mobile applications

Making it easier to book, validate and modify a business trip: these are the three areas for improvement that the Egencia teams have been looking at when improving the business travel agency's mobile application. Starting with certain basic functionalities - particularly for a travel companion - such as notifications...

Travel planning within Asia just got even easier with the latest evolution of the AirAsia Super App: AirAsia transport. The new service allows users to book bus, train and ferry tickets seamlessly on the same platform they use to book their flights or air tickets.

Week after week, Freenow's diversification is giving more substance to its ambition to establish itself as Europe's 'Super-App' for mobility. Less than two months ago, the roll-out of a taxi service was announced - a minor revolution for the multi-mobility platform. And now it's the turn of car-sharing...

It will have cost CWT no less than 100 million dollars to modernise its travel management platform, myCWT. This major investment has resulted in a number of new features that are particularly eagerly awaited by French business travellers. Starting with the booking of train tickets or hire cars, two fundamental needs...

Does the Uber application claim to be a super app, a jack-of-all-trades model that is already widespread on the Asian market? In any case, the American giant is getting closer to it every year by diversifying its functionalities. And the latest initiative marks a major step forward in this process, particularly for business travellers, who will soon be able to...

Now it's the turn of Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, Minister Delegate for Transport, to ask SNCF to "resolve as quickly as possible" the problems with SNCF Connect, the railway company's new application launched on 25 January. In an interview this weekend on the CNews channel, he added that "the...

Last night saw the launch of SNCF Connect, the SNCF's new digital application and website designed to meet all travellers' mobility needs, including, of course, rail travel. While the Ouigo.com site is still up and running, Ouisncf web customers are now being redirected to the new Sncf-connect.com site, with its astonishing...

The Apptopia website recently published its report on mobile applications for 2021. Its focus on tools dedicated to travel reveals that Google Maps was the most downloaded mobile solution worldwide last year. The navigation tool was downloaded 106 million times, compared with 94 million...

Initially dedicated to navigation, Here WeGo is extending its range of possibilities. On 5 January, at the CES 2022 event, the mobile application announced the addition of new travel-related functions. From the first quarter of 2022, Here WeGo will be adding new building blocks to its range of services...

One app instead of two, one website: the SNCF is simplifying its digital relations with its customers. Passengers have been waiting for this change, and the company has been talking about it for several months. It will take shape with the launch of SNCF Connect in January. This new digital service, designed...

Business travellers to London now have a new option to simplify their journey. The British media are reporting a new partnership between Heathrow Express and Google Maps. The American giant's mapping service is now able to provide real-time information on rail services to the hub...

A few weeks after rebranding - and rethinking - its mobile application, RATP is adding new urban mobility options. Users can now book an electric scooter, thanks to the agreement signed with Tier, unveiled last June. [link-block prefix="Also worth reading:" post="110631"] The diversification of RATP's mobile offering has already been illustrated...

Well-known to business travellers who want to be able to work more easily on board by opting for an isolated seat, for example, the seat selection function is now available on Trainline's French services. The train reservation specialist announced this on 21 September, calling the new tool Seat Map. This...

The Belgian rail company SNCB is testing the FTQ Lab purchase system, an innovative technology that will make travelling by train even simpler. In future, passengers will be able to use an application to check in as soon as they arrive at the station and check out as soon as they reach their destination. Thanks to GPS data, the...

Uber paid particular attention to the French market at a conference held in San Francisco on 28 April to present its new global approach and vision, dubbed "Go&Get". The American giant has just unveiled the addition of new services, which will come into effect in mid-May, to accompany the...

With Wi-Fi available even on trains and planes, ever more powerful telephones and a wide choice of videoconferencing solutions, it's been a few years now that new technologies seem to be powerful enough to allow you to work from almost anywhere. So this year has been a real-life test to see whether or not this trend can be...

These days, it's hard to claim to be the ideal companion for business travellers without offering them resources linked to the specific medical and regulatory context of their destination... With this in mind, SAP Concur has enhanced TripIt - the travel application it acquired ten years ago - with new resources. "From planning to landing,...

On 18 January, SNCB unveiled its new mobile application designed to accompany passengers throughout their journeys. The new tool includes a multimodal journey planner, enabling users to calculate their itinerary from door to door. You can of course also buy train tickets, as well as...

Aéroport Marseille Provence is the first French airport to offer its customers a simplified travel experience by integrating parking space reservations, VIP lounges and VIP access into the wallet application. The application offers a host of exclusive benefits, including automatic routing to the reserved car park and special offers. According to airport management,...

Biometrics, contactless applications, self check-in: the pandemic is accelerating the digitalisation of the passenger journey in planes and airports. Robots and biometrics for the post-covid era Contactless technology, biometrics, robots: spurred on by the pandemic, the digitalisation of the passenger journey is gathering pace (13 October 2020). Digital technology to the rescue of passengers The ACI (Airports...