CONNECTED TRAVELLER

To coincide with the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, autonomous vehicles could link Roissy airport to La Défense. Renault and Waymo - the branch of Google specialising in driverless vehicles - are working together on this project.

Start-ups are bubbling over with new ideas to simplify the traveller's journey, whether it's reconciling personal development and professional efficiency, overcoming a disability or getting the most out of a conference or meeting. Here's a quick overview of the new solutions that are shaking up the world of business travel.

The CityMapper application, which helps travellers get around the city, is now available in Monaco. It's an ideal tool for business travellers who converge on the Principality for its many meetings and professional events.

As well as being more powerful and longer-lasting, Apple's two new premium smartphones, the iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone Max Pro, are equipped with a triple photo sensor to ensure superb image quality.

Berlin becomes, for the duration of a trade fair, the hub of all the new products concocted by manufacturers of electronic equipment. Voyages d'Affaires was there and presents its selection of new products designed to make life easier when travelling.

Asus and Acer have unveiled two new ultraportable laptops featuring the latest technological advances. The result is increased performance combined with compactness.

The easyJet mobile application is about to introduce a new feature, called "Speak Now", enabling business travellers to make their reservations using a voice command.

Samsung has unveiled its new top-of-the-range Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+ smartphones, ultra-high-performance models for business, streaming and gaming.

Tags equipped with RFID chips: this is what Air France and Paris Aéroport are working on to improve baggage handling at the Paris CDG hub from 2020.

Business travellers can now watch France 24 live on medium-haul flights operated by Air France.

Radisson has just launched its new reservations site, integrating the seven brands in its portfolio. A new mobile app will also be available shortly.

An algorithm to optimise business travel, Big Data to reduce costs, a layer of artificial intelligence to limit environmental impact: start-ups, particularly French ones, are working hard to offer companies innovative solutions.

The new version of TripSource, unveiled in mid-July by BCD Travel, places particular emphasis on traveller autonomy through 'self-service' functionalities.

A new study published on Tuesday by CWT deciphers the link between business travel and innovation, pointing in particular to cultural differences, depending on the geographical area.

High-tech rooms and services, insect-based menus, buildings adapted to climate change: Hilton is projecting itself into the hotel industry of the next century, in 2119.

What can you do when you're jet-lagged in Tokyo? The Jetlag Social Club app, launched by Flying Blue, offers a wide range of activities to suit travellers' biological clocks.

The app's 13 million users will benefit from the arrival of new mobility players who will be able to design and even book door-to-door journeys. Everyday journeys will be the first to be covered, with a planned extension to long-distance journeys.

Google Trips users will have to find another travel companion between now and 5 August, the date set for the disappearance of the mobile application.

At a time when WiFi is beginning to make inroads on board aircraft, Latécoère is experimenting with a new way of transmitting in-flight data, using light.

The fourth edition of VivaTech, the major technology event taking place from 16 to 18 May at Porte de Versailles, offers a prime showcase for innovation players. And a number of business travel specialists have made the trip to work together to design the mobility of tomorrow.