CONNECTED TRAVELLER

The Sneakairs project was unveiled at the "Barcelona Street Project". While some people are working on tools to temporarily disconnect travellers...

At high altitude on a transatlantic flight, at high speed on a Thalys train heading for Brussels, and of course as soon as it arrives in...

Autonomy, memory, security, modularity, resistance: from the simple gadget to the state-of-the-art all-in-one, the new tools of the business traveller are on all fronts to provide the best possible support for businessmen on the move.

Following on from RouteHappy, which was added to TripNavigator's air travel catalogue at the end of 2015, Egencia is now tackling urban transport to provide better support for...

Air France has recently been trialling a new service on certain short and medium-haul flights, which has been particularly eagerly awaited by business customers: in-flight Wi-Fi connectivity.

The application is available on connected watches running Android Wear.

"We insist on the notion of a travelling companion".

Expandable memory, photovoltaic recharging, keyboard case or anti-wave, data encryption: this new nomadic selection should give ideas to 'trendy' business travellers.

On 7 December, MagicEvent unveiled its new Magic Travel Manager tool, which integrates the reservation tool into the workings of the company and business travel.

"I'm rather sceptical as to whether a machine will ever translate a text as well as a human. It's an art...

Time for yourself or your family even on business trips, practical apps and advances in home automation: high-tech is making everyday life easier for travellers.

Since the beginning of November, AirPlus has been trialling a new service aimed at gaining greater visibility over expenditure linked to business meals. The project, called AirPlus Checkout, is being carried out in partnership with orderbird. 

Two new 'air' features have significantly enhanced the functionalities offered by TripNavigator, the booking tool offered by Egencia. Within a few days of each other, the business travel agency has integrated both flight booking and the personalised information offered by the Routehappy platform.

On Wednesday, Concur announced that AccorHotels has joined the TripLink ecosystem as a major new partner.

On Thursday, in the hushed atmosphere of the Shangri-La Hotel, Amadeus unveiled some of the new products that will be on show at the end of the month at the IFTM Top Resa trade fair. These include the launch of Amadeus Cytric Travel & Expense, an end-to-end solution that definitively marks the arrival of the technology giant in the corporate travel management segment.

HRS is stepping up its technological drive by adding new business travel functions to its iHotel HRS application. At the same time, the acquisition of a stake in the Berlin start-up conichi, which specialises in beacon technologies, opens up new prospects for the business travel hotel specialist.

The second Concur Fusion Exchange Paris was held on 8 September at the Cinémathèque française. It was an opportunity for Concur to take stock of the latest developments in its business travel offering, starting with the integration of new partners: Capitaine Train, Citybird and Business Table join Airbnb and Uber, which were integrated into the TripLink platform ecosystem last year.

 MagicEvent is launching the Agences Travel Pro solution to optimise the distribution of this accommodation to business customers via corporate channels. 

Digital strategy - The world of business travel is embracing the new habits and customs of a digitised world, a world in which established players are having to adapt at high speed to the practices of tomorrow.

What business traveller today could do without a WiFi connection? Wireless internet is the essential link that keeps you in touch with both your professional and personal worlds.