Airlines

IATA's Attempt to Make Passenger Experience Seamless Gets Its Second U.S. Airline

More passengers will be flying twenty years from now than ever in aviation's history, with projections more than doubling today's passenger numbers. Upscaling the aviation industry to meet this unprecedented demand will require new and more efficient processes, and greater investments in technology.
Online Travel

This Week in Travel Startup Funding: BlaBlaCar, RoomCentral and More

BlaBlaCar, which actually deserves to be called a "sharing economy" company, has a model unique from other ride-share companies for many reasons, including the fact that drivers know they can't make a personal business out of it. As it continues growing in markets outside the U.S., other global companies like Uber know they chase after very different travelers than BlaBlaCar.
Online Travel

Only Two Airlines Have Embraced Apple Pay a Year After Its Roll-Out

Rolling out Apple Pay across an entire fleet probably isn't cheap, but letting travelers use their iPhones to make in-flight purchases and bookings when they're already in-hand makes more sense than asking them to fish through bags to dig out a credit card.
Tourism

How Rio de Janeiro is Building the City of the Future

This is the fourth installment of our Future Cities series, where we look at how Rio de Janeiro is using to event tourism in hopes of improving its infrastructure and re-urbanizing its favelas.
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