Top Consumer Travel Technology
We have had a look at some of the top consumer travel technology solutions that consumers should be aware of, not just in the case of a disaster or emergency, but also when they are just travelling. We have categorized the solutions into two categories: Websites an Applications. Applications WorldMate (www.worldmate.com) WorldMate is a mobile [...]
What types of travel trackers are there?
There are 3 types of travel tracking systems currently on the market:
Passive
Active
Automated
Using the Trusted Contact Model in a disaster
On the 20th of March 2011 the BBC reported “The destruction of the mobile phone network means people are queuing for hours to make their allocated phone call of one minute.”
The value of Facebook when all hell breaks loose
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Why less is more
With the amount of information available today a big problem facing us is that of information overload. Having too much information makes it difficult to determine what is important and what is not. On top of this it is easy to miss key information when there is a lot of it.
Why automation is important
Companies are reluctant to increase the administrative workload required by employees, as it reduces the amount of time they spend doing their real work. Whereas some employees will be efficent at updating the travel management systems others are not, often leaving the systems incomplete and almost useless. Automating travel tracking gives you the following benefits. [...]
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