A report by Amadeus and the Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) has found that mobile technology is set to transform the entire travel experience for business travelers by improving access to information and services to ease their trip and by enabling corporate travel managers to increase travel policy compliance. The “Upwardly Mobile” whitepaper, unveiled at the ACTE Global Education Conference in Washington, saw 72 corporate travel managers from across the globe surveyed on their views of how mobile technology is impacting business travel. In addition, more than 30 interviews with both corporate travel managers and technology experts were conducted. The findings show that mobile technology will revolutionize business travel, allowing travelers to book and amend flights, make hotel reservations, as well as to complete expense forms while on the road, and in doing so, increase their flexibility, welfare and productivity. Mobile travel technology can also provide travelers with other time saving features, such as flight check-in, virtual room “keys,” as well as electronic boarding passes sent directly to their mobile devices. As a result, employees will need to spend less time on travel-related tasks in the office, instead performing them while traveling. Implemented across the entire business, these functions will deliver substantial cost savings for companies through increased productivity and efficiency.

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Source: modernagent.com 

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