical and security assistance services is at the heart of what we do, we are in a unique position to engage travellers at every point of their journey through travel-enhancement products and services. Adding to our ease of accessibility, expanding global network of medical and security experts, and expertise in the travel sector, we will continue to invest in technology and drive innovations to ensure we provide maximum care at all times to those who are entrusted in our hands.” Visit http://www.intana-global.com/.
