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Accommodations near the VDI Training Facility

VDI preferred lodging

The Village at Pocono – located within the Pocono Raceway facility
https://www.villageatpocono.com/

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The Swiftwater Hotel
2060 Route 611, Swiftwater, PA 18370
1-570-895-0000
VDI Discount available – use Promo Code:  VDI2025
https://www.theswiftwater.com/

Other Nearby Lodging:

Best Western
107 Parkside Ave, Blakeslee, PA 18610
https://www.bestwestern.com/en_US/book/hotel-rooms.39102.html

Mountain Lodge
2137 PA-940, Pocono Pines, PA 18350
1-570-646-6636
https://mountaintoplodge.com
Ask for the VDI Student Discount

Fairfield Inn Stroudsburg
294 Frantz Road Stroudsburg, PA 18360
1-570-421-0100
Book your corporate rate for Vehicle Dynamics Institute
Use Promo Code: D9216 for a VDI Discount

Kalahari Resorts
1-877-525-2427
250 Kalahari Blvd, Pocono Manor, PA
https://www.kalahariresorts.com/pennsylvania

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Surveillance Detection a Practical Perspective

Surveillance Detection: a Practical Perspective

Recognizing that while the Solo Practitioner approach – where one protection practitioner is responsible for managing the wide range of risks their Principal may face – is not the optimum approach to doing so, it is in fact being effectively implemented far more often and successfully than many in the profession would care to admit, it’s worthwhile to take a closer look at the strategies and tactics which contribute to the effectiveness of the Solo Practitioner paradigm.

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