CONNECTED TRAVELLER

InterContinental Hotels Group has unveiled a new version of Translator App, its instant translation application, dedicated to the new Apple Watch. 

PrivateFly has just launched its mobile application for the French business travel market. Business travellers can now book their private jet on the online booking platform directly from their smartphone.

On Thursday, Concur and Anticip formalised a technological partnership aimed at tracking international business trips and guaranteeing their security.

The SNCF is launching a new mobile application that brings together in a single interface the various functions previously performed by four separate tools. With this new mobile showcase, the rail company is going one step further, adopting a "door-to-door" approach that is relevant to both leisure and business travellers.

 The Global Business Travel Association and Concur have jointly published a White Paper dedicated to the issue of open booking. "The Future of Business Travel Management Solutions" attempts to outline an "ideal solution", while advocating the integration of open booking with new tools.

Of course, contactless payment methods are not yet part of everyday business travel. But that horizon is getting closer. In the meantime, companies are working on efficient, paperless solutions. Our survey.

No need for a translator graduate à at A simple smartphone is all you need to deal with foreign interlocutors or a nonsensical text. Even if it isn't always accurate, machine translation is revolutionising the way in which way of communicating.

Less expensive and more reliable than in its early days, videoconferencing is gaining ground in the workplace. All that remains is to identify the solution best suited to your needs from among the ever-expanding range on offer.

Gone are the lockers full of keys that used to decorate hotel receptions. Today, the key is in the telephone. The newspaper you read on the plane is going paperless. With the advent of connected objects, is travel also about to become virtual? Just put on your high-tech Oculus Rift glasses...

Business travellers in Tokyo now have free Wi-Fi access at 143 stations from 1 December. 

Oculus Rift What do Marriott, Emirates, the Val d'Oise departmental council, Thomas Cook travel agency and the South African Ministry of Tourism have in common?...

The French VTC specialist for corporate customers is preparing to make further investments to attract business travellers, thanks to a €2 million fund-raising round.

In partnership with PressReader, the world leader in digital kiosks, the Accor group will be offering travellers a free press service accessible on their mobile devices.

The joint investments made by Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) and KDS as part of their door-to-door strategy will soon be rewarded by the integration of new functionalities, which should help to improve the CWT Online, powered by KDS door-to-door solution.

Business travellers have an abundance of technological applications on their smartphones, both to guide their company's travel policy and to make everyday life more enjoyable at every stage of the business trip. From the simple gadget to the technological tour de force, these new tools rival each other in inventiveness for business customers.

British Airways is moving to real-time information, with push notifications sent via the airline's application, which will focus on personalising the service by using iBeacon technology. 

OnlyLyon has teamed up with Lyon-based start-up Hippocketwifi to offer business travellers a pocket WiFi solution - the first of its kind in France - to stay connected during their business trips.

A partnership signed during the summer between VoyagExpert and Concur means that the business travel specialist can now offer a new technology on the French market: the online exchange of business flight tickets after they have been issued.

The EasyJet application now includes a "passport scanning" function to make check-in easier for business travellers. A first in Europe.

The ANA Wi-Fi Service in-flight connectivity programme will take on a new dimension in 2015. The Japanese airline plans to equip 30 Boeing aircraft from April onwards on its international network, in addition to the improvements planned on domestic routes.