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iBeacons and airports: Results from a real-world test

By Nick Vivion | March 11, 2014

iBeacons have been a much buzzed about new technology, using low-energy Bluetooth to deliver much more specific proximity awareness than GPS. Travel and retail applications have been two of the mos Read More

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Virgin Atlantic gets up close and personal with Google Glass

By Kevin May | February 10, 2014

Genuine (and valuable) uses of Google Glass at the sharp end of the travel industry have been relatively hard to come by so far. But Virgin Atlantic has now stepped forward with a pilot project to Read More

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Entering the next phase of mobile commerce in the travel industry

By Glenn Gruber | February 4, 2014

Mobile commerce continues to grow at a fast pace. According to eMarketer, mobile commerce or mCommerce constitutes $41.68 billion of the total $262.3 billion of ecommerce sales for 2013 or an incre Read More

News / Distribution

American Airlines points to a new movement in airline IT

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | January 30, 2014

Sabre and American Airlines have formally agreed to a deal whereby both US Airways and its sister carrier will use Sabre as the passenger service system for the merged airline. While this is hardly Read More

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Travel DEVICES roundup - Google, SITA, AirNZ, Singapore, Marriott, United, Hotels.com

By PhocusWire | December 6, 2013

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DEVICES in tourism and hospitality on Friday 6 December 2013... Google allows users to save flights and find them on all devices Flight Read More

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Applying wearable technology to the airport experience

By Linda Fox | October 16, 2013

As one of the privileged few to be given a pair of Google Glass to play with earlier this year, SITA Lab did not sit on its hands. Instead, the research arm of air transport IT specialist SITA, tho Read More

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95% of air travelers don't use mobile for check in, booking, or other services

By Sean O'Neil | October 2, 2013

It's rare to see a mobile usage survey that's based on a representative sample of global travelers, but the annual SITA/Air Transport World Passenger IT Trends Survey is precisely that -- a statistica Read More

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Indian airlines and airports must embrace mobile, social and other tech to boost passenger experience

By Karthick Prabu | September 30, 2013

Alarm call for Indian airlines - next generation of travellers will prefer technology over human contact, want to interact real-time using apps and receive personalized offers via social media. A s Read More

News / Online

Chipped reality: Fulfilling NFC's promise beyond payments in air travel

By Nick Vivion | September 9, 2013

Air travel IT and communications specialist SITA is still bullish on the promise of NFC chips in air travel. And with 1 million NFC-enabled Android devices shipping per week, the promise of NFC is most... Read More

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Should travel companies brace themselves for a mobile wallet war?

By Linda Fox | July 11, 2013

You've heard of Apple's Passbook, Google Wallet and maybe even Samsung Wallet but what about all the other digital wallet initiatives out there? Read More

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Peace with honour - an idea to bring harmony to the world of airline distribution?

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | July 4, 2013

Détente, meeting of minds? I am going to hypothesize how the industry as a whole can get behind the ideas surrounding IATA's NDC and find some common ground for moving forward. Read More

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Can there be Kumbaya between airlines and Global Distribution Systems with NDC?

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | July 3, 2013

This is first article in a two parter on distribution and the airlines. In the first part I am going to try to cut through some of the partisan rhetoric and focus on why NDC is such an important issue... Read More

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Airline execs reveal IT investments through 2016 [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Sean O'Neil | June 19, 2013

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... Read More

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Four Big Picture questions around airline IT and distribution

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | June 19, 2013

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. Read More