Apps that make life easier for the frequent traveler
The field of applications in general, and travel applications in particular, is enormously fertile and unstoppable, and two clear groups can be identified in the race: companies with traditional or analytical origins and those born with technology in their DNA, the so-called startups.
Within the first group, for example, we find the large agencies specializing in corporate travel that have had to develop applications integrating the essential functionalities, which are called one-stop shop or power apps: CWT to Go (CWT), TripCase (American Express Global Business Travel), TripNavigator (Egencia), TripSource (BCD Travel), etc.
Specifically in the Spanish market a similar situation has occurred, where agencies such as Globalia Corporate Travel (the former Halcón Empresas), has its own tool:Contigo App, based on Amadeus' m-Power application, which allows you to manage itineraries, book flights, hotels and cabs or perform the check in online, among other things, with the added possibility of sharing information.
In the second group we find companies born in the digital world and offering their services in our country, such as Mytaxi or Cabify, which have seen in the corporate world an opportunity for growth.
The últimas tendencias pasan por las búbúnticas semás searches through voice (eg.: Evature); monitoring of all types of services, including those linked to the collaborative economy (eg.: Hipmunk); solutions for sharing resources (eg.: Drivy, RideWith); reminders (e.g.: TripList, PackPoint); predictive systems for future pricing (e.g.: Hopper); parking space tracking (e.g..Parking Kong); or those that can save some trouble (e.g.: RainAlarm, Flush).
Other applications linked to certain providers are very useful when managing from the mobile phone issues such as the room service or any other need of the guest, the car check in or check out to avoid waiting, the choice of seat on the plane or access to local promotions. Even very traditional sectors, such as banking and means of payment, have launched their own applications to help the corporate traveler. This is the case of Diners Club Spain.