After theaccommodationthe transportrental of meeting rooms, l'collaborative economy is set to conquer another aspect of business travel - and not the least - the passenger safety. Already available since 2015 in a consumer version, theapplication Qwidam is now tackling business travel. The social network for emergency situations has just launched QPROwhich defines itself as " a closed, secure network in which employees from the same group can help each other all over the world ".
This new communication tool, based on theuser anonymity - " you don't know who's where but you know there's someone there "summarise those responsible for the tool - works both vertically and horizontally. To put it plainly: a traveller arriving at his destination can use the application to find out whether other employees in his network are nearby, and if there is a problem, contribute to the group's information and mutual assistance. At the same time, the safety department the company can communicate with these same travellers, to anticipate a crisis situation or deal with them more effectively. " This transversal and vertical flow of multimedia information on a dedicated medium reassures and reconciles employers and employees around growth projects "say the QPro designers.
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Already adopted by several major CAC40 companies, QPro joins the two other versions of the tool devised by Qwidam: Qcitizensocial media in emergency situations, and Qzoneto broadcast geolocalised alerts.
While security has now been identified by companies as one of the most important priorities the most crucial in terms of travel managementseveral studies are still pointing to the lack of measures put in place to rationalise this issue, and to keep employees informed.
