CONNECTED TRAVELLER

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.

Google Wallet to be launched soon

Google could launch its Google Wallet mobile payment system as early as this week, with the aim of turning the telephone into a new means of payment that is both simple and secure.

Amadeus fined by the US justice system

Amadeus has just been ordered by the US Department of Transportation to pay a hefty fine for failing to comply with code-sharing legibility requirements.

First glitch for Flight Search: Google rectifies the situation

Just a few hours after the official launch of Flight search, Google's new price comparison tool for airline tickets has been launched.

Digital tablets: Qantas' turn

They've definitely become a must-have in the world of business travel. Already widely used on the ground by business customers, digital tablets are proliferating...

EasyJet takes to the digital tablet

Already present on a number of airlines, in particular American Airlines, digital tablets are set to gain ground in the air....

Business cards - Going virtual

With the recent advent of virtual cards and the focus on sustainable development, dematerialised payment solutions are continuing to evolve. As companies seek to rationalise their costs, they are increasingly adopting them.

Meet Catherine Barby, Systra Travel Manager

This joint subsidiary of SNCF and RATP generated sales of nearly €250 million in 2009. Specialising in engineering, its ambition is to become a key player in urban and rail transport.

Telepresence: partnership between Orange and Tata Communications

Orange has signed an interoperability agreement with Tata Communications' Global Meeting Exchange platform.

An SBT at Deloitte. Historical background.

In Deloitte's audit and professional services business, travel is necessary to carry out various client assignments. Until June 2008, a Carlson Wagonlit Travel system processed off-line requests from the 3,000 employees required to travel, who filled in an electronic form.

Technology at the service of travel

Technological products and services are becoming increasingly sophisticated. In travel agencies, GDSs make it easier to organise trips, and in companies, SBTs generate significant savings.

Casio EW-3000V electronic dictionary: Translation and pronunciation

This pocket dictionary with voice output in German, English, Spanish or Italian is the perfect way to improve your pronunciation when travelling abroad....

Interview with Valérie Maidon Valérie Maidon, travel and seminars programme manager at La...

Nearly 30,000 of La Poste's 265,000 employees regularly travel on business, mainly within France. La Poste, which became a public limited company in April 2010, devotes an annual budget of €25 million to travel.

Edge : Seiko Ananta GMT

Not only is Seiko a specialist in top-of-the-range mechanical watches, it also has its own time-regulation system. This...

A must: Rolex Gmt Master II

The GMT Master watches need no introduction. They have been around since 1955 and Rolex has never stopped improving them. The second time zone can be read...

Made in Germany: Glashütte Original Panomatic Venue

Germany, that other watchmaking country, is home to a large number of brands, but not all of them are as well known as they deserve to be. Glashütte Original, for example, is following a...

3 questions to Laurent Sautré, Head of Commercial Cards at BNP Paribas

What is the BNP Paribas Group's current corporate card project? Already the market leader...

Bluetooth Buzzband by Brain Wizz : Vibrating bracelet

Practical and discreet, this bracelet starts to vibrate every time it receives a call. A very useful solution for women who keep their phone on the...

Digital travel

Business travellers take photos. Limited by time and space, they now have new ways of bringing back a few souvenirs. After all, digital technology has revolutionised image capture and is becoming increasingly hybrid.

HP MINI 210 Vivienne Tam Edition

Butterfly PC

Toshiba TG01 : Giant

The largest screen (4.1 inches), the largest processor on the market (1 GHz) and the latest version of Windows Mobile demonstrate Toshiba's ambitions in the smartphone market.