CONNECTED TRAVELLER

The Oneplus 5 smartphone boasts some great technical features, and its value for money means it's particularly competitive with the competition.

Trainline's mobile application adopts real-time information to keep business travellers informed of any train delays or cancellations, and to geolocate them. This is the first time that a single application has combined notifications, real-time tracking and ticket booking.

The KDS Neo reservation tool is being equipped with new functions, available from 8 July. The aim is to increase flexibility and efficiency, while improving travel policy management.

For the past week, business travellers on domestic flights operated by JAL have had access to free wifi.

Louvre Hotels Group has announced the launch of a new customer journey, 100% digital. From check-in to payment, including the opening of the room, the smartphone should facilitate the entire stay. In all the group's establishments.

While roaming charges have been banned in Europe since 15 June, the European authorities are now working on the WiFi4EU project, which aims to equip up to 8,000 towns and cities with free wi-fi.

At the Viva Technology event, Air France highlighted its investments in digital development. This strategy will take concrete form in June, with the integration of chatbots and the development of the Facebook Messenger channel.

On 7 June, ACTE (Association of Corporate Travel Executives) held its 2017 conference, attended by buyers and specialists in business travel and new technologies.

After the Paris-Lyon route, the SNCF is now offering free wifi on board its 17 TGV Duplex trains running on the Northern network from Paris-Nord station.

Available for PCs and Macs, KryptKey automatically encrypts data stored on the key or virtual disk, as well as...

This notebook features biometric and facial authentication technologies, including a touchpad housing the SecurePad fingerprint reader combined with the Synaptics Natural...

Eurostar and Sony are experimenting with the first "Sound Menu": five playlists tailored to passengers' objectives during their journey, particularly if they are on business.

Traditional in-flight entertainment systems are now being challenged by solutions designed for travellers' nomadic devices, paving the way for ever more... in-flight entertainment.

The new BEOPLAY H4 wireless headphones feature a minimalist, comfortable design for acoustic business travel.

The IRISNotes 3 is a digital pen capable of recognising any type of writing, from single characters to cursive handwritten text, as well as drawings,...

Le Cercle Parnasse officially opened its doors on 23 March. Orange's VIP service, which is mainly aimed at business travellers, now has a showcase to match its upmarket positioning.

New design, new features: Aéroports de Lyon is launching a new version of its mobile application for business travellers and tourists.

A new mobile application is appearing on the smartphones of business travellers: Ayruu combines travel information and networking with other travellers.

Airbus and Italdesign presented Pop.Up on 7 March at the Geneva Motor Show. This new multimodal, electric concept could well revolutionise urban mobility.

A new airline is entering the age of Chatbots. Vueling has just launched Eva, a virtual travel assistant on its smartphone.