mobile applications

Is it really a coincidence that the SNCF has chosen the day of the vote in the National Assembly on the Mobility Orientation Law (LOM) to present the SNCF Assistant, which the 13 million users of the SNCF app will be able to use from 19 June. The new application "is designed to be open to all...

Three years and gone... Launched in September 2016, the Google Trips app will disappear on 5 August, as indicated a few days ago by a message on the mobile app's homepage. Users of the tool were quick to express their disappointment, and above all their incomprehension, especially as the date chosen comes...

The latest update to the Iberia mobile application expands its functionalities. Among the new services available is the ability to check the dimensions of hand luggage. Business travellers can 'scan' their baggage simply by using the camera on their smartphone. The mobile application will then calculate the dimensions of the baggage and tell the user whether it is too large or not.

The paper ticket is more than ever an endangered species. In fact, nine out of ten Eurostar tickets are now in electronic format, while the company's mobile application now generates more than a third of all tickets (35%). The railway company intends to go even further, with the overall ambition of reducing the consumption of...

The Etihad application is going into wellness mode: the airline has just announced an unprecedented partnership with Panasonic Avionics Corporation, enabling it to integrate the Jet Lag Adviser function. The aim is to combat jet lag and its impact on business travellers. In practical terms, Jet Lag Adviser shows passengers the potential impact of jet lag on each flight operated by the airline.

Nice airport, which recorded its eighth consecutive year of growth in 2018, is stepping up its announcements for business customers. In addition to new air routes - notably to Russia with Ural Airlines, or with the forthcoming arrival of La Compagnie to New York - news is just as busy on the ground....

Air France, like other competing airlines, and in particular Lufthansa, which is a role model, is banking on digital technology to make the customer experience more fluid and reduce friction at the various stages of a journey. The first step is to enhance the airline's mobile application, which is used by 4.5 million passengers, starting with its...

The ideal measurements for hand luggage vary from one airline to another, and business travellers and tourists alike are sometimes faced with unpleasant surprises when it comes to boarding... To clarify matters - and even make checking a bit more fun - easyJet has turned to augmented reality. Integrated into its mobile application, this...

If you're running late for a strategy meeting, or just shivering in the winter cold, you don't want to waste time playing "Who is it? So Uber has just launched Spotlight on the French market. This feature is based on the principle of a colour code identifying the passenger. The passenger...

Eelway Founded in 2016, Eelway is a service platform specialising in the transfer, storage and delivery of luggage in France and around the world. "People who are injured, disabled or have reduced mobility represent a significant part of our business," says Fabien Cœur-Uni, one of Eelway's founders. Luggage is picked up at stations...

Last August, the GBTA (Global Business Travel Association) revealed in a study that 45 % of American business travellers in the Millenials category had installed the Uber Eats application on their smartphone. And since appetite comes with eating, the delivery service is thinking bigger. Ronnie Gurion, head of Uber for Business, has announced that...

In spring 2019, the SNCF intends to transform its application into a personal mobility assistant, which will not only inform passengers but also book, pay and validate the journey or its various stages. To achieve this, the rail group is creating e-voyageurs SNCF by bringing together its three technological nuggets: the OUI.sncf website (formerly Voyages-sncf.com),...

The new mobile application launched by the Lufthansa Group in July could soon be making a name for itself on business travellers' smartphones. The first version of Airline Checkins already made it possible to book flights and check in directly via the app, not only on Lufthansa flights but also and above all on some 200 airlines...

On 27 August, App Annie, a specialist in data relating to mobile applications, published a study devoted to mobility. Focusing on the Apple Store, and going back to 2010, App Annie estimates that Uber is the most downloaded application of all time in the field of travel. Google Earth is...

On 2 July, Lufthansa announced a new passenger check-in application called Airline Checkins, compatible with over 200 airlines. Designed by the Lufthansa Innovation Hub, it enables passengers to book flights and check in directly via the app. Contrary to the general trend where each carrier deploys its own solution, the services offered...

A new Android feature recently discovered by the website 9to5 Google allows you to save a boarding pass directly on your smartphone. The discovery was made almost by accident on 6 May, when a journalist from the specialist site was buying a Southwest Airlines ticket. The airline's website then suggested that he download his boarding pass...

The car is finally finding its place in business travel by train or plane. Valeting applications are proliferating, offering services tailored to frequent travellers. Ector has joined this trend, with a new department unveiled on 4 April to oversee this new offering. The new department is headed by François Barde, a former...

Sam is moving up a gear with a new version. The chatbot from business travel agency FCM Travel, released last November, seems to have found its audience and is extending its scope. We are currently developing a version of Sam for travel managers in response to requests from our customers," explains Michel Rouse,...

The 2004 passengers surveyed by OpinionWay at the beginning of January, at the request of the Trainline platform, had this to say: "Managing your day-to-day life means planning ahead". Unsurprisingly, rail transport users are looking for information to help them organise and optimise their journeys. According to the results of this survey, published...

On 7 January, BCD Travel announced the launch of SolutionSource, "a unique suite of third-party technology solutions for the travel industry", according to the company's management. BCD Travel's aim is to act as an intermediary between the corporate world and the increasingly dense world of technological solutions...