The latest tech news in the travel industry
Hotelbeds has today announced the extension of its partnership with HotelRunner, a sales channel management platform and B2B network for OTAs and hoteliers. Further building on over six years of successful partnership, HotelRunner’s 40,000 hotel and hostel partners from […]
Delta customers are one step closer to a seamless, personalized in-flight experience built on industry-leading Wi-Fi. Recently, Delta finalized a partnership with high-speed Wi-Fi provider Viasat and took steps to launch the Delta-developed Wi-Fi access portal – a user interface that enhances how you interact with Wi-Fi. Adding Viasat’s next-generation satellite technology (Ka-Band) to the fleet gives the airline more options to modernize how customers
Russian Railways has launched a high-speed technological data transmission network in Russia’s Far Eastern region and commissioned a new communications network control centre in Moscow. The modernised network covers one of the most heavily used railway sections, Russia’s Far
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In a context where global demand for contactless payments is booming, biometric cards are best placed to ensure secure, hygienic and convenient payments. The exclusive partnership and distribution agreement between IDEMIA and ZWIPE aims to promote biometric card as
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Implementation of a digital identity in travel needs to work end-to-end for travelers to realize its benefits – not just at one airport or on a specific airline, but across every stage of their journey. While the travel industry
Amadeus Partners with Star Alliance to Make Touchless Travel More Accessible Read More »
Finnair is taking to the skies virtually this holiday season, with eight special trips to Lapland to see Santa utilizing cutting edge virtual reality (VR) technology. Finnair’s VR flights start on December 25th and are available for just €10
FINALLY there is exciting news for travel agents worldwide today with the launch of Aeronology Mobile, a world-first Travel Agent application that promises to help travel advisors rebound with a sophisticated and seamless global online, mobile and full-service travel
For the first time in the twenty-one-year history of the award, the Intelligent Community Forum honored an Estonian city with its top award today when it named Tallinn, Estonia as its 2020 Intelligent Community of the Year. Tallinn has
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Aereos Interior Solutions, one of the divisions of Aereos Inc., a global provider of aircraft parts, MRO services and component manufacturing, has announced that the BioCote antimicrobial built into Aereos’ high-touch aircraft interior products has been confirmed effective by
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As part of Emirates’ commitment to continuous innovation and an unmatched customer experience, the airline has launched an integrated biometric path at Dubai International airport (DXB). The contactless airport experience is now open to Emirates passengers travelling from and
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Mastercard has teamed up with IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity, and MatchMove, a Singapore-based fintech, on their first pilot in Asia of a biometric card that uses a fingerprint to authorize transactions at in-store payment terminals. The
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The Russian Railways’ Holding is introducing an automated remote-control system at small railway stations with low passenger traffic. The new system increases efficiency at railway stations, reduces their operating costs and in the future will create a unified platform
If you ever get drowsy at your school or office desk, that’s probably not much of a problem. But what if you’re a pilot, a commercial driver or an astronaut? Then fatigue can lead to small mistakes with significant
On 5 October 2020 at the VINCI Airports Centre of Excellence for Innovation based at Lyon-Saint Exupéry airport, Xavier Huillard, Chairman and CEO of VINCI, and Nicolas Notebaert, CEO of VINCI Concessions and President of VINCI Airports, inaugurated Mona,
Qatar Airways is now offering 100 days of free on-board Super Wi-Fi connectivity to all passengers, in celebration of the airline equipping more than 100 of its state-of-the-art aircraft with high-speed broadband. From 25 September 2020 for the next
