His expertise has allowed him to identify the most common methods and locations used by professional criminals who target travelers.  

As a pioneer in the area of travel safety, he became very passionate about reducing the amount of victimization of travelers while on the road.  In 1990, Kevin started Corporate Travel Safety, a consulting company that specializes in travel safety seminars and consulting.  In his off-duty hours, Kevin began sharing his knowledge at national sales meetings for some of the top Fortune 100 companies.  His business further expanded in assisting corporations and associations with writing the travel policies, specifically in the area of providing content in the travel safety area. 

His company has personally trained over 10,000 travelers for some of the world’s largest companies such as American Express, Hewlett Packard, Motorola, Rockwell, Mattel, Arco, Texaco, and Xerox.

Kevin is a member of:

The National Speakers Association
National Assn of Chiefs of Police
American Society of Industrial Security

When the media needs an expert in the field of travel safety, they turn to Kevin Coffey.  You might have seen him on one of his many television appearances.  He was recently featured in Dec 2000 on Oprah and in Sept 2000 on ABC’s 20/20 highly rated two part series, "Traveler Beware, How to avoid airport crime while on the road."  In July of 2000, Oprah Winfrey featured Kevin in her hour long special  "Avoiding Crime while traveling Internationally"  Oprah interviewed Kevin in regards to avoiding hotel crime overseas.  Oprah also featured Kevin in 1998/99 on her hour long special "Airport Crime" where Oprah went undercover with him as he ripped off unsuspecting travelers in America’s airports.    

He has also appeared on The Today Show, CNN, The Travel Channel, CNBC, Lezza, Home and Family, plus numerous local television station around the country. He is widely quoted in newspapers, trade publications, syndicated radio talk shows, and computer on-line forums. For further information, please go to our media page

We challenge you to compare our qualifications to others claiming to be 
"Travel Security Experts."  Have they worked investigating crimes committed against travelers as their primary career? Is their experience specifically in the travel safety arena, or have they been in completely different careers and have just become an "expert" ?  Do they have experience in interviewing thousands of travel crime victims along with the criminal suspects who committed those crimes?  You do the homework on finding an expert to work for your organization.

We have researched this subject and learned that many employees while having been provided written material on travel safety by their company, rarely took the time to read it. After speaking to thousands of travelers, travel agencies, corporate travel and tour managers, it is clear that most travelers prefer listening to an audiotape while driving to work or the airport.  Corporate Travel Safety produces the most authoritative audiotape program in the industry that specifically address travel safety issues. The tape is sold in a standard generic version, or is usually customized with corporate logos, messages, and audio tracks from your company’s executives. Contact our office for more information.

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