View original post. Despite all the advancement in technology, business travel is still an integral part of a business. Globalization has further fueled this trend. If your business expands beyond your country, you might have to travel for corporate purposes. With more women and millennials joining the workforce every year, we are seeing companies change their travel policies to cater …

View original post.Business travel for professionals is rapidly changing and 2019 will be an exciting year. Looking ahead, the pace of innovation will only continue to accelerate, fuelled by smarter technology, evolving employee expectations and an increasingly global economy. For many companies, business travel is no longer limited to finding the best flight and hotel options, but it is also …

View original post.As you will know, business travelling can be a real mix of things. It can be exciting if you get to see different places around the world and meet new people through work. It can also be very tiring and boring, particularly if you do it regularly and prefer to be at home with your family and/or living …

View original post.As an industry on the brink of making technological innovations in 2019, many companies are emerging that have the potential to push Mobility into a new era of dominance in travel on a worldwide scale. Companies from all over the world are spearheading the movement towards a MaaS integrated future and many, in the future could work alongside …

View original post. We are starting to see a clear shift in the urban mobility landscape from private car ownership and usage to shared mobility use. A large part of that shift is underpinned by a few main trends that will impact our business mobility in the upcoming years. Population of cities the world over is growing exponentially – today …

View original post. Telematics has more potential than simply tracking vehicles and managing fuel. It is the key enabler for the future of transportation, sharing-based mobility services and autonomous driving. Right now, the missing piece of the puzzle is that fleet owners and operators lack expertise in data management and analysis, which is required to deliver breadth of view and …

View original post.Business dining accounts for nearly 20 percent of annual travel and expense spend, so it certainly shouldn’t be ignored by companies. I spoke with Colleen Gallagher, vice president of communications to learn more.Edward Franklin on Unsplash Whether we’re traveling for work or leisure, one thing all trips have in common is that we have to eat! When it …

View original post.Following on from a multitude of Mobility as a Service developments in 2018, 2019 holds promise for another successful year of new initiatives for the MaaS orientated travel industry. These new, forward-thinking initiatives that will develop over the course of this year will help to accumulate larger amounts of support upon the concept and eventually should lead to …

View original post. Despite the fact that autonomous vehicles are still in their prototyping phase, 2018 saw a long string of autonomous vehicle-related advancements, new sensing technologies, and even scandals. Here’s a look back at last year and a hint of what may be coming in 2019 for self-driving cars. 2018 had many major news stories on autonomous vehicles. What …

View original post. Sikhumbuzo Ngcobo, Deloitte. A city can be considered smart when three conditions are met: investments are being made in human and social capital; money is being spent to improve traditional infrastructure; and, finally, disruptive technologies are implemented to fuel sustainable economic growth and promote a high quality of life. All of this must be accompanied by the …