We told you that BlackBerry Travel was launching on BlackBerry 10 this week and here it is on schedule. It brings all of the BlackBerry Travel planning, booking, managing , and sharing to BlackBerry 10. It includes automatic trip scanning, travel notification in the hub, hotel and car rental booking, itinerary management, social sharing, search flights, and other tools.
Here are some new features BlackBerry added for BlackBerry 10:
- Trip Status Sharing – It’s now even easier to post your trip updates on BBM, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. With Trip Status Sharing, you can keep your friends and colleagues up-to-date on your travel adventures immediately as they unfold.
- Flight Status Sharing – BlackBerry Travel has always kept you up-to-date with real-time flight statuses and with BlackBerry Travel for BlackBerry 10, you can share this information with your colleagues, friends and social networks. If your flight is delayed, cancelled or changed terminals, you can easily and quickly inform others and make sure they know when and where to pick you up from the airport.
- Price Alerts, Change Offers and Upgrades – The new Price Alert service with BlackBerry Travel for BlackBerry 10 helps ensure you’re always getting the best hotel deal. It will put your mind at ease and automatically notify you if there’s a better price for the hotel room you booked, a comparable hotel for a cheaper price, or if there’s a much better hotel for slightly more. In many cases, you can cancel your original booking without penalty and re-book the better deal through BlackBerry Travel.
- BlackBerry ID – With BlackBerry ID, you’ll never have to login to BlackBerry Travel again. You’ll have instant access to all of its features as soon as you launch the app. Even on your first time using BlackBerry Travel, BlackBerry ID will automatically fill in the registration form for you.
Check out BlackBerry Travel in BlackBerry World at this link. It may take 24 hours to fully work.
Jamie Not Registered
Posted: March 21, 2013 at 12:54 PM EST
Thank You Blackberry! I loved this app on my Bold 9900. It has saved my bacon a couple times with gate changes and it has so many amazing features. I was really upset when I got my new Z10 and this app wasn’t on it. Now just give me the old maps app and i’m all set.
Terry Burne Not Registered
Posted: March 26, 2013 at 2:07 PM EST
It is not acceptable that this App is not available outside of USA and Canada! It is the developing countries like South Africa, India, etc. that are keeping Blackberry alive. Blackberry need to jack up their ideas, or these countries will also dump Blackberry, and then you won’t have a business! Not impressed!
Jamie Not Registered
Posted: March 26, 2013 at 2:11 PM EST from my BlackBerry Z10 | OS 10.0.10.672
You are right, the great apps have to be available to all blackberry users and not a select few. I’m sure there is a good reason as blackberry knows how important the African and Asian markets are so there is no way they want to disrespect those markets