London City Airport has been awarded a grant from the UK’s Technology Strategy Board to implement a preliminary trial of cross-technology networking.
The Internet of Things and travel: London City Airport takes off
May 3, 2013 By 2 Comments
Digital IQ: Hotel brands doing it right and what it means for you
February 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The latest research on the hotel front offers a comprehensive look into the digital competence of 52 hotel brands, providing background and deeper insights into what makes a successful hotel brand in the digitally connected, global economy.
360 rules: TourWrist follows PhocusWright victory with raft of new partnerships
January 16, 2013 By 2 Comments
Hot off of several awards, including the Demo Day $1 million IDG Media and several PCW/General Catalyst awards, panaroma technology provider TourWrist has announced a series of new travel brand partnerships.
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Forget Street View: HeliView adds an aerial twist on hotel shopping and boosts conversion rates
December 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Users of a German OTA can fly from hotel to hotel, comparing properties, using an overhead tour of destinations based on aerial videos shot by helicopter.
Travelport squeezes more juice out of customer feedback
November 23, 2012 By 2 Comments
Agile, nimble and GDS – not words that traditionally you would find together but all of the distribution giants are working hard to change perceptions
A rough guide to eight big travel industry battles
November 13, 2012 By 19 Comments
To let you spend more time schmoozing (or sleeping), here is a wry take on what is often discussed in travel industry panel debates.
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How to innovate: Lessons learned the hard way by Travelocity founder Terry Jones
October 18, 2012 By 1 Comment
In a wide-ranging interview, Terry Jones, founder and former CEO of Travelocity and current chairman of the board at Kayak, new book ON Innovation, Turning on Innovation in Your Culture, Teams and Organization.
Airlines need to take-off not face lengthy delays with innovation
October 1, 2012 By 6 Comments
For an industry accustomed to terms like “headwinds”, “drag” and “holding patterns”, you’d think innovation sluggishness or “innovation inertia” would be a systems malfunction both low cost and legacy carriers would happily avoid
Google and Dr Evil? Surely no connection [IMAGE]
April 19, 2012 By 1 Comment
A little humour can go a long way at travel technology conference so cue all round mirth when this image came up.
Making technology progress relevant in travel – dead easy, dead slow or just dead but why?
April 13, 2012 By 9 Comments
Technology folks all have great ideas for the next coolest thing. But for traditional companies, particularly those in travel, very few of these ideas see the light of day
