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Business Travelers…Your Concierge is at Your Fingertips

November 9, 2008

Providing stellar personal service through a concierge used to be a perk exclusive to hotel guests and wealthy corporate executives. Today online sites are providing concierge service for both their busy customers and employees. Here's two of today's more popular mobile recommendation and navigation applications:

 

  1. Tap4Taxi which finds taxi services in cities across the U.S. Unfortunately, it’s designed specifically for iPhones but the good news is the application only costs ninety-nine cents; providing users with telephone numbers with the touch of their fingertips, ratings, and whether each company accepts credit cards.
  2. If you fly regularly will want this free application from Conducive Technology, which gives the status of thousands of flights at more than 1,000 airports around the world. The service also provides data on flight arrival gates, airport parking, and weather systems. Users can search the database by flight number, route, or airport.

Posted by Shanu Singh Guliani on November 9, 2008 | Comments (3)


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May 15, 2009
In response to: Business Travelers…Your Concierge is at Your Fingertips
Elite Health commented:



I am a corporate lawyer and usually do not have time to spend time waiting in doctors' offices. I generally look for expedited care, VIP treament and 24-hour access to my personal physician via cell phone and email. I was looking for a concierge medical facility or plan since a year almost and lately found Elitehealth.com providing more than my wishlist. I have registered along with my wife and have made a couple of visits to our primary care physician already. We are quite pleased with the experience and would post further feedback in a few weeks time again.




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In response to: Business Travelers…Your Concierge is at Your Fingertips
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September 21, 2009
In response to: Business Travelers…Your Concierge is at Your Fingertips
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I cogitate on that

would be more the

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"Disquietude Reviews". In uniting to what amberto described

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