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Articles tagged “travel tech”

Online Travel

Airports and Rail Operators Prioritize Some Touchless Technologies Over Others

Vendors are getting creative with pandemic-related services, like the following: Passport control via facial recognition. Contactless elevators. Food-ordering without needing an app. Luggage disinfection via ultraviolet light. Mask-detecting robots.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 4 years ago

Airports and Rail Operators Prioritize Some Touchless Technologies Over Others

Coronavirus

Contactless Tech Promises to Be Travel’s Next Big Thing: What’s Real and What’s Hype?

Low-touch is the new high-touch in travel. Companies may rapidly adopt some kinds of contactless systems in response to the pandemic. But which ones?

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 4 years ago

Contactless Tech Promises to Be Travel’s Next Big Thing: What’s Real and What’s Hype?

Ground Transport

Car Rental Listings Service CarTrawler Gets Debt Relief Thanks to New Private Equity Owner

Investors should be relieved CarTrawler managed to get a deal done at all in today’s tough mergers-and-acquisitions market. The debt write-off has set up the travel tech company for promising momentum.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 4 years ago

Car Rental Listings Service CarTrawler Gets Debt Relief Thanks to New Private Equity Owner

Business Travel

Travel Bellwether Amadeus’ Booking Data Reveals the Industry’s Scars

Amadeus has seen a dramatic drop in the plane tickets booked and passengers processed through its systems. Its latest results show the broader impact on carriers worldwide and signal the wallop still awaiting.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 4 years ago

Travel Bellwether Amadeus’ Booking Data Reveals the Industry’s Scars

Online Travel

Thailand’s TakeMeTour to Ride Out Crisis Storm Selling Its Tech Expertise to Other Businesses

The surge in adoption of new practices and technologies could be the silver lining for travel firms determined to come out on the other side of the coronavirus crisis.

Xinyi Liang-Pholsena, Skift | 4 years ago

Thailand’s TakeMeTour to Ride Out Crisis Storm Selling Its Tech Expertise to Other Businesses

Online Travel

GetYourGuide, Omio, Other Travel Tech Startups Hunker Down

GetYourGuide top boss Johannes Reck said coronavirus may inflict a "nuclear winter" on the travel industry this year but that it has the resources to withstand the blow. Omio, Flixbus, and other European travel startups also are hoping for the best.

Douglas Busvine, Reuters | 4 years ago

GetYourGuide, Omio, Other Travel Tech Startups Hunker Down

Online Travel

Travel Megatrends 2020: Travel Payments Find Path to Painless

Global payments technology and rules are changing swiftly, led by seamless innovations in Asia that are making life easier for consumers. Travel companies of all sizes are finally taking action in order to stay competitive.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 4 years ago

Travel Megatrends 2020: Travel Payments Find Path to Painless
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Airlines

Executive Q&A: How Airlines are Improving Passenger Experiences With a Customer-First Approach

Higher customer service expectations in the airline industry mandates a new approach to using innovative technology. This means not only deploying solutions to improve direct-to-customer experiences but also empowering employees to provide exceptional service at every touchpoint.

Salesforce + Skift | 5 years ago

Executive Q&A: How Airlines are Improving Passenger Experiences With a Customer-First Approach

Hotels

Technology for Hotel Revenue Management Set to Boom: New Skift Research

The large majority of hotels still rely on Excel spreadsheets, trial and error, and gut feeling when setting prices. In an increasingly complicated distribution landscape, many will start looking at revenue management tech to improve performance.

Wouter Geerts, Skift Research | 5 years ago

Technology for Hotel Revenue Management Set to Boom: New Skift Research
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Hotels

New Skift Strategy Deck: Rethinking Revenue Strategy — A Hotelier’s Guide to Thriving in an Era of Disruption

Hoteliers are under pressure to deliver high profit margins, but are saddled with bulky legacy revenue systems. While transforming all operations might appear daunting, having the right technology strategy is crucial to driving profits.

IDeaS Revenue Solutions + Skift | 5 years ago

New Skift Strategy Deck: Rethinking Revenue Strategy — A Hotelier’s Guide to Thriving in an Era of Disruption