Articles tagged “tablets”

Most airlines are saving the perk for frequent flyers and loyalty members, but the day is not far off when airlines see some fee opportunities in the offerings.

Some of these survey findings are self-serving on part of APEX and CEA, who want the current in-flight digital device rules to be changed for more usage. For us, only 4-in-10 passengers wanting these rules to be changed is interesting, and needs some deeper digging on consumer attitudes.

Users of airline mobile apps find them very handy for accessing flight information, but many travelers wait to break out their laptops or use desktops to actually purchase an airline ticket. This survey confirms the looking versus booking gap on mobile.

Of course hotels are installing digital screens: the technology replaces the need for human concierge, shamelessly promotes hotels’ on-site offerings, and looks better than a paper pamphlet stand. What’s not to love?

Hertz believes the company has assembled all the big pieces it needs. That includes buying Dollar Thrifty to attack the mid-tier market, and a slew of car-sharing technology acquisitions. Now the company can focus on lubricating the customer experience to make it more fluid.

Senator McCaskill isn't buying the argument that prohibitions against the use of iPods and tablets during takeoffs and landings are about safety concerns, and neither are we.

The study doesn’t touch on it, but there are certainly other factors besides the adults' roles as business travelers that make them more likely to hold these habits, especially when considering many business travelers are also owners and top executives.

For the person in the middle seat trying to forget about his cramped predicament with no Kindle to distract him, July 31is a long way away. Let's hope the FAA will act decisively, clearly, and quickly following the report's submission.

The FAA is attempting to clean up rules regarding use of electronic devices in planes, but consumers are more eager to see rules regarding their own use of devices modernized than seeing new regulations regarding Angry Birds in the cockpit.

When LAX exceeds expectations for this "multi-sensory media experience," it may get passengers to turn off their personal downloads and engage with something besides the free Wi-Fi.