HiJiffy Beta tests AI-powered virtual voice assistant for hospitality
The technology is being tested with key partners before being made available to all hotels on request
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Simplex and TravelX reach deal to tokenise flight tickets with NFTs
A collaboration with aviation industry body Iata aims to make 'NFTickets' available to non-cryptocurrency users
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Slime removing robot to make new Royal Caribbean ship more energy efficient
Operator reveals details of sustainable technologies onboard Icon of the Seas
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Iomob schedules launch of seamless mobile travel tech for later this year
The UK/Spanish start-up has developed a platform that will allow users to book multimodal trips in one place
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Travelex to bring FX click-and-collect ATM services to Brisbane airport and Heathrow
Service will allow customers to pre-order foreign money on the Travelex website and collect it at airport ATMs
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Eurostar begins trial of contactless biometric face recognition fast-track service
Business Premier and Carte Blanche clients can scan their documentation by iPhone
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Download the 2021 Travolution Innovation Report
This year’s Travolution Innovation Report tracks the impact COVID-19 has had on IT investment in the UK travel sector
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Revolut enters travel arena with Stays platform
Finance and lifestyle app offers accommodation booking
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Travolution Webinar: Catch-up with our how and why of building a bot
Experts from Sabio demonstrate the tech and discuss the strategy of digital assistants
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Ryanair launches Travel Wallet for COVID-19 test and vaccination documentation
The budget carriers is making the facility available exclusively to its app users
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Qatar Airways poised to introduce touchless in-flight entertainment system
Passengers can log in using on-board Wifi and a QR code
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Guest Post: How COVID has accelerated the mobile-first shift in on-premises F&B
Carson Booth, chief operating officer of the order and pay app FETCH, considers the impact of the pandemic
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‘Wearable tech puts Princess Cruises in unique position to react to COVID-19’
Cruise line UK boss Tony Roberts was speaking to agent partners on latest webninar
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Lonely Planet curated content to feature in new Apple Maps travel update
Feature launch was announced at the tech giant’s annual Worldwide Developer Conference
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Coronavirus: Heathrow to trial technologies to reduce virus transmission
Tests will assess for medical effectiveness, passenger response as well as suitability to deploying in airports
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SiteMinder launches Insights to usher in a ‘new era of hotel room distribution’
Insights capabilities have been added to channel management, direct booking and pricing intelligence features
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Cheval Collection serviced apartments upgrades app with Criton partnership
App users can retrieve booking confirmations and check-in
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Comment: Mobile phones have a vital role to play in the COVID-19 battle
Trip.com chairman James Liang says technology can be used to alleviate the issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic
TravelPerk launches GreenPerk to help business travellers offset their carbon
TravelPerk is launching new program to help customers offset carbon emissions
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TTE 2020: Travel execs encourage transparency and collaboration to achieve digital transformation
Lee Hayhurst reports on a panel of c-suite experts from TTE on emerging technology for the business