Business Travel: Get There, Get Around, and Get it Done

Business Traveller is a leading business travel magazine, publishing news about airlines, hotels, car rental, and technology. To find technology-related information, just type “technology,” or even “gadgets,” in the search box.

Fast Company contains a “Business Travel” guide, located under the “Guides” option on the homepage. Here you’ll find articles titled “Pack Light, Stay Connected,” “My High-Tech Road Test,” and “Virtually There?” Some of the tech-related articles also offer a few product reviews. Fast Company studies workplace trends with the goal of helping business leaders make their work smarter and more effective.

Business To Business Travel Websites Group assembles news about global business travel. This site has news for the Asia Pacific region, North America, Central and South America, and Europe, Middle East, and Africa. Click on the region you want and use the menu on the left side to see the content areas. Technology sections are accessible for all four regions.

Orbitz has introduced a “WiFi Locator” for travelers. Simply type an address into the locator box at the left side of the screen, click the “Go” button, and wait for a list of Wi-Fi hotspots to appear in a pop-up screen. If you’re good with computers, this Web page also has a list of tips for “unlocking the secrets of Wi-Fi."

Google Maps will provide you with locations of Internet cafés and map the area around the café. Start by positioning your destination city or country toward the center of the map and then type "Internet café" in the search box.

Cybercafes.com contains locations for more than 4,000 internet cafés in over 140 countries. Just follow the simple search instructions on the homepage to find a café in or near your destination city.

The Cybercafe Search Engine is a database of verified cybercafés, public Internet access locations, and kiosks in over 160 countries. You can search for Internet access by city, state, or country.

YouSendIt allows its customers to send files from one person to another via an e-mail attachment. The YouSendIt service is different than traditional e-mail because it allows you to send and download larger files than the average e-mail account can handle.

FolderShare is an application that allows you to share files with clients by dropping them into virtual folders. Try the free program and then create folders that you can share with clients as if on a network server. As long as you’re online, you can update files or move them in and out of the designated folders from your computer; they’ll be instantly updated on the computers of everyone else who has access to that folder.

Zoho has Web-based tools for almost any business need. Try “Zoho Show” for a Web-based PowerPoint-like presentation tool, “Zoho Meeting” for collaborative online meeting tools, “Zoho Planner” to keep yourself organized, or any of the other free (or free trial) applications that this site provides.

Google Docs has an online spreadsheet, document, and presentation tool where you can create an item and then work collaboratively on it with anyone with an Internet connection. Google Docs saves versions of your work so that, should you make a mistake or want to see an earlier version, you can do so quite easily. Publish your items online for multiple people to see (or allow them to edit) or keep certain items private.