Travel Technology
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Key topics include business travel technology, emerging trends, and the impact of tech advancements on travel operations. Our features and news provide deep dives into developments shaping travel's future.
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Online Travel
Ten travel-related projects on Kickstarter worth looking at
Travel innovation is everywhere, just don't look for it exclusively in travel startup or tech world.
Airlines
Three ways mobile will change the way we travel by 2015
The rate of innovation in mobile technology suggests that even if security still takes too long and seats are too small, flyers can at least rely on updated flight statuses and hassle-free check-ins.
Airlines
SeatGuru iOS app update introduces photos of individual seats
Giving passengers the ability to post photos of aircraft seats should make things interesting, especially given reports over the last few days that United kicked a travel blogger off a flight for doing just that.
Online Travel
Google talking to Warby Parker to make its glasses look stylish
The design and choices in it would be be on the key factors in user adoption for Google Glass. That and the price, of course.
Online Travel
Special Report: Tours and activities market is looking for a big star to match big investments
Investors think they know what they are doing in tours and activities, but it is such a complicated sector that they often end up having nothing to show for it.
Ground Transport
Special Report: Why the tours and activities market is more hype than the next big thing
Kayak's dropping of tours in its mobile apps shows that the sector may not be as addressable as envisioned and isn't ready for prime time.
Online Travel
The glass that will change how we see travel, literally
The glass and its use case compresses all of our travel communication and gadget needs in one, using the glass UI. Remains to be seen if costs come down, and people are willing to sport the same robot-glasses look.
Airlines
Southwest launches movie-on-demand service for digital devices
Airlines are dreaming of the day when they can ditch the complicated, heavy, and expensive seat-back entertainment systems for profit-generating bring-your-own-device systems.