Wednesday, 25 March 2015

The apple watch: your time matters when you are travelling

Announced as one of the most expected release of the beginning of the year, the Apple-watch is coming out during April 2015. Tim Cook, Apple CEO, revealed the Apple-watch to public the last 9th of March. It presented the new apple innovation as a revolutionary high-tech mobile device. Added to its first function of watch, it contains all the features of an ultra connected mobile device. Indeed, it will gather all the functionalities of an iPhone and iPad with the huge range of applications. Despite its new technology improvement, the Apple-watch is highly debated on the interest of the product. From a side to another, the price is too high for the use but it releases an unbelievable number of new opportunities.

In this article, we aim at analysing and discussing about the apple-watch using when you are travelling. How can this mobile device make a journey faster, easier and more connected?
Regarding the growing tourism industry and the development of IT solutions inside this field, the apple watch represents a load of opportunities for businesses in tourism but also brings a new travelling experience.
Here we will describe five points that reveal the Apple-watch powerful for the tourism industry:
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      Your travelling papers gather in one safe place:
By developing application, businesses can create an app that gathers all the travelling papers (boarding pass, hotel bookings, ID and Passport copy, etc) in one place around your wrist. It is safer than a smartphone that can be lost during the journey. The Apple-watch is well tight around your wrist and also avoids any paper movements and then risk of loss.

-       Your new hotel room key:
Starwood is the first that has seen the Apple-watch opportunity. It developed an app that enables you to get into your room by scanning the watch. It decreases the risk of key loss and make the check in well faster. The App is already set up in more than 150 Starwood’s brand hotel.


                                                                                                                                                                  Your journey connected updater:
You will be able to plan your journey and get any updates right on time during your journey. It will alert you for any delay or any changing plans. Moreover it will allow you to get information about and around the place you are.

-       Your personal healthy coach:
What is more uncomfortable than being sick during your travel? It might happen if you go visiting different country with different habits of eating, consuming, cooking, etc. The watch updates your vital data and tells you what to do and what to avoid sickness when you are travelling.

-       Airlines developers pioneers:
It is not yet released but it already has its business developer. Indeed, Airlines see a huge opportunity to develop their IT innovations and processes. Companies such as Easyjet have already developed an app for their passenger. They will know all the information needed around their flight: gates, delays, check-in times, baggage claims, conditions details and also it will be the boarding pass.


The Apple-watch will become your favourite traveller partner anywhere, at any time. All will be gather around the app and so on your wrist will make the journey faster, safer and will improve the customer experience.

References:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcy0NXNML9U

Sixtine Gautier & Nicolas Pluvert

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