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Egencia Highlights the New Egencia TripNavigator App for iPad at GBTA [Travel & Leisure Close - Up](Travel & Leisure Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Egencia, the business travel company of Expedia, has unveiled its new Egencia TripNavigator app for iPad at the GBTA Convention in Los Angeles. According to a release, the new user experience takes advantage of the larger tablet screen to provide users contextual, relevant information while reviewing trips and booking travel. It also features a new, adaptive approach to travel search. Since the launch of Egencia TripNavigator on iPhone and Android in the last year, Egencia has seen tremendous growth in mobile bookings. Egencia expects this adoption to carry over to tablets, as studies show that 65 percent of business travelers take a tablet with them on the road. "Egencia smartphone apps are primarily used by travelers for last minute bookings and other itinerary changes during a trip," said Rob Greyber, president of Egencia. "But smartphone screens have their limits and tablets make it easier to display more of the pertinent information for a booking on one screen. Our work on tablet optimization also gave us the opportunity to incorporate new adaptive search technology. The app can now adapt to the traveler's intent and behavior to make the search process even more efficient." Egencia TripNavigator for iPad shows users more aspects of their search in context, within a single side-by-side display and fluid interactions. The new iPad app features a trips view that showcases a carousel of trip cards which can be swiped across a trip timeline, to offer both a larger view and more details on any part of the trip. Egencia is a travel management company. More information: www.egencia.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2014 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved. |