Travel tech trade news from Booking.com, Mapquest, Priceline Partner Network, Boingo, TravelSky, HP Enterprise Services, Samsung, TUI Russia, HTNG and HOTREC for April 12.
Booking.com says its mobile bookings have tripled to over $3 billion in 2012, with more than 20 million apps downloaded to date for Android, iOS, Windows 8 and Kindle Fire devices.
Priceline Partner Network will power MapQuest's newly launched B2C feature for booking travel via maps.
WiFi provider Boingo has partnered with AT&T to provide access to Boingo's global network of hotspots to AT&T customers via the AT&T Wi-Fi International App. The AT&T Wi-Fi International App lets AT&T customers on applicable data global packages access up to 1GB of Wi-Fi each month at no additional charge.
Samsung and PureHD have installed a fully interactive hotel content system at the Radisson Blu Mall of America. The system promises to place more customized messaging in the hands of hotel property owners, allowing for managing and updating interactive content, such as room service, local attractions and hotel amenities, along with instant updates of information and content to guests during their stay.
HP Enterprise Services has announced that it has been selected by TravelSky Technology, China’s leading provider of aviation technology, to support its development of a next-generation Passenger Services System (PSS) called “New Compass.”
Hotel Technologies Next Generation (HTNG), an association developing "inter alia tools for more intelligent guest rooms; for more efficient back office management systems; or for more secure payment frameworks" -- has entered into a cross-promotion partnership with the association Hotels, Restaurants and Cafes in Europe (HOTREC).
EPAM Systems, which sells IT engineering solutions, has developed a tourist portal (www.tui.ru) for TUI Russia & CIS.