Giant leaps in modern technology have ensured that the business traveler of today remains connected to his work from practically everyplace on Earth and at all times.

Mobile phone network has expanded all over the globe at an unprecedented rate. Currently, around eighty percent of the world has mobile network coverage of some kind. According to figures released by Wireless Intelligence, a data research service, by 2010 the coverage will increase to ninety percent of the globe.

Business convention centers all over the world are increasing offering wireless internet access at their hotels and resorts. Currently the Blackberry is supported in 135 countries and available from more than 350 channels and carriers.

This expansion of digital technology has made it possible for continent-hopping executives to stay connected. In fact a company CEO holidaying at the Yosemite Valley, Galapagos Islands and even on Mount Everest may be surprised to hear his cell phone ring as all these remote destinations are now covered by basic mobile networks.

While it is now much easier to stay connected with one’s workplace, the knife also cuts the other way. There is now greater pressure on executives to stay in touch even while on vacations. In fact, a Deloitte survey conducted in 2007 revealed that of 2000 business travelers on vacations, almost a third responded to e-mails and voice-mails related to work. At the same time, travel agents say that it is the traveler who wants to be sure that the destination is well-connected to the outside world.