videoconferencing

How has the widespread use of teleworking worked out in your company? Pierre Sangrones - I've been working in human resources at AXA in Brussels for three years. The HR department management committee is made up of a small cross-functional team, which also manages certain transformation projects. AXA is a forerunner...

How do you view the spread of teleworking, which existed long before the health crisis? Michel Font - Teleworking was a fundamental trend, and there was a demand for it among employees. On the other hand, the technological tools were struggling to establish themselves. There was a profusion of solutions with which everything...

The InterContinental Bordeaux is also adapting to the growing popularity of digital and hybrid events. The five-star hotel recently inaugurated the Studio Grand Hôtel by Abaques, working with the audiovisual agency with offices in Toulouse, Paris and now Bordeaux, with which it has been collaborating for 13 years. With a capacity of six people, this new...

It's been in the air for some time. The Accor group has officially presented its new hybrid meeting concept, All Connect, which will be launched next April in partnership with Microsoft. This new offering, which focuses primarily on small meetings with between 8 and 50 physical participants, is based on the observation that these new methods of...

Faced with the rise of teleworking and the increasing use of virtual meetings, technology players are taking steps to improve employee productivity and maintain a link, albeit virtual, between employees. The launch of Microsoft Viva was made official on 4 February. This new tool integrates with Microsoft 365 and Teams...

How do you see the Meetings & Events market in 2021? Arnaud Katz - The Meetings & Events market will undoubtedly gradually regain its strength, as the need to get back together will be paramount after the year we've just had. There is a deep-seated desire in the market to get back on its feet, both...

How is a player like American Express GBT looking ahead to 2021? Despite the current climate, are there any sources of optimism or certainty? Yorick Charveriat - 2021 is fast approaching and the outlook is of course linked to the pandemic and the treatments and vaccines that will be introduced. The only thing...

Faced with the boom in video-conferencing solutions and the constraints on event organisation, the hotel industry is stepping up the introduction of hybrid meeting solutions. Melia Hotels turns its attention to hybrid events The Spanish group Melia Hotels has announced the launch of its 'Melia Hybrid Solutions', a range of technological solutions for hybrid meetings...

Coworking and business centre operators, like all sectors, are being affected by the economic crisis, and are putting the spotlight on their flexible offerings that are just as suited to this period of crisis as they are to new nomadic working habits. Bird Office advocates teleworking in coworking mode In response to changing demand, Bird Office is rethinking its positioning by...

The survey carried out by OpinionWay and Corporate Mobilities for AXA Partners and Les Entreprises du Voyage polled some 500 French business travellers in two stages: after a first wave of questions submitted in mid-July, a second wave (21 to 28 September) will enable us to measure changes in attitudes and practices in business travel. This...

For almost a year now, many travellers have been grounded. Whether due to regulatory constraints at various levels, or a psychological barrier linked to the health risk, they have all had to review their priorities and reconsider whether or not their travel, particularly by air, is imperative. That's why the Pegasus Chair has turned its attention...

In the wake of the health crisis, Châteauform' is stepping up its virtual events activities. The specialist in organising seminars, events and other corporate training courses has just inaugurated three new infrastructures in quick succession. The aim is to help companies maintain their event activities despite the constraints imposed by the pandemic. In fact, as the people in charge of...

Between 'visios' for work and virtual aperitifs with friends, the Covid-19 crisis has given a boost to the market for videoconferencing solutions. Since the start of the pandemic, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet have doubled and tenfolded their audience respectively, to reach 75 million and 50 million subscribers. Pure player...

Why did you launch the Treep? Laurent La Rocca - We created the Treep in 2016, positioning ourselves at the time as a mobility service for the general public, with a view to reducing CO2 emissions, with an application that aggregated all low-carbon means of transport. Faced with growing demand from businesses and...

Skype Translator is a handy feature. Since 2015, it has been used to automatically translate conversations in the popular video conferencing application in near real time. To achieve this feat, publisher Microsoft is relying on artificial intelligence, but not only that. According to the American website Motherboard, which broke the story last year on...

Travelling around the world several times in the same year, taking advantage of an unexpected tête-à-tête to develop your business, leaving your business card everywhere so that people remember you: the coronavirus sketches, in shadow, the portrait of the perfect business traveller. An unfortunate mimicry that has led to the consequences we all know about....

What is the current state of the events sector? Nick Dugdale-Moore - It varies a lot around the world. Our sector was one of the first to be affected: from March onwards, more or less all commercial events were suspended around the world, because all the attention was focused on the fight...

CWT is extending its messaging and chat service by integrating Microsoft Teams into its channels for discussion with travellers. From mid-August, users of the solution - 44 million worldwide according to Microsoft - will be able to use their company's internal messaging tool to chat live with a CWT advisor....

Barely open, already closed. A few months after its inauguration in June 2019, the InterContinental Lyon - Hôtel-Dieu was forced to suspend its activities due to a pandemic. We were going at 500 an hour and had to come to an abrupt halt," says Madelijn Vervoord, the hotel's general manager. The evening we were told we had to close...

It's certainly one of the stars of containment, like Teams, Skype or Lifesize and all the other videoconferencing solutions that have made teleworking possible. Zoom, as it happens, intends to continue its rise. To improve the experience for employees so that they can connect remotely and be productive, Zoom has just announced the launch of...