Behold the hi-tech aircraft seat, built for gamers, not for wimps

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Airline passengers belonging to the so-called Playstation Generation could one day be getting the flight of their lives – thanks to a seat nicknamed Not For Wimps.

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American Airlines passengers to stream movies to mobile devices

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Seatback monitors for in-flight entertainment are just so yesterday.

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Amadeus Ideas for Travel – Most popular in April

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The most popular ideas from the third round of the Ideas for Travel competition run by Amadeus are named this week, with family and friend in-flight trackers, massively enhanced in-flight experience, wild aircraft entertainment.

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Virgin entertainment system offers passenger movie ratings

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Virgin Atlantic’s first Airbus A330-300 aircraft, which took its inaugural flight several days ago, features an in-flight entertainment system with two touchscreens and a “like” button of sorts to ascertain passengers’ movie opinions.

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Amadeus Ideas for Travel – Most popular in March

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The most popular ideas from the second round of the Ideas for Travel competition run by Amadeus are named this week, with destination “angels” for travellers, a single and multi-modal distribution system and universal traveller profile.

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Embassy Suites returns to TV advertising with More More campaign

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Talk about an integrated marketing campaign? Embassy Suites intends to launch a $15 million integrated brand awareness campaign March 6 which includes TV, online advertising, in-flight entertainment systems and the CNN Airport Network.

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Amadeus Ideas for Travel – Most popular in February

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The most popular ideas from the first round of the Ideas for Travel competition run by Amadeus are named this week, with passenger alert systems, no-cost flights and in-flight DVDs attracting the most votes.

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Time for hotels to wise up to needs of the tech-savvy guest

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In some ways, the in-room hotel experience has remained the same for a very long time. Mini bar, TV and movies on-demand are pretty much standard in most properties.

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Jet2 in new ancillary push with in-flight entertainment offer

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European low cost carrier Jet2 is the latest airline to see how hi-tech in-flight entertainment systems can be used to capture more ancillary revenue.

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British Airways to get Cruise and Cruz, not Lonely Planet

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British Airways passengers will be getting a raft of new programmes included in their in-flight entertainment systems as part of a deal signed with the BBC.

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