Biometrics

Opinion / Technology

Biometric digital identity must be end-to-end for air travel

By Iyad Hindiyeh - Amadeus | April 19, 2021

The pandemic has accelerated progress towards a full-automated self-service passenger journey. Read More

News / Technology

How digital health passes bring biometrics in aviation much closer

By Linda Fox | April 7, 2021

Progress in facial recognition technology and reduced development costs are bringing seamless travel a step closer. Read More

News / Technology

Pangiam acquires airport biometric tech provider VeriScan

By Kevin May | March 23, 2021

The VeriScan platform was originally developed by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority's in-house technology department and is now in use at Dulles and Dallas-Fort Worth airports in the U.S. Read More

News / Distribution

VIDEO: Behind the scenes of safe travel in the post-pandemic corporate world

By PhocusWire | March 9, 2021

PhocusWire spoke to CWT's senior director Brandon Balcom on the digital and analogue complexities of corporate travel post pandemic. Read More

News / Technology

VIDEO: IATA on health passes and digital identification

By PhocusWire | March 5, 2021

PhocusWire spoke to Alan Murray Hayden of IATA to understand the work the aviation industry is doing to get passengers safely back to the skies. Read More

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VIDEO: Terry Jones on health passports, standards and restoring consumer confidence

By Mitra Sorrells | March 2, 2021

Travel industry veteran Terry Jones discusses the need for collaboration and communication as the industry rolls out digital health passports and other solutions to restart travel. Read More

News / Technology

Airline technology investments slumped in 2020

By Linda Fox | February 25, 2021

Airline and airport technology chiefs have had to reprioritize investment with self-service passenger options high on the agenda. Read More

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CLEAR raises $100M to expand beyond aviation

By Jill Menze | February 9, 2021

Investors in the round include Danny Meyer’s Enlightened Hospitality Investments, NFL investment arm 32 Equity and the Partnership Fund for New York City. Read More

Opinion / Technology

Six tech trends paving the way for transformation in aviation

By David Lavorel - SITA | December 16, 2020

Advances in technologies such as biometrics and blockchain are accelerating change in the aviation industry. Read More

News / Technology

WTTC proposes best practices for biometric digital identities to speed recovery

By Mitra Sorrells | December 11, 2020

The report provides detailed steps to create and implement biometric-enabled digital identities that could be used to secure and expedite travel around the world. Read More

News / Technology

Forter secures $125M funding for digital fraud prevention tech

By Kevin May | December 7, 2020

The round brings the total invested in U.S.-based Forter to $225 million over five rounds, with its most recent being a $50 million Series D via March Capital. Read More

Interview / Technology

VIDEO: Trueface - Summit pitch winner at Phocuswright Conference 2020

By PhocusWire | November 17, 2020

Trueface deploys ethical facial recognition and shows how the responsible use of computer vision is shaping the industry. Read More

Interview / Technology

VIDEO: Cloudbeds - Launch pitch winner at Phocuswright Conference 2020

By PhocusWire | November 17, 2020

Cloudbeds is building the next-generation hospitality tech platform delivering feature flexibility without feature bloat. Read More

Interview / Startups

Hot 25 Startups 2021: Trueface

By PhocusWire | November 9, 2020

Trueface provides on-premise computer vision solutions that automatically make sense of camera data and turn it into actionable information, for things such as facial recognition, age verification and... Read More

Interview / Technology

Phocuswright Europe 2020 preview: Out of Office with... Sergio Colella

By PhocusWire | September 7, 2020

In a series of interviews with executives participating in the online event in September, PhocusWire finds out what they have learned from the COVID-19 crisis. Next up: SITA's Sergio Colella. Read More

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