Travel Safety App Introduces COVID Checker Tool for Advisors
经过戴恩·泰勒(Daine Taylor)/
As countries and destinations start the process of reopening, and people start feeling comfortable making travel plans again after months of lockdowns, there is still a significant amount of confusion and uncertainty about what travelers and travel advisors can expect in the future.
为了帮助顾问跟踪这些变化,Sitata是世界上最全面的旅行健康和安全应用程序之一,正在推出其新的COVID Checker toolfor advisors, which provides up-to-date coronavirus statistics and tracks travel restrictions across the globe.
Sitata只是众多技术公司之一开发的工具,以帮助解决与Covid-19有关的恐惧,健康和安全问题。Sitata’s tool allows advisors to present information to their customers, and give them a better understanding of the situation at their desired destination, and as things continue to change, it will become even more important to stay informed and update their clients about what changes are happening all over the globe.
“We’re trying to do our best to support the industry, and we’re hopeful for the day when faith in healthy travel can return,” said Adam St. John, CEO of Sitata. “And we’re doing our best to help restore the confidence in travel again.”
How the COVID Checker tool works
SITATA应用程序利用AI技术来监视24/7全球事件,并使旅行者实时更新。该公司利用该技术在12月追踪冠状病毒的传播,并在世界卫生组织之前向其用户发表了首次警告。
The app works by collecting relevant information from destinations and sources worldwide, including travel disruptions, and giving advisors access to the information in a concise, relevant manner. It tracks changes based on five categories: airport closures, border closures, social distancing information, curfews and transportation, providing upwards of 100 updates a day.
“当一个国家宣布,changing, we pick up on that and boil that information down in a very easy to use way, to give you an understanding of if you can get into the country, if public transportation is running, if you’ll need to wear a mask, will you be put in quarantine… all of these questions can be answered with a quick search through the tool.”
Future travel predictions
圣约翰说:“我们看到政府重新开放和恢复经济的巨大压力,与此同时,大多数人都希望确保每个人的安全和健康。”“那里有一个平衡,不同的国家正在采取不同的方法,但是从广义上讲,我们看到旅行限制的放松。”
He said that while it is encouraging to see countries and destinations opening up, there is also a potential danger if it is not handled correctly.
Sitata's COVID Checker tool can provide up-to-date destination-specific travel details like border closure, social distancing measures, and more. Photo: Sitata
“Before international travel picks up, what we’re seeing is secondary and tertiary outbreaks starting to form, and the goal for most countries is to squash those outbreaks as they pop up, and contain them as much as possible,” said St. John. “We’re anticipating a world where there will be a loosening of restrictions, and then a retightening as [outbreaks flare up].”
他还说,顾问应该研究如何在亚洲进行爆发,以表明在近乎遇到的期望。“他们比我们提前几个星期,所以看到接下来几周可能发生的事情总是一个好主意。”
St. John predicts the industry will see a wave of changes happening across the industry, “That’s really where our strength comes into play… that’s where we think our tool can bring a lot of value for advisors.”
Adding value for advisors
The tool is freely available to travel advisors, and it is backed by an API (application programming interface), which can allow users to embed the program into their own websites and customize them at will to better fit their company’s aesthetic.
“任何顾问都可以转到Covid Checker网站,并接收可以添加到网站或门户网站的嵌入代码。他们的使用方式确实取决于他们。如果他们想要一种更自定义的方法,也许将其放在自己的应用程序上或为自己的品牌个性化。”圣约翰说。
The COVID Checker tool also utilizes a travel chatbot company called Eddy Travels, to help address user’s needs quickly and efficiently.
随着行业在为旅行返回准备的准备工作时,顾问保持客户的最新状态并尽可能了解全球正在发生的变化,这将变得比以往任何时候都变得更加重要。
“We’re trying to do our best to support the industry, and we’re hopeful for the day when faith in healthy travel can return. And we’re doing our best to help restore the confidence in travel again,” said St. John.