The FINANCIAL — Hogg Robinson Group (HRG), the world class corporate travel services company, will demonstrate how faster, forward-looking travel technology can help clients achieve efficiency and cost savings, as well as ensure the safety of employees.
According to Hogg Robinson Group, in addition to its exciting new mobile application, HRG will demonstrate the following technology services at its stand at this year’s Business Travel and Meetings Show:
HRG i-Suite – HRG’s web-based portal integrates a self-service reservation tool, data consolidation and reporting, expense management and traveller tracking capabilities. It enables corporate clients/travel buyers to share sensitive information with their colleagues so that they are better informed about past, current and future plans relating to travel and events. HRG i-Suite developments include itinerary and event sharing as well as hotel reviews. The internal hotel review micro-site will allow travellers to see their colleagues’ perceptions of hotels to help them make more informed decisions.
HRG Online – HRG’s self-service booking tool is being enhanced to enable clients to book videoconference facilities and meeting space at both internal and external locations, integrating the content into the travel booking process. This feature will encourage, for example, those clients booking internal meetings to use videoconferencing facilities and travellers to work from hot desks between meetings, thus cutting costs and maximising productivity.
HRG Security Suite – HRG’s security programme delivers a full range of security services that support companies and their travellers in dealing with the wide range of situations which can impact travel. HRG has teamed up with global security experts’ red24 to offer specialist services, in addition to its original core security services. Now clients can access country-specific safety information, offer customised training courses, track travellers, use a 24-hour help line and email alerts, ensuring the safety of their travellers in any country.
HRG Travel Watch and HRG Reporting – HRG’s reporting tools allow clients to quickly identify traveller locations and create customised reports by individual region or market. Data technology enables clients to better understand travel activity and spend. HRG’s enhancements to its reporting tools include better user interface, more personalisation options and nine new reports. This helps clients determine what information to collect and how to use the data to increase their negotiating power with suppliers.
TripCase – HRG’s mobile itinerary management application, through a partnership with mobile technology company TripCase, now has an enhanced interface for BlackBerry users and provides easy access to travel tools through one screen. Information from each booking is automatically sent to TripCase, which uses the data to provide help with ground transportation, traffic and restaurant reservations. TripCase allows travellers to share details of their itinerary in a controlled and secure manner.
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