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    An essential companion for business travellers, the smartphone and the mobile applications it contains are designed to make business travel smoother and more intuitive. Being alerted by your airline or its agency business trips in the event of unforeseen circumstances, or change hotel or flight bookings on the way to a meeting. meeting have become the norm. Just as the videoconferencing or the event hybrid… (see more)

    A regular update on the latest innovations in smartphones, PCs and other video-conferencing tools, to keep you up to date with the tools of business travel 2.0.

    Hotels

    Intercontinental continues its digital growth

    The Editor -
    Hotel group InterContinental (IHG) is preparing to extend its digital offering, with the launch of new applications for Kindle Fire, Google TV and other Android tablet users. The aim is to increase the number of bookings via 'next generation' mobile channels.
    Tech and travelers’ apps

    Digital tablets: Google's turn

    The Editor -
    Plans for a Google-branded digital tablet are back in the spotlight, with the brand's Executive Chairman talking about a release date in 2012.
    Hotels

    Ebookers takes care of its mobile offering on iPhone

    The Editor -
    Online travel agency ebookers is launching a new Hotels application aimed at business travellers with an iPhone.
    Tech and travelers’ apps

    CWT invites itself into the smartphones of business travellers

    The Editor -
    Carlson Wagonlit Travel is enhancing its offering for business travellers with the official launch of the CWT To Go application, which enables travellers and travel managers to manage business travel information from their mobile device.
    Tech and travelers’ apps

    Traveldoo acquired by Egencia

    The Editor -

    On Thursday, Egencia made official its acquisition of Traveldoo, adding to the range of products and services offered by the specialist business travel agency. The two entities must nevertheless retain their autonomy, according to the stated objectives of the Expedia group subsidiary. Details of the transaction were not disclosed.

    Airlines

    The Galaxy Tab goes premium with American Airlines

    The Editor -
    Since 14 December, American Airlines has been offering Samsung Galaxy 10.1 tablets to passengers travelling in Premium and Business cabins on certain domestic flights.
    Hotels

    Relais & Chateaux switches to Blackberry

    The Editor -

    The Relais & Chateaux brand is going Blackberry with the launch of an application for reserving a room or table in one of the group's establishments.

    Hotels

    New multilingual application for mobile professionals

    The Editor -

    A new application has made its appearance in the world of business travel: "i-Guest Hotels Finder", as its name suggests, allows you to choose your hotel from your smartphone. It also acts as a translator, providing directions from the airport to the hotel in the local language.

    Tech and travelers’ apps

    Practical applications: OCR, translation and management of business cards, etc.

    The Editor -

    More and more practical tools are being developed to make the iPhone the ideal companion for business travellers. Publisher ABBYY has launched a number of particularly practical applications for using the smartphone for character recognition, translating paper documents, and even managing business cards.

    Tech and travelers’ apps

    HP's new tablet arrives in France

    The Editor -
    HP today announced the details of the French launch of its Slate 2: a new digital tablet aimed specifically at business customers.
    Airlines

    Skyscanner lands on iPad

    The Editor -
    Building on its success on iPhone and Android, the Skyscanner tool is launching on iPad to meet the needs of business travellers.
    Online shopping

    A new Power 4 slate from Asus

    The Editor -
     Asus could well interest more than one business traveller with its new Transformer Prime tablet, which combines power, autonomy and manoeuvrability.
    Hotels

    Mobile bookings with the new HCorpo system

    The Editor -
    Hotel Corporate System (HCorpo) is launching a new hotel search tool based on public transport stations. Available for London, New York, Paris and the Paris region, this new feature could soon be extended to other major cities.
    Hotels

    HRS-MobileXpense partnership for business travellers

    The Editor -

    Hotel portal HRS has signed a partnership agreement with MobileXpense, the specialist in integrated solutions for managing business and travel expenses.

    Tech and travelers’ apps

    Videoconferencing "as easy as a plane ticket" with the Sabre-Polycom agreement

    The Editor -

    Sabre and Polycom announced on Thursday that they have entered into a partnership that will see the business travel technology specialist offer "the world's first global reservation system for video conferencing".

    Tech and travelers’ apps

    iPhone: late and stealthy appearance for GMail

    The Editor -
    The GMail application for iPhone and other iPads has been a long time coming, due to the logic of competition. It finally made its debut on the App Store this week, only to be withdrawn a few hours later due to technical problems.
    Trains

    SNCF: a new portal for travel managers

    The Editor -
    In October, the SNCF launched a Travel Manager portal reserved for companies with a partner contract.
    Tech and travelers’ apps

    Nokia launches "the 1st real Windows Phone

    The Editor -
    Nokia presented its first Windows Phone smartphones in London on the morning of 26 October. The launch of the new Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 marks a strategic shift that should enable the Finnish manufacturer to move forward again.
    Thomas Drexler
    Trains

    Amadeus steps up the pace of business travel

    The Editor -

    Thomas Drexler has been appointed Director of Rail at the Amadeus Group. He joins the "New Businesses" department.

    Airlines

    French travellers unanimously reject in-flight connectivity

    The Editor -

    A TravelZoo survey highlights the general public's lack of interest in, and even rejection of, in-flight connectivity, including Internet access.

    Varenne Entreprises