The Concorde La Fayette undergoes an echeck-in procedure for a...
The Concorde La Fayette hotel has just adopted a virtual check-in system. The Parisian establishment has become the first four-star hotel in France to use the echeck-in system.
CWT integrates WorldMate mobile technologies for business travellers
Carlson Wagonlit Travel has acquired the American company WorldMate, a specialist in technological tools for business travellers.
TAP Portugal fine-tunes online check-in
TAP Portugal is improving its offer for business travellers by developing online check-in options to simplify the process.
Technology: the applied arts of mobility
The Swiss Army knives of business travel, smartphones and tablets can do it all: work anywhere between two meetings, manage the vagaries of business travel, find yourself in an unfamiliar city... all thanks to applications that make life easier for mobile executives.
Smartphone Nokia Windows Phone 8 Lumia 920
This is the first smartphone to feature the new Windows Phone 8 OS, a model designed to bring Nokia back to centre stage. It features...
Sony Xperia V smartphone
This smartphone is off the beaten track. Its above-average waterproof rating means you can call without fear in the rain....
HP Envy x2 Hybrid Tablet
HP is making its return to the tablet market with the Envy x2, a Windows 8 tablet unlike any other...
Smartphone Motorola Razr HD maxx
The real highlight of this Android 4.0Motorola smartphone with its Super AMOLED screen is the longevity of its 3,300mAh battery, which is capable of...
Sony Vaio Duo 11 Hybrid PC
This hybrid laptop can be converted into a tablet. What makes it original is that its Full HD touch screen is not detachable, but slides onto the keyboard. On the...
Lenovo Thinkpad Carbon X1 Ultrabook
Designed for professional use, the Carbon X1 is a top-of-the-range Ultrabook made from carbon fibre. It is equipped with a...
2 in 1 Samsung Ativ Smart PC
Samsung is turning to tablets that can be converted into PCs. And vice versa, since this slim, lightweight product, which comes with a magnetic keyboard, is a...
Asus Zenbook Prime UX21A Touch Ultrabook
With its luminous touchscreen, sleek design, latest-generation processors and Windows 8 as its OS, this little laptop won't let you...
A new range of business travel solutions with BTravel
A new player in the business travel sector is entering the French market: BTravel offers a new business travel management solution, integrating hotel, restaurant and meeting room reservations. All within a comprehensive tool, covering content, booking, payment, invoicing and reporting.
KDS tackles 'Maverick' spending to guide travel policy
KDS is launching a new technological solution to provide a better framework for the company's travel policy (PVE): KDS Maverick, which calls to order business travellers who are about to leave the preferred booking channels.
Shangri-La brings iPhone to business travellers
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts is upgrading its mobile offering, announcing the launch of an iPhone application on 2 August.
Iberia speeds up passenger self check-in in Madrid
On 2 August, Iberia launched its new self-check-in system at Madrid-Barajas airport to speed up check-in for business travellers and improve customer take-up of the service.
Roaming: as business travel becomes more connected, it also becomes more...
"Roaming": in English as in French, the result is the same: an explosion in costs for businesses, which have to deal with increasingly connected business travellers and ever-increasing bills. A CCMI study commissioned by Truphone, a service provider specialising in reducing these costs, highlights the scale of the problem.
Easyjet optimises its mobile Internet access
EasyJet has just launched a new mobile version of its website, optimised for the smartphones of business and leisure travellers.
ADP refines geolocation for business travellers at Paris-CDG
Aéroports de Paris (ADP) is improving its "My Way" geolocation application by extending its scope outside the terminals to guide business travellers and tourists around the Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport complex. A move billed as a world first.
Northern Ireland: Wi-Fi on the train
Translink NI railways, which operates in Northern Ireland, has decided to launch free Wi-Fi access on board its trains to attract mobile professionals.
