5.5 Release Notes
Released 29 May 2021
Release Highlights
Status | Description | Product |
|---|---|---|
FEATURE | Government Travel Advisories
| CARE |
FEATURE | Travel Advice Country Maps - Enhanced | CARE |
FEATURE | Widgets (Upcoming Trips) - Refresh Icon | PLATFORM |
FEATURE | Platform Social Media - WhatsApp & Viber | PLATFORM |
BUG FIX | Profile - Telephone Contacts Details UI | PLATFORM |
Travel Advisories - US & Malta
Kudos' existing country-level Government travel advisory services have been enhanced with the addition of the following two (2) countries:
United States (US) - US Department of State
Malta (MT) - Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs
Travel Advisory is available to be set at Travel Office and Agency levels.
Kudos recommends setting at the agency level, as this allows a single setup to be inherited by all associated travel offices and companies, as shown in the following example.
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Once a government’s travel advisory has been enabled, it will be available in Request, Trips and Care. The Dashboard also provides a snapshot of the level four (4) and five (5) advice ratings.
Request
Trips
Care
Dashboard
Travel Advice Country Maps - Dynamic
Government travel advisory services that do not provide their own country maps have been enhanced to dynamically provide a country’s map based on the advice rating (1-5) returned.
The following examples for Bangladesh (BD) and Japan (JP) illustrate the dynamic maps for each travel advice rating, should an advisory service not provide its own.
Rating | Map | |
1 |  |  |
2 |  |  |
3 |  |  |
4 |  |  |
5 |  |  |
Kudos Country Advice Mapping
The following table is intended to provide insights into Kudos' mapping (translation) of the advice ratings for the newly added Government travel advisory services.
Kudos Rating | United States | Malta |
1 | Exercise Normal Precaution | Take normal precautions |
2 | Exercise Normal Precaution - Contains Areas with Higher Security Risk | Exercise vigilance |
3 | Exercise Increased Caution - Contains Areas with Higher Security Risk | Exercise high degree of caution |
Exercise Increased Caution | ||
4 | Reconsider Travel - Contains Areas with Higher Security Risk | Avoid all but essential travel to certain areas |
Reconsider Travel | Avoid all travel to certain areas | |
Avoid all but essential travel | ||
5 | Do not Travel | Avoid all travel |
Widgets (Upcoming Trips) - Refresh Icon
The Upcoming Trips widget has been updated to include a new Refresh icon. This is designed to allow a user already logged into the platform to regenerate an updated view which may be necessary for Trips that have just been created, modified or cancelled.
If a refresh of the Upcoming Trips widget is necessary, selecting the Refresh icon as shown in the following example will initiate this update.
Platform Social Media
Configurable platform social media (e.g. Instagram, LinkedIn) have been enhanced to present the icon(s) in the footer section for only those that have been set. If none have been set, no icons will be presented, as shown in the following example.
Additionally, social media of WhatsApp and Viber have been added as an option for an agency to configure, if desired. If any, the social media option(s) an agency wishes to present on their platforms must be set in the Travel Agency (profile) in Kudos Administration, as shown in the following example.
Only social media option(s) containing a value (e.g. URL) will be presented in the platform’s footer of the Consultant Desktop as well as associated companies, as shown in the following examples.
The following example shows how a social media icon will be presented whenever the mouse cursor hovers over it or is selected.
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Profile - Telephone Contacts Details UI
The overlay in the UI for Work Telephone Contact’s Country field was previously transparent. This resulted in the text presented being mixed with the Additional Mobile (field), as shown in the following example.
This behaviour has now been corrected to ensure the overlay is presented in a non-transparent state, as shown below.
