CONNECTED TRAVELLER

The KDS Now event held on 29 January in Paris brought together over 800 guests at the Salle Wagram to present the new features of the KDS Neo tool. On the programme: voice recognition, integration of urban transport, and above all KDS Neo Expense and KDS Neo Receipt, two new intuitive expense management tools.

On 29 January, at the KDS Now event, HRS will unveil its new identity "HRS Corporate - The Hotel Solutions Provider", designed to better embody the business positioning adopted by the hotel specialist, and in particular its advisory role for companies and business travellers.

Business travel agency BCD Travel has just launched its new TripSource application in the United States and Canada, with free access for TMC customers. The aim is to improve the mobile management of business travel and influence the behaviour of business travellers, in line with travel policy.

Marriott Hotels is launching Meetings Imagined, a new concept dedicated to the world of MICE (Meetings, Incentive, Convention, Events), based on new technologies and experience sharing, focusing on the objective of each meeting. This new approach is being tested in four hotels in Europe, including the Marriott Rive Gauche in Paris.

Although contactless payment has not yet reached the world of business travel, the dematerialisation of corporate payment solutions is proceeding apace. Following in the footsteps of the stored-value card, the virtual card is now making its mark, particularly for hotel expenses.

The new version of the Thalys application now includes a purchase function, enabling business travellers to book their tickets in the four countries covered by the rail network: Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and France.

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Microsoft has improved the performance of its Surface Pro tablet. Now running under Windows 8.1 Pro, it boasts a USB 3.0 port, a USB 2.0...

Immersion, a French specialist in cutting-edge technologies for professionals, has been marketing its latest high-tech project since mid-November: Meetiiim, an ultra-connected interactive table that provides a collaborative working tool for professional meetings. Its stated aims are to speed up development, reduce errors and improve strategic decision-making.

A new tool has appeared on the Meetings market: Translate Your World now offers instant translations via a simple piece of software.

Taxis G7 is stepping up the pace on the "mobility" front by now offering 4G Wi-Fi access in 2,000 vehicles. By the end of the year, a thousand tablets will also be deployed in the "VIP / Club Affaires" range of G7 Taxis. Both services are free of charge.

Air Caraïbes has just launched a new all-digital press offer, via the iZipress application. The tool, developed by Adaptive Channel, allows business travellers to download up to 21 titles - daily newspapers, magazines, novels and the airline's own magazines - onto their iPad and other Android tablets, to browse through during the flight.

HRS and AirPlus signed a strategic partnership agreement on Wednesday, enabling the leading online hotel reservation service for businesses to integrate AirPlus payment solutions into its "Global Payment" offering.

Airbus' technological resources sometimes have unexpected applications, as demonstrated by the Bag2Go project, a new prototype for a trackable suitcase.

The Marriott group is launching a practical new option for business travellers: mobile check-in, available in over 300 establishments in the United States.

Egencia has just unveiled the new iPhone version of its TripNavigator application in the United States, with a view to improving the mobile management of business travel.

Iberia is launching a new service enabling passengers to check in their own hold baggage by printing out an identification tag in just a few clicks from their office or home. Fast, free and efficient.