The building blocks for our vision for the future are very simple: The
calendar on the desktop of your PC. The i:FAO business travel software.
The selection of your destination using an interactive map. The database
containing the rules and guidelines of the travel policy to ensure superior
cost control and the personal preferences of the traveler.
The combination of these building blocks with i:FAO’s technology will make this
vision a reality.
Imagine: Our traveler of the future has to travel to London on a business
assignment. The trip includes an overnight stay and the departure is next
week's Wednesday. The business traveler opens the calendar on the computer
desktop and clicks on next Wednesday. The travel icon is automatically inserted,
the appointment entered is automatically scanned for destination and date. An
interactive map is automatically launched, at the same time the i:FAO software
returns a list of available flights, matching company preferences. Another
click secures a seat on the 8 a.m. service. A second click books easily the
return flight and opens a new map for the city of London. In the map important
points of interest for the corporation, like office or customer locations are
pinpointed. More so the software also displays hotels on the city map which
fit two criteria: They are approved by corporate travel policy and have rooms
available. Upon contact with the cursor the hotel icons open a window which
displays exhaustive information about the property. The selection is completed
quickly and the hotel is booked with a single click.
The application returns a complete travel itinerary and at the same time
performs a number of transactions according to the traveler's preferences.
This secures the traveler's preferred seat and meal, takes care of payment
procedures and includes data entry for frequent traveler programs. All is
controlled by the detailed traveler profile, which in itself is governed by
the corporate profile. All additional work happens in the background: Data for
the travel expense report is already generated, payment for the airline ticket
and review of corporate discounts happen automatically. The complete itinerary
with additional information appears directly in the calendar and can be printed
or sent by eMail.
Upon request a special agent software will pull together a "Smart Itinerary"
#for this trip. It will contain recent currency exchange rates, weather
forecasts, a map of the hotels vicinity and up-to-date information on cultural
and sports events and will be delivered by eMail in good time for this trip.
A pleasant and safe trip for our business traveler. And the affirmation that
i:FAO Group is your partner of choice for vision and reality.
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