The 2015 edition of KDS Now, a major event on the market for new technologies applied to business travel, brought together nearly 1,300 participants at the Salle Wagram in Paris. Once again, Dean Forbes and others put on a show on the Paris stage, aided and abetted by the latest developments from the KDS teams. The technology specialist's CEO focused in particular on the customising KDS Neowhich now remembers user preferences based on previous bookings, to better anticipate proposed flight times or hotel types. Other, more marginal improvements have also been unveiled, such as the possibility of carrying out a search based on the time at which the business traveller wishes to return home, rather than just the time at which he or she leaves the meeting.
But the main advances are to be found elsewhere, in the intricacies of the technical language that the speakers tried to decipher for ordinary travellers. KDS is well aware that the travel sector is evolving in such a way as to give way to new players, particularly from the collaborative economy. Its "Content Hub presented on Thursday should make it possible tointegrate non-GDS suppliersBy opening the door to the new content that is proliferating on the market, offering business travellers so many alternatives.
" Last but not least "In keeping with the very Anglo-Saxon tone of this Parisian show, this 5th KDS Now prefigures the next KDS Now. launch of KDS Neo Move KDS Neo Move is an intelligent, proactive mobile application that supports travellers throughout their journey, anticipating their needs according to their situation. The 'Expense' section of KDS Neo Move, for example, offers the option of integrating the cost of the taxi itself by photographing the bill. However, we'll have to wait until the beginning of 2016 to download this new application: will this be the occasion for new announcements for the 6th KDS Now? Who knows.
