Business travelers looking for a quiet space to work en route will find the new Regus iPhone App a useful tool. This free application offered by this global supplier of ready-to-rent offices, conference rooms and videoconference studios will help you find just the right facility.
Regus is a worldwide supplier of ready-to-rent offices, conference rooms and videoconference studios (www.regus.de) and customers can now conveniently contact the company via Apple iPhone. The company’s new and free iPhone App makes it easy for them to access the Regus network with more than 1,100 sites in 85 countries. Local operators support business travelers looking for an appropriate place to work. Next to an English version, applications can also be downloaded via iTunes in German, French, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, and Chinese.
The application developed and produced by Wavana Interactive (www.wavana.com) enables customers to search the global Regus network in order to find precisely the business center best meeting their business requirements. The iPhone App will above all be a popular tool for the approximately 500,000 Regus Businessworld customers all over the world, who can obtain all information in real time about topical availability of business centers in the Regus network.
The functions in detail: with the GPS function, users can look for the Regus center nearest to their own location (also with a filter for technical equipment), they may then localize it on a map, and can call off a route description. In addition, the App has an Augmented- Reality function, which displays the location of and distances to the Regus offices in real-time camera shots. The App features a comprehensive description of each center and its equipment including photographs. The Apps may also be used to place telephone calls, to send call-back requests and to schedule center inspection tours. Of course users can also book a meeting room or office by progressing through a convenient and easy App procedure and they can also transmit details on the facility particulars and location to meeting delegates and colleagues. And finally, the App can also be used to watch YouTube videos with information about Regus. In the course of this year, Regus will put applications for further Smartphone platforms such as BlackBerry RIM on the market. Michael Barth, Regus Director Germany, said that the iPhone App is a useful tool for mobile international business travelers looking for a suited place to work at any time. “The application offers business travelers a multilingual user surface to help them search for an appropriate business center in which they can work flexibly and efficiently just as they require.”
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