FlightView brings real-time flight tracking to Tampa’s departure gates

Incoming flight info

FlightView has partnered with Tampa International Airport as the inaugural location for Flight-In-Sight!, a gate information display that shows travelers where their plane is when it’s not at the gate.

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Hotel reviews: rants vs raves, impact on loyalty and revenue [INFOGRAPHIC]

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There is no better complementary combination than guest reviews and social media in travel industry. This alliance has changed the way people travel, and also altered the way brands run their businesses.

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Airline execs reveal IT investments through 2016 [INFOGRAPHIC]

change in airline IT spend

Nearly 75% of airline information technology (IT) executives say investing in business intelligence (BI) solutions for sales and marketing is their top priority, according to the annual SITA Airline IT Trends survey.

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Four Big Picture questions around airline IT and distribution

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As in previous years there is a fair amount of a buzz at the SITA IT Summit around some new products and services for the airline and airport world.

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An airline merchandising perspective – what customers want and what they say they want

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There has been much rhetoric recently about how to offer ancillary services to consumers, what services to offer and when, that it raises the question whether consumers want all these elements

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Google pushes review-influenced recommendations above local organic search results in US

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An interactive “carousel” of image-based recommendations appears when users search for local destinations, such as hotels or restaurants, in the US.

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TripAdvisor acquires GateGuru

GateGuru app update

Another acquisition for TripAdvisor, this time buying flight and airport information application provider GateGuru for an undisclosed fee.

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