Businesses looking to expand often have to look abroad for new markets and customers. And securing these new markets inevitably includes having to travel to meet potential buyers and sellers. Despite developments such as video conferencing evidence shows that doing business face to face brings greater financial benefits to companies.
A report from the
Centre for Economics and Business Research found that a London-based company
doing business face to face could see an average income increase of almost
£250,000 a year. And research by Premier
Inn found that for every £1 a company spends on business travel it could see a
return of 60 per cent on the investment.
But business
trips, especially abroad, can be costly if travellers are not able to work
efficiently while on the road.
Is this scenario
familiar in your organisation? You send
people at great expense to meet a client abroad and are unable to keep in touch
with them because of the high cost of communication? Are your teams trying to
work with limited data roaming packages, paying high fees to access hotel wi-fi
or using unreliable and slow free public wi-fi?
High costs mean
that communication can be intermittent - hardly the most effective way to work
at a time when we all expect to be able to be constantly connected with the
office and home, be able to check emails and access the internet.
This can all be
changed with a handy little gadget from Majesti-Fi that gives travellers peace
of mind from sky-high data roaming charges and provides secure 3G or 4G
internet access 24/7. With Majesti-Fi
data roaming charges can drop to as little as a few pence per MB compared to up
to £6 per MB charged by UK suppliers.
The device can be
used to access data, surf the Internet and make VOIP calls. The size of a
smartphone, the device works as a mobile wi-fi hotspot connecting with the
strongest local provider. It is easy to
use with no need for fiddly SIM cards and currently works in over 110
countries. Another major benefit is that all communication is encrypted so
there is no danger of hacking as can happen with public wi-fi networks.
Up to five devices
can be connected ensuring travellers can work effectively. It has a battery
life of 9 hours in operation and 48 hours in standby and an in-built USB port
means that it can also charge devices.
Since its launch
in 2015 Majesti-fi has helped companies to save thousands of pounds – sometimes
from just one trip.
The CEO of an
international consulting company decided to try the device for himself over a three-month
period while travellers in the USA, Israel, Dubai, UAE, Italy, France,
Switzerland, Nigeria and Egypt. Using the best bundle offered by his UK
provider he would have been charged a staggering £18,435 for using 18GB. With Majesti-Fi this cost dropped to just £1,105.92.
At the end of the
testing period, the CEO said, “It really has transformed my life and the way I
am able to work whilst significantly reducing my costs." And he has now decided to roll this out to
all international travellers within his organisation.
Companies are
careful to look at the cost of flights and accommodation but all too often
overlook the cost of data roaming. If
these costs are not budgeted for they can have major implications. One organisation was faced with such a high
bill for data roaming that it had to dip into funds for other parts of the
business.
Perhaps most importantly
the device is actually improving the travel experience and helping to maintain
a healthy family life. One traveller is
now able to Skype his children everyday – something that would have been
impossible on his data contract where his allowance would have been used up
with just one Skype call. And
travellers can even keep up with their favourite soaps or TV programmes when
stuck in remote areas. Having happy
staff has to be a plus when it comes to retaining good people.
For more
information visit www.majestifi.com or book your free place at www.businesstravelshow.com/register and meet them at the show this month!
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