System for managing risk in employee travel

A method for notifying affected users of a travel risk management system of an occurrence of a risk management event during travel, the method comprising:

• storing travel itinerary information for each user of a plurality of users of the travel risk management system, wherein the travel itinerary information of each user includes user identification information, travel date information for a travel time period in which the respective user is traveling, and geographic location information for at least one destination of the respective user during the travel time period;
• determining, by a processor of a computing device, the occurrence of the risk management event, a geographic location of the risk management event, and an anticipated duration of the risk management event;
• determining, by the processor, whether a future destination of the at least one destination of one or more users of the plurality of users has a geographic location that corresponds with the geographic location of the risk management event and the respective travel time period for the future destination is within a time period from a current time to the anticipated duration of the risk management event;
• determining, by the processor, whether a present destination of the at least one destination of at least one user of the plurality of users at the current time has a geographic location corresponding to the geographic location of the risk management event;
• and
• executing, by the processor, a risk management event response in response to determining that the present destination or future destination of a subset of the plurality of users corresponds to the geographic location of the risk management event during the anticipated duration of the risk management event, wherein executing the risk management event response comprises
• causing transmission of a risk management event notification message from a business application server of the travel risk management system to a respective portable computing device of each respective user of the subset of users,
• receiving a risk management event notification response message from the respective portable computing device of one or more users of the subset of users at the business application server, wherein the risk management event notification response message contains user identification information for the respective user,
• updating, for each user of the one or more users, respective user information stored at a database server of the travel risk management system with an indication of the receipt of the risk management event notification response message in response to receiving the respective risk management event notification response message, and
• receiving a notification, at the business application server, regarding at least one user of the subset of users who has not responded to the risk management event notification message, wherein respective user identification information including contact information for each user of the at least one user of the subset of users is accessible via the business application server.