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May 17, 2017
The incredible power of placing the traveler at the center of the airport experience
Numerous challenges have led to opportunities that are now enabling and encouraging airlines, and airports themselves, to help better shape customers’ end-to-end travel experience, resulting in trends that are fundamentally molding and steadily leading to what...
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April 18, 2017
Five questions for the team behind the world’s first airport Apple TV app
A healthy dose of skepticism is warranted and welcomed whenever a brand claims an ‘industry first.’ Yet this is absolutely the case for DFW Airport’s new Apple TV app, which is the first of its kind....
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April 13, 2017
Which emerging tech will keep travelers safe at airports and other transit hubs?
Beyond the chain-link fence Airport security continues to be a hot-button topic for governments, operators and travel suppliers all over the world. The desire for safe and secure transit must always balance with the level of inconvenience...
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March 28, 2017
What if your face could be your boarding pass on your next flight?
Airport kiosks could one day use facial recognition software What’s impossible to lose, easy to find and virtually unhackable? Your face, of course (with one notable exception). Your body is the one thing that you take...
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October 12, 2016
The airport of tomorrow: Putting the passenger at the heart of the experience
Airports have undergone massive evolution over the past decade. No longer simply transit points, airports are unique microcosms of the modern travel experience. Mega-airports, such as Singapore Changi, have mastered the art of revenue generation by deploying...
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August 30, 2016
Five questions for Singapore’s airport revenue master Ms Teo Chew Hoon
Five questions for people working in and around the ecosystem of travel. From technology providers to vendors to marketers to suppliers, these are the people behind the ideas powering travel. Read more answers to 5 questions here....
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July 14, 2016
Download this: How to unify airline operations with a connected airline
Did you know that on-time performance is the top factor impacting airline brand perception? According to IATA’s 2015 Global Passenger Survey, delayed arrivals are the top traveler complaint. These travelers even rated timely arrivals above aircraft quality and interior as most important! To deliver on their brand...
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June 7, 2016
Five questions for the team that deployed 5,000 beacons at Turkey’s EXPO 2016
In a new series, Sabre’s brand journalist asks 5 questions to people working in and around the ecosystem of travel. From technology providers to vendors to marketers to suppliers, these are the people behind the ideas powering...
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March 10, 2016
Obama does SXSW: How do airlines use technology to deal with planned disruptions?
The cultural hive mind known as SXSW starts this week with a massive get: President Obama. The festival, which is in its 30th year, has never hosted a sitting president. Given that 33,825 people registered for SXSW...
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March 8, 2016
Innovation: Defining an imperfect term with rough, jagged edges
This is an opinion piece by Joakim Everstin, Sabre’s Head of Innovation & Tech Evangelist EMEA. What is innovation? I often get the question of what innovation means to me. While this is never a simple,...
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February 23, 2016
The data says: Spanish speaking travelers are twice as engaged with mobile technology
The mobile phone has triggered an evolution of the Latin American traveler, creating new — and effective — channels of engagement for travel brands. A recent analysis of data from Sabre’s TripCase reveals how Spanish-speaking travelers in...
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December 17, 2015
Providing the business traveler with brand value
There's been huge growth in the international business traveler market — here's how technology can help you attract these frequent fliers.