SITA gets credit for new payment system for airline direct sales

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Airlines want credit where credit is due so they will be taking a hard look at airline payment processor SITA’s new Horizon PaymentServices platform, which is geared for direct-selling.

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Behold the air passenger screening system of the future

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Interesting proposal from global aviation body IATA this week after it unveiled what it calls the “Checkpoint of Future” – a hi-tech passenger screening system for airports.

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Airport handlers to be armed with mobile luggage tracking tools

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Ground agents in airports are to be armed with a mobile service allowing them to better assist passengers when luggage goes astray.

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Why is the travel industry so unfriendly to startups?

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Have you ever met anyone who has climbed Mount Everest? Have you ever met anyone who has been to Base Camp, the launch pad for the haul up the mountain?

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Why online airfare search is broken

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With the thumbs up given to Google’s acquisition of ITA Software, and as Tnooz’s resident air geek, I have been looking at the issues of search for air products.

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Tnooz Nuggets – Weds 6 April 2011

Every cloud has a silver lining for SITA, Vinivi verifies new site for the UK, USRentacar vouches for new iPhone app, Paris spring for Fotopedia, Utell walks like an Egyptian with Marketer hotel deal.

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Indoor augmented reality to feature in airport mobile app

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A landmark move for augmented reality services in travel? So says SITA Lab and Copenhagen Airport ahead of the release of an iPhone app using AR within the terminals.

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SITA takes on ATPCO with new airline distribution service

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Interesting move from aviation technology supplier SITA with news that it will be competing against ATPCO as a distributor of airline fares.

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Malaysia Airlines puts full booking, check-in, seat pick into Facebook

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Pioneering move by Malaysia Airlines today with the launch of what is the first system on Facebook to handle airline booking and check-in without leaving the site.

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Tnooz THack London – more hacker videos

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Some more video from the Tnooz THack London showcase at the Travel Technology Europe this week.

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