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 HRG wins green at the 2010 Innovation Awards
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February 2010 - International corporate travel services company Hogg
Robinson (HRG) has won the coveted Corporate Social Responsibility
(CSR) Award at the Business Travel and Meetings Show 2010 Innovation
Awards, which took place today.
The HRG CSR portfolio includes a
number of solutions that assess the impact of travel plans, reduce
carbon emissions and help organisations meet environmental targets.
HRG’s Reporting tool, for example, provides reports on mileage and
carbon emissions on air, rail and car travel offering ‘off-setting’
options based on a client’s carbon footprint. These help carbon
conscious clients track their activity and monitor progress against
targets.
The annual Innovation Awards recognise corporate travel companies who create highly innovative products, services and processes.
Smartphones have changed the way we travel
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March 2010 (USA Today) - A growing army of tech-savvy travelers whose
smartphones are transforming their travel habits. Beyond online maps
and travel guides, travelers are turning to their phones to look up
aircraft seat configuration, track taxis, reply to early hotel check-in
requests, order room service and locate nearby colleagues.The travel
industry has responded with some of the most innovative applications
available on smartphones. And more are coming.
Airlines and
hotels are refining their mobile websites and creating applications, or
"apps," for downloading to popular phone models, such as iPhones,
BlackBerrys and Google Android phones. Entrepreneurial software
developers are rolling out new services daily, such as "location-based"
apps that tap into a phone's GPS to determine the user's location and
offer discounts, as well as pitch products. User-generated content
apps, such as Yelp, provide information based on the collective wisdom
of other travelers.
The apps are making a difference. Airlines
and hotels say bookings completed over smartphones are rising
dramatically, even as business over other traditional sales channels,
including their websites, have turned sour or remain flat.
Faster
network speeds have helped spur development of travel aids. So has the
convergence of various portable devices — mini-laptops, GPS, digital
cameras, gaming devices, personal digital assistants (PDA), MP3 players
— into one device. "It's your PC on your hand," says Norm Rose, a
travel technology analyst at research firm PhoCusWright. "It's going to
change and shape the experience based on your needs and wants at the
time."
In a survey of frequent business travelers conducted by
PhoCusWright in 2008, 71% said they have used a smartphone for business
during their trips, while 62% used it for leisure purposes.
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