The Medical ID feature in Apple's Health app - installed by default on phones running iOS 8 and newer - lets you save your emergency contact information, medical conditions, organ donor status and more. This information can be accessed even when your phone is locked.

If you open that Health app, click Medical ID in the bottom right corner and begin by completing basics such as your name and a photograph (which can help to identify you if you're unable to respond), and any important medical conditions. This information may include allergies, medications, your blood type and organ donor status. You can add your travel insurance details as a medical note even your policy number to make things easy if urgent medical assistance is ever needed overseas.

You can also add one or several emergency contacts, then when all is complete, you can tap done and you can preview your Medical ID within the Health app.

Once you check the show when locked option, the information you have added can now be seen by anybody who finds your phone, including doctors and ambulance stuff if you are taken to the hospital.

They can find this information by clicking emergency on your phone's lock screen, then tapping Medical ID which shows the same information without needing to unlock your phone.

Phone calls to emergency contacts can also be done with the locked screen so make sure you include the country code.

If you have a huge presentation to deliver after you land and you didn't have enough time at the office, the time on the plane can be very productive. Here are a few tips to make the most of your time on the plane.

First of all, you have to edit like a film director. If you consider that filmmakers cut from 8 to 10 hours of footage to get the final 2 hour edit you see at the cinema, you learn to get the gist of the message. You need to ask yourself why am I showing this? to determine what is relevant enough to be on the presentation and what isn't. If it's not important enough, leave it out so you don't distance the audience from the main content and you can keep their attention.

Don't waste time on the graphics, fonts, fly-ins, fades and frippery. Choose a template, sans serif font (easier on the eye), blue-ish background and something like a 24-point minimum font size. Search for suitable images and that's it. Always keep in mind that all the graphics have to be seen easily as some of your audience might have some kind of vision impairment.

If you can rehearse your presentation out loud paying attention to where the pauses, highlights and key stories are, you will be more confident when you get there. If you can practice at the lounge in business class, that would be helpful, but if you are traveling with a colleague, ask them to listen to your presentation, discuss, defend it and justify it. Get feedback and review.

Watch your presentation back from the audience's perspective. Consider all members of the audience - key players, influencers, sceptics, hangers-on. Then stop thinking as a presenter and watch it back from each audience member's perspective. Asses if there is something compelling for each member of your audience, and balance out your presentation differently so that everyone is included and engaged.

Warm up your voice by humming and don't drink water or fizzy drinks because it constrict vocal chords and causes hiccups. Choose room temperature water, tea or black coffee and give the booze a miss.

Following the recent Boeing 737 Max Crashes, we're now hearing the sensors were vulnerable to failure as first reported in Bloomberg. The Boeing 737 is a short- to medium-range twinjet narrow-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States. Boeing is the world's largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners, defense, space and security systems, and service provider of aftermarket support. As America's biggest manufacturing exporter, the company supports airlines and U.S. and allied government customers in more than 150 countries.

Here's a Travel Safety Toolkit from the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA):

Travel Insurance

A company should be insured for travel related risks. They should know travel patterns to high risk destinations, how many employees travel, how often, length of stay. Insurance premium costs are largely driven by travel activity and policies/practices of the company. In addition auto insurance protects the company for liability coverage or any loss or damage caused by the employee and should be considered for rental car usage.

Traveler Tracking

Traveler Tracking is a method to quickly locate employees traveling should the need arise to notify them of travel emergencies or provide assistance for health or medical needs which helps support our companies 'duty of care' objectives.

Corporate Credit Card

Payment considerations are important as there are often insurance benefits for travelers. In addition, the company may have financial benefits from consolidated payment solutions. Card programs also provide traveler tracking ability should other solutions not be in place.

Technology

Risks associated with data and data systems, i.e. mobile devices, laptops, etc. A company needs to have a process in place to protect the data carried by employees when traveling.

Establishing a Travel Safety Program is more than just writing a policy or posting some helpful hints for travelers to follow while on their business trip. This toolkit will help you in evaluating your existing program and guide you to resources that will provide building blocks for a successful travel safety program.

If you forget to switch your phone to silent while you rest, specially when you are weary after a 24-hour flight, can disrupt a good night's sleep. This is more dramatic when you cross time zones and your destination's nighttime is midday at your home city. Therefore, you might receive calls or messages while you are trying to have a good night sleep after those tiring long flights. Interrupting your sleep patterns, particularly when you are struggling and dealing with jet lag may hinder your productivity during your business trip.

Therefore, for iPhone users, it is important to become familiar with an automatic feature named do not disturb which can save you from waking up in the middle of the night because of a call.

Once you enable this feature, it silences your phone during the hours you specify, while still allowing calls through from VIPs like your partner or employer.

You can find this feature underneath the control centre in the iPhone's Settings app and once you open it, you need to tap on schedule to set your permanent sleeping hours. After that you can set your limits on who can reach you during that time.

If you click on favorites you can pick your preferred contacts including your partner and boss who are most likely to know where you are and what time it is in your destination so wouldn't wake you up in the middle of the night unless it was urgent. Meanwhile, you can silence calls from other contacts.

You can chose those favorites via the iPhone's separate Contacts app by calling up their contact card, hitting add to favorites, selecting the correct phone number and you've completed that task.

You can always change your favorites by opening contacts, clicking the favorites icon at the bottom left and clicking edit at the top.

In contrast, you can use the everyone option if you are contacted from private or varying number and need those, as it silences other beeps such as for emails and text messages yet still need allowing your phone to ring.

For those choosing favorites or no one, your phone can also be set to ring if the same person tries to call twice within three minutes. However, you should this feature with cause as it often results in callers who hang up and dial again.

If you are expecting an important call, you can disable do not disturb on a one-off basis by swiping up on your phone to reveal the Control Centre, and then you can click on the moon icon. This feature makes your phone temporarily ring, beep or vibrate as usual when somebody calls you, texts you or other notifications come through; however, your phone automatically returns to your usual quite schedule the following day.

As the do not disturb feature relies on your phone's local time, you won't need to adjust your settings when traveling overseas or even interstate. Your phone will adapt to your regular schedule according to your destination's time.

Just make sure that your phone is set to identify where you are by browsing to Settings, then click General, then hit Date and Time and choose set automatically so your iPhone's time will automatically change when you cross between time zones, and you won't have to flick your phone to silent overnight.

If you are a business traveler, you probably have stored confidential information in either your laptop, smartphone or online email accounts. For that reason, as information is highly valued, security is of extra importance. Not only do you need to be aware of your company's data security, but backing up your work is crucial as well. Laptop users usually overlook the need to back up their own work and this often leads people into a panic when files are lost and they are trying to recover them.

As an employee, your duty is to make sure your files are backed up, your data is safe, and you are handling your work tasks while traveling. Here are some ways to make sure your security and backup strategies are in place as you travel for work.

First, you need to back up. Regular backups are important can be done by purchasing a small UBS drive that connects to your computer. You need to keep this USB drive connected to your computer and setup the backup through Windows or Mac. That way, in the case that your laptop dies or is unavailable, you'll be able to access your files through the USB which can be taken anywhere.

As to security, you need to shut down your computer properly. It is not enough to just shut the screen just because it is annoying to wait for it to shut down. If you only shut down the screen, you are risking your security because anytime a USB is plugged into your laptop while it's still on, your data can be copied onto the flash drive.

Someone might try to steal your data without you even knowing it. This could also happen to mobile phones or tables. Therefore, shut all of your equipment down or set passwords to avoid the risk.

Even though a password is important, you should set up an encryption as it offers even more protection in the case of theft or a loss. If you store customers' data for a law office or insurance company for example, a lost laptop with compromised data can be a disaster. Encrypt all of your laptop, tablet, and any other mobile device's data and back it up to avoid a big problem. This includes the entire physical drive rather than just folders.

After you back up, you have to keep the backup with you wherever you go. For the traveler, a good idea would be to keep it in your hotel room's safe, which is probably the safest option to keep your backup. You can also keep backups online but you need to have firewalls up to block connection requests which can be done with an IT staff member.

Anytime that you make a connection in a hotel, restaurant, cafe, etc, be sure to enable VPN because it's encrypted by default and your data won't be compromised. It's the most secure option compared to the hotel's network, despite it's slower connection.

As an ultimate resource, be sure to keep a powerbank or spare battery with you for your phone, laptop or tablets because you may otherwise be forced to share a charge box station at the airport. Use these tips to stay secure and make traveling not a stressful factor while you run your business.

New year, new life, new opportunities to improve habits and here are some ideas for corporate travelers to make the most of their business trips.

First of all, as you spend a considerable amount of your life traveling, you should make the most of it. If you are travelling, you are not sticking to a 9-5 hours or getting weekends off, traveling takes over your whole life. This means you should have some fun. Kat Cohen, a university admissions counselor and founder of IvyWise, hopes to build in time to experience one event that is for pleasure on each business trip, even if it's just a meal or one museum.

Cheryl Andrews, president of Cheryl Andrews Marketing Communications, also hopes to work at least one event of culture or beauty into every trip. She started in early on her resolutions this past fall, flying in to London ahead of a November business trip to tour the Victoria & Albert Museum and attend a classical concert.

Leon Rbibo, who frequently travels to Tahiti, Japan and Hong Kong for his Los Angeles-based jewelry company, The Pearl Source, says one of his resolutions for 2016 is to extend my arrival and departure by one day each; landing a day early and staying a day later in order to take the time to enjoy some of the places I visit.

When you are travelling, it's easy to eat junk food, especially when you eat out and are jet lagged, also it is hard to keep a routine of exercise. Therefore, as a new year resolution, business travelers should attempt to stay fit and exercise while traveling, go to the fitness centers at the hotel, enjoy sports outside in the city they are visiting, enjoy nature and try to eat healthy. Also travelling can be unsettling and stressful, so just try to stay calm and find a way to do that, even if it includes meditation or reducing caffeine, plus exercise should help you to do that.

Jamie Sigler, founding partner of J Public Relations, based in San Diego, plans to leave time to listen to a daily meditation to keep calm and carry on when I am traveling for work. Two apps I'm loving are buddhify and Smiling Mind.

Sigler's colleague at J Public Relations, Ali Lundberg, pledges to pack her running shoes so she can explore urban trails more.

With not a lot of time to explore a destination during business travel, and the desire to get my morning fitness routine checked off the list, combining the two is at the top my resolutions list, Lundberg said.

As a business professional, the information you possess on your electronic devices or online is probably confidential, but you mostly work online, so you have to take the necessary precautions to protect yourself online.

David Grubb, president of CMIT Solutions of Tribeca, an information technology solutions and services company, is encouraging clients to improve their cybersecurity in the new year so that they're as safe online on the road as they are at home.

Grubb recommends backing up all data, updating passwords, avoiding public Wi-Fi (including free airport networks) because the networks are not secure, and using the two-step authentications for all financial or purchasing transactions.

To be healthy and stay fit, it is important to exercise, but workouts should only be 20% of the effort. 80% is nutrition. Therefore, if you have to, change up your dinner plans and cut out snacks. In fact, losing weight and being healthy is always on everyone's New Year's resolutions list.

Jared Blank, chief marketing officer of Deal News, a shopping comparison site based in Alabama, says travelers who frequent the same cities for work tend to fall into a rut where they eat at the same restaurants every time they go... But to spice things up, they should try and avoid the same places they always go to. This would also maker the trip more fun.

Gayle B. MacIntyre of Global Ink Communications says that as a frequent business traveler who works in the hospitality industry, my resolution for 2016 is to cut out the peanuts, pretzels and Biscoff cookies. Empty calories add up for frequent business travelers. Arriving at a destination sans the salt and sugar has got to be a better and healthier way to arrive energized.

Another resolution could be not to rush the connecting flights. This might not help those who hate hanging around the airport, but Pamela Wagner pledges to build in three to four hours between flights as a way to cut stress.

Why? I can absolutely calmly go into one of the lounges and enjoy all their facilities, and have a good two to three hours of concentrated, uninterrupted work, said Wagner, who has her own digital marketing business and is currently based in Austria.

Even if you are not are frequent flyer on an airline, Wagner it's worth it to pay for an airline lounge pass to access showers, work stations, good food and drinks. After that relaxing, self-pampering period, she can calmly board her flight, watch a movie, get some rest and be ready to work. It's an ideal rhythm, she said.

Hotels know that they cannot only rely on tourism to succeed, they only need business travelers who are constantly on the move and always choose the best hotels to stay at. However, business professionals' needs are not the same as tourists' needs and for that reason hotel brands across the globe are adapting themselves to meet business professional's needs and get them to stay with them. Here are the top hotels for business travelers.

Overall, Marriott International had the strongest performance, with five brands - Ritz-Carlton, Marriott, SpringHill Suites, Residence Inn and TownePlace Suites - ranking in the top three in their tiers. Starwood Hotels & Resorts and Hyatt Hotels each had three brands finish in the top three of their respective tiers while IHG and Hilton Worldwide each had two.

The top brands are the ones that best keep up with technology. For instance, all the first place brands in this year's survey have some form of mobile app. In fact, Four Seasons, which placed first in the luxury segment, was the most recent to add one.

A clinical professor at New York University's Tisch Center for Hospitality and Tourism, Bjorn Hanson, said a hotel's app can be a bellwether of brand philosophy. The apps are representative of a brand's attitude as perceived by travelers or corporate buyers or meeting planners, Hanson said. Often the companies that have the apps have also done things with food and beverage concepts or lobby functionality, such as high-speed Internet access. It's more part of a package of them trying to respond to younger travelers.

In fact, the leading brands in each tier have made efforts to appeal to modern travelers and Millennials by investing in more than just new pillows and better breakfasts. If you look at what we've learned from really studying the next-generation traveler, they've grown up combining business and leisure, said Janis Milham, Marriott senior vice president of modern essentials and extended-stay brands. They combine work and play all the time, so we've had to think about our designs, our decor, our rooms, our lobbies, in combining elements of those. It's table stakes these days.

According to an analysis by the NYU Tisch Center, the U.S. lodging industry's investment in re-modeling in-room amenities, faster Internet and upgraded technology systems amounts about $7 billion per year and increases at 7% over year. The most expensive changes include changing bathroons, replacing tubs with walk-in-showers, new or enhanced fitness facilities and redesigned lobbies geared toward Millenials.

Brand consistency used to mean every hotel looked the same, Hanson said. Now, brand consistency means the experience is more the same. In general, whether it's Westin or Hyatt Place or Springhill Suites, those create a very uniform experience, and... I don't mean the color of the wallpaper in the lobby. It's just kind of the feel and attitude of the property.

Brands that focus on guest experience yet provide a consistent product will continue to have a positive relationships with travel buyers as corporate hotel rates climb.

According to a survey from Virgin Atlantic Airways, today's business trip is much more than a long flight followed by a few meetings. The U.S. Travel Association shows that US residents logged 452 million business-related trips in 2013 - that's over 1.2 million trips a day. The report also notes that for every dollar invested in business travel, businesses benefit from an average of $9.50 in increased revenue and $2.90 in new profits.

Without a doubt, business travel is a crucial element to business success. With the objective to better understand what all these travelers are doing in the skies, airports and new destinations, Virgin Atlantic Airways surveyed their passengers (in premium economy and upper class cabins) and asked them about their perspectives, attitudes and what motivates them in business, travel and life.

The study shows some surprising findings such as that business travelers actually enjoy time at the airport, ignore jet lat and even network at 35,000 feet. Today's business traveler has cultivated a hybrid experience of work and leisure, that goes beyond business needs and meet personal needs as well, viewing travel as an opportunity to benefit their career and their personal life.

Our research shows that there is a new mindset in today's business traveler. They're not just a business person on their way to a meeting, but an individual thinking about making the most of every opportunity they find themselves in, said Chris Rossi, senior vice president, North America, Virgin Atlantic.

In terms of demographics, the vast majority of the respondents were over 35. Over half were 35-54, and 40% were 55 plus. The survey was roughly a 55/45 split between men and women.

According to the study, business travelers live by the rules they break. 44% are risk takers and 66% are willing to bend or break the rules. 81% dine, 65% use Wi-Fi, 42% work, 21% get a massage or facial, 6% socialize at the bar.

They look forward to the airport. Half of them actually arrive over an hour early to maximize their time in the lounge.

Even when they are off, they are on. Travelers use over 3TBs of data a month in US Clubhouses to stay connected. That's nearly 650 DVDs, or over 2 billion pages of text or over 17 miles of shelf space.

They find inspiration in the clouds. 1 in 4 said they get their best ideas while traveling - which is over 300,000 brilliant ideas born inflight every day.

There is a networking scene at 35,000 feet. 1 in 5 has done business with someone they met on a flight. If you are in business class, odds are you might be sitting next to another business professional you might want to do business with and who is open to network.

11% catch some sleep, 57% check out inflight entertainment, 14% order something from the bar, 13% read a book, 3% get right to work.

They know time is golden and as such they want to spend it well. From stimulation to rejuvenation, they make the most of every moment.

They mix business with pleasure as 9 in 10 mixx pleasure into every business trip they take. Therefore, they try to make their own path to explore somewhere new. Over half extend a business trip for leisure with only one plan: wing it.

They try to stay in motion and not waste time. Accordingly, two-thirds are off to a meeting within an hour of arrival.

Most of them are happy with their job, as 61% said they have the best job in the world.

If business travel matches your personality and your current circumstances, it can have countless benefits. If you like traveling and are looking to jump-start your career, business traveling has many advantages in store for you; however, if you are a single parent with many responsibilities who is not that interested in traveling, then the benefits of your profession when it comes to corporate traveling might not be that obvious to you.

However, for those whose situation and personality matches with business traveling, this will be a massive job perk for many reasons.

First, you will enjoy all that a new place has to offer. Some people enjoy traveling, and provide the right time off work and resources, they will travel more. Business traveling provides them the opportunity to get to see new places as part of their job, so they don't need to take holidays, and with everything paid for, so they don't need those resources. This allows them to put a dot on the world map to point at a new place they've visited and feel satisfied that they got to see something new.

If you are a food lover, this means trying out the best restaurants, food menus and food stalls around the country - or even the world. If you like to explore new places, get knowledge as you do that, and learn the history, this means on your leisure time, you can explore new museums and historical sites.

Even if the company is paying for your trip and expenses, you might still be able to enjoy personal miles. Apart from collecting miles with your flight, you can also collect miles by using your credit card linked to collecting miles in certain places, so make sure you do your research and collect as many miles as you can so you can save it for your holidays. It's like a bonus.

As a frequent traveler, you can also get some options as pre-check to speed up the process of getting through security lines. That will make your trip run more smoothly - less stressful and less of a hassle.

It can boost your business as well, as traveling may allow you to stay up to date with the latest trends in the world and adapt your company accordingly to be more competitive in the global market.

If you can prove to your boss that you are productive, effective, and reliable while traveling for business, you might secure yourself a virtual office and work from any location if that is what you want. This might be an advantage to spice things up and keep you from going to the office, but working off-shore from exciting locations. However, it is true that some people need an office to go to and the contact with other colleagues to boost productivity, so this is obviously not for everyone.

Traveling can also make you more adaptable to new circumstances. Business traveling puts you in situations that require you to think fast and solve problems that you might not find in daily life, such as getting a flight canceled, struggle to find a hotel room in a foreign city, economic transaction or getting your luggage stole. These lessons make you more adaptable to circumstances and more appreciated by employers, friends and family.

Corporate traveling also allows you to meet new people. In your daily life, you are always surrounded by the same people, which is great to nurture long-lasting relationships; however, this closes your path to meet new people who might open up a new world for you, allow you to have new experiences, new ways of thinking, new opportunities. You might even meet a love interest, a close friend or a future employer or business partner.

As you visit a new place, you are more likely to experience new things and find new ways or recreation. In fact, it seems like a duty while you are traveling. You might try new water sports if the region allows that or hiking in the mountain. Either way, a new place is a new and perhaps different setting that allows you to do different things from what you'd normally do at your hometown.

Traveling also gives you a lesson in prioritizing health. As it is hard to work out while you are traveling, it makes you appreciate it more and realize how much you need it. Therefore, always try to use the fitness centers at the hotels, take the gear you need and challenge yourself to go for a run around the city and creating a habit of exercising. This will help your body and mind, and health in general.