Mobile Travel Technology News
IPhone Opens Hotel Doors
Hotel News Resource OpenWays Presents its iPhone Application to Bypass Front Desks and Open Room Locks
A Mobile Revolution
The mobile device will be the world’s primary connection tool to the internet in 2020. So what exactly are the benefits of a mobile website?
Travel Bookings in the Palm of Your Hand
The mobile revolution is putting travel in the palm of your hand—quite literally.
Latest Tour Operator Technology Trends
There has been a considerable growth in the number of suppliers providing e-commerce solutions, as selling online has become a ‘must-do’ activity for tour operators. The Travel Technology Consultancy Genesys says there are no longer any excuses, and that your product is never too complex, too tailor-made or too expensive to sell online. If you cannot close the deal online there and then, you run the risk of your customer booking elsewhere.
Mobile Phone Trends of Business Travellers
The UK is home to one of the most vibrant and competitive mobile phone markets in the world. UK users send more text messages per capita than anywhere else and there are more than 70 million mobiles in active use for a population of just 61 million, meaning that many people have more than one mobile at their disposal.
Best Western Introduces iPhone App, Chain’s First in Series of Mobile Applications
Best Western International has introduced its mobile offerings with the unveiling of its free iPhone application, titled “Best Western to Go.”
Hexaware to enable airline passengers to download bar coded boarding passes on mobiles
Hexaware Technologies, a leading global provider of IT & BPO services and consulting, today announced the launch of the QwikCheck Bar Coded Boarding Passes (BCBP) solution.
Mobile Travel Technology Special
The mobile device joins the TV and PC as the third screen. What does that mean for the travel industry?
Air Malta launches mobile phone check-in
Air Malta has continued to invest heavily in the latest technology and has launched free mobile phone check-in for all its flights out of Malta International Airport
Hilton launches mobile booking tool
Hilton Hotels is launching a mobile web application that will offer customers full booking capabilities, initially in the UK and Germany with a view to a global roll-out.
Vodafone launches holiday Twitter map
Vodafone UK has developed an interactive map on Twitter which tracks the holidaying habits of travellers. The #ukhols map captures detail through constant updates on users’ trips and displays information in the form of an interactive map. Tweeters will be able to see the top 10 holiday destinations, have their very own live holiday reviews and use the map as a holiday planning forum. They can tweet their age, sex, first half of the UK postcode, destination and information on the destination to twitter after #ukhols to put their quick review on the map.
City Break Expo Special: how battle for air will be won on ground
Low-cost flying has revolutionised travel by spawning a mass culture of taking regular short breaks instead of an annual holiday. But while our frequency of travel may have grown exponentially over the past decade, the quality of the flying experience has declined in equal measure.
How are the following leading travel companies using SMS, Location Based Technology and wireless.
Travel companies including SAS, SABRE, Lufthansa, Finnish Tourist Board, Swissair, lastminute.com, Icelandair Oracle, Transport for London, will be speaking at the SMS and Location Based Services for the Travel Industry Conference that will take place this February 12-13 in Olympia London.
