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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,...

For several years now, Numbeo has been publishing crime and safety rankings for cities around the world. The results are based on surveys of visitors to the website. Numbeo says that the questions are similar to those used in many similar scientific and government surveys. Each survey entry is recorded...

For those who haven't already experienced it, it's worth bearing in mind that business travel 'after' will be nothing like it was before. Nomadic professionals will find themselves back on the road again, with constraints they are no longer used to, particularly when travelling within Europe. "I travel regularly between Amsterdam and Geneva. Before Covid,...

SAP Concur, a leading provider of travel and expense management solutions, is strengthening its offering with two new agreements. The first, with International SOS, covers business travel security, while the second, with American Express GBT (GBT), strengthens the company's hotel offering. Within this framework, the...

"2021 is still likely to be a complex, transitional year. Vaccines will be a very important step in controlling the pandemic without waiting for it to end naturally, but they will not immediately signal a return to normal. We're only at the very beginning of the story. If the first vaccines prove...

With the arrival of vaccines, is this the beginning of the end of the pandemic? Dr Philippe Guibert - We're only at the very beginning of the story. If the first vaccines prove to be as effective as preliminary studies show, and if countries organise appropriate vaccination campaigns, we won't have to wait long before the...

Amadeus is stepping up its partnerships at the end of 2020. In the wake of a joint announcement with Conferma and Booking on the payment of hotel bookings using virtual cards, its latest agreement is in the field of insurance. The specialist in travel-related technologies has joined forces with AXA Partners to...

A world that is less and less safe. This was clear to everyone, especially the 1,300 business decision-makers surveyed by Ipsos for the International SOS "Travel Risk Outlook 2020" study. Of these professionals, 68% (%) predicted an increase in security threats, an increase of 23 points compared to the previous year...

"It couldn't happen to me, I know the destination like the back of my hand". And yet... "The most complicated people to deal with are the old hands at business travel," says Xavier Carn, EMEA Vice President Security at International SOS. They tell you 'you're not going to teach me what to do', and strangely enough, they're the ones...

If we were to draw up a sketch of the ideal prey for cybercriminals, it would closely resemble that of a business traveller. Not least because, while on the move, they hold sensitive data that is no longer protected by their company's firewall. For David Grout, Technical Director for Europe at FireEye, the mobile executive is...

Based on their experience, do you think that frequent travellers have a distorted perception of the risks? Émile Pérez - It's true that familiarity with the terrain can reduce vigilance. However, I've spent 20 years travelling the world. Perhaps it's due to my temperament, but I've always been careful, including in...

People confined, travel cancelled, events postponed: right from the start of the pandemic, the coronavirus had a very strong impact on business travel, starting in Asia, then Europe, before the whole world pulled back the curtain for a few months, overcome by the circulation of the virus. "The safety of our agents...

GardaWorld, the world's largest privately-held security services company, has further strengthened its footprint with the acquisition of WorldAware. This American company specialises in integrated security risk management, with solutions that integrate threat intelligence with innovative technologies and world-class response services. The acquisition of WorldAware by...

Will the health crisis drive business travellers away from VTCs, or on the contrary encourage this form of urban mobility? A study published on 15 June by Kapten - the VTC platform formerly known as Chauffeur Privé and about to be renamed Free Now - opts for the more favourable option. According to the survey...

On 17 March this year, the introduction of confinement gave the impression that France had come to a standstill. Yet the need for mobility has not disappeared for a number of key sectors. "At the height of the crisis, we supported industries that were still operating, with many e-commerce companies asking us to supply their centres...

How has CBT Conseil's organisation changed in response to the crisis? Julien Chambert - The ability to work remotely is in CBT Conseil's DNA, and a Business Continuity Plan had already been put in place to enable us to respond to a call for tenders some time ago. Our teams have...

How did a company like GardaWorld, which specialises in security, deal internally with the problems associated with this pandemic? Grégoire Pinton - We stopped all travel. I myself had to interrupt a trip to avoid the risk of contaminating anyone else or myself being contaminated. From the outset, we...

What impact has the health crisis had on Rydoo? Sébastien Marchon - Inevitably, the crisis is affecting many sectors, and even more so the business travel sector. So we're being affected, but we're perhaps luckier than other players in that we don't just deal with business travel, but also with...

International SOS is adding a course on the Covid-19 coronavirus epidemic to its range of online training courses, which now includes more than 25 other courses on topics such as terrorist incidents, hotel security, natural disasters, the safety of women travellers and the LBGTQ community, and the mental health of travellers. Available 24 hours a...

International SOS is advising organisations to postpone all non-essential international travel due to the risks associated with the coronavirus epidemic. This comes as no surprise given the global context, but it is the first time in its 35-year history that the world leader in health and safety risk management...