CONNECTED TRAVELLER

myCWT, the application developed by CWT in 2013, will soon enable many travellers to book their flight from their smartphone. The service is currently being rolled out in around twenty countries, including France.

The Japanese manufacturer is once again demonstrating its expertise in premium audio headphones with its latest generation of active noise reduction headphones. Unrivalled efficiency, useful for all business travellers.

Since the beginning of November, Star Alliance has been trialling a new service for business travellers visiting the alliance's lounges: virtual reality headsets are available in terminal 1 at Paris-CDG.

At the Samsung Developer Conference, the South Korean group unveiled its new prototype: a foldable smartphone that allows several applications to be used simultaneously. However, Chinese manufacturer Royole had already presented a model of this type at the end of October.

Following the creation of Uber for Business, which enables companies to manage their business travellers' car journeys, the American giant is now launching Eats for Business.

Kobo's new top-of-the-range e-reader is the biggest and lightest on the market. It's the perfect way to read a large number of books when you're travelling!

Apple has unveiled its new mobile devices. The iPad Pro tablets are slimmer and more powerful, borrowing their design cues from the iPhone, while the slimmed-down MacBook Air also benefits from a technological facelift.

Secure, reliable and autonomous, the new flagship from OnePlus is a compendium of the technologies needed in a professional handset, at excellent value for money.

Lyft has acquired the services of Blue Vision Labs, a start-up specialising in augmented reality. The aim is to speed up the development of autonomous vehicles.

Far from being a simple evolution, Huawei has packed its new premium smartphone with innovations that are relevant to everyday life. The result is record power and autonomy for optimised professional use, in complete safety.

The SNCF wants to become a key player in mobility in Europe by transforming its application into a multimodal travel tool by spring 2019. To achieve this, it has created e-voyageurs SNCF, which brings together the skills of the SNCF, its OUI.sncf website and its VSCT digital laboratory.

The American giant is presenting the latest generation of its flagship Surface products for mobile use. Focus on the Surface Laptop 2 ultraportable computer and the Surface Pro 6 tablet.

Although the 2015 Macron law was supposed to make transport data freely accessible, many transport operators have yet to share their precious data. On Thursday, Trainline brought together various players in the field for a round table discussion on the challenges of open data.

Jabra and Sony are offering new models of wireless in-ear headphones. Focus on uses dedicated to sporty business travellers.

As part of the "French Tech takes off" operation, Air France is introducing its passengers to the innovative products and services offered by ten French start-ups.

The new European RGPD regulation has put the spotlight on the problem of data protection. But it has not solved the problem of cybercrime, to which business travellers are particularly exposed.

In the shadow of the web giants, who are regularly accused of exploiting and sharing users' personal data, there are alternatives for surfing the web without exposing your privacy. And the made in France sector is making a name for itself.

Fabien Soulis, Partner and Director of the Technical Department at Oppidum Security, takes a look at the various cybercrime threats facing business travellers, and offers some advice on how to limit the risk of hacking.

The temptation of social networking is leading many business travellers to share their location information during business trips. This is a risky practice if it is not supervised by the company.

On 25 September, Fairjungle won the Start-up Contest organised by Iftm Top Resa. Samir Idris, co-founder of the platform, takes a look at this start-up, which rewards business travellers for saving money.