Articles tagged “samsung”

Online Travel

Google Travel Helped Nudge Advertising and Search Revenue Into Positive Territory

Alphabet officials didn't mention ChatGPT, Bing or Microsoft during the company's first quarter earnings call. But like modern-day bards, they gave an impassioned defense of their abilities to meet the artificial intelligence challenge.

Google Travel Helped Nudge Advertising and Search Revenue Into Positive Territory

Hotels

Viceroy Hotels Is Using Smartwatches to Be More Hospitable

Personally — while Virgin Atlantic may disagree with us — wearing a smartwatch is preferable to donning a Google Glass, and we have a feeling hotel staff members would agree, too.

Viceroy Hotels Is Using Smartwatches to Be More Hospitable

Airlines

FAA Bans Samsung Galaxy Note 7 From All Airplanes, Threatening Criminal Charges for Non-Compliance

This will be a tough rule to enforce, but the U.S. government probably made the right call. Why take the risk of having a fire on an airplane, especially for a phone Samsung has recalled?

Online Travel

Gogo Teams with Samsung in Free Wi-Fi Promotion for a Year

Gogo's partnership with Samsung is the kind that Wi-Fi providers cherish. There's no need to mail anything in, to present a coupon or enter a promotion code. Samsung tablet users just launch a browser and get directed right to a Gogo log-in page.

Gogo Teams with Samsung in Free Wi-Fi Promotion for a Year

Airlines

American Airlines big-screen pick is Samsung phones, not iPhones

It looks like Samsung is getting some smartphone assistance from on high, sort of.

American Airlines big-screen pick is Samsung phones, not iPhones

Online Travel

Tablets are popping up in the most unusual of destinations

The surprising utility of tablets continues to grow in the travel industry as Kenyan tribesman wield mobile maps and Swiss restaurants provide live videos of chefs, yet the U.S. seems behind the adoption curve.

Airlines

American Airlines gives flight attendants tablets to improve customer service

AA is the first US airline to give all flight attendants a tablet, but it will need more than tablets to improve its recent reputation for flight cancellations and unfavorable labor decisions.

American Airlines gives flight attendants tablets to improve customer service

Hotels

SkiftUX: Samsung Galaxy used at London Olympics for hotel check-in & room control

Too bad it was only for 40 rooms, a smart promotion for the official handset of Olympics. At some point, it won't be handset tied, just an app across any platform.