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Articles tagged “tablets”

Hotels

Dubai hotel goes overboard with iPads: Hands out $10,000, gold-plated tablets

Oh good. Because non-gold plated iPads are for the poors.

Natalie Paris, The Daily Telegraph | 11 years ago

Dubai hotel goes overboard with iPads: Hands out $10,000, gold-plated tablets

Airlines

Trend alert: Airlines offer flyers access to thousands of digital publications

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.

Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

Lots of people forget to turn off digital devices on flight says study

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.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 11 years ago

Lots of people forget to turn off digital devices on flight says study

Airlines

Flyers don’t need airline apps to book, but they want them to improve flights

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.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

Hotels want to solve guests’ concierge problems with a big flat screen

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?

Skift | 11 years ago

Business Travel

Hertz plans to install tablets in every car to expedite pickups and returns

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.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Hertz plans to install tablets in every car to expedite pickups and returns

Airlines

Legislator seeks to fast-track tablet use throughout flights

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.

Skift | 11 years ago

Business Travel

Biz travelers are healthy, tech-savvy and love to shop online

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.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Biz travelers are healthy, tech-savvy and love to shop online

Airlines

The 25 people that will decide if you can use your iPad during take off and landing

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.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 11 years ago

The 25 people that will decide if you can use your iPad during take off and landing

Airlines

Proposed FAA rule tells pilots not to play with their smartphones and tablets

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.

Skift | 11 years ago