Archive for the 'Hotels and Tourism' Category

New kiosks help plan bus trips

Thursday, December 15th, 2005

Experts say the high cost of gas is one big reason more people are taking the bus to work and now there’s another good reason to think about taking the bus. On Wednesday the Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority unveiled their new trip-planning kiosk at the Rochester Downtown Development Corporation’s office at 120 Main Street.
Riders […]

Air Canada expands web check-in from the United States; uses technology to further simplify the travel experience

Monday, August 15th, 2005

MONTREAL, Aug. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Air Canada is making checking- in easier for more customers with the expansion of its popular online check-in service now available to most of its customers departing the United States for Canada. Air Canada customers in the United States departing from over a dozen of the carrier’s key U.S. airports […]

First of five kiosks opens at Woodburn Company Stores to highlight local attractions

Friday, August 12th, 2005

he gateway to Willamette Valley tourism is a shopping mall.
The first of five “Travel Plazas” planned for Oregon opened Tuesday at Woodburn Company Stores.
A self-serve information kiosk at the Travel Plaza will feature information about local attractions and services. The kiosk will be staffed from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. seven days per week by […]

Use of Kiosks Continues to Grow at Hotels

Thursday, July 28th, 2005

In June, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts became the most recent hotel company to announce self-service check-in kiosks to supplement the work of the hotel front desk. In April, Starwood Hotels and Resorts introduced kiosks at Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers in Manhattan and expects to have them in 100 properties by the end of […]

BT Helps To Launch First Touchscreen Wi-Fi Kiosks for Tourists in Scotland

Monday, July 25th, 2005

7/25/05 - Visitors to Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park will be the first to access up-to-the-minute online information via a new network of interactive information kiosks, thanks to a joint initiative between BT Multimedia Solutions, Scottish Enterprise and the National Park Authority.
The terminals have been installed across the Loch Lomond National Park to […]

Registered Traveler takes off from Florida

Friday, July 22nd, 2005

By Alice Lipowicz
Staff Writer
The nation’s first privately sponsored Registered Traveler program sanctioned by the Homeland Security Department began operating this week at Orlando International Airport in Florida.
Since June 21, when the program began accepting enrollments, about 4,000 people have paid an annual fee of $79.95 each to sign up and submit to background checks.
Once cleared, […]

Biometric Check-Out Kiosks for DHS

Wednesday, July 20th, 2005

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) implemented exit procedures for foreign visitors departing from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
US-VISIT procedures apply to all foreign visitors (with limited exemptions) to the United States. Most visitors experience US-VISIT’s biometric procedures — a digital, inkless fingerscan and digital photograph — upon entry to the United States. Now, if they leave […]

Zoom Systems raises $12M, names CFO

Wednesday, July 20th, 2005

San Francisco’s Zoom Systems, which runs 40-square-foot automatic shopping kiosks, closed a series B round of venture financing after raising $12 million.
NeoCarta Ventures led the round, in which Zoom’s executives and directors also participated. The company’s founders and executives own 40 percent of its equity.
Zoom will spend the money opening its tiny, automated stores […]

Multi-airline baggage check-in soon

Monday, June 20th, 2005

By: Kashif Khushro
Airline passengers in Mumbai will soon be able to check-in with their baggage before they even get to the airport. ‘Check-in here’ kiosks will be launched at various hotels, malls, petrol pumps and other public places in the city.
The new system will provide facilities for multi-airline check-in, allotment of boarding passes and […]

Self-service kiosks for Fairmont hotels.

Tuesday, June 14th, 2005

Fairmont Hotels and Resorts plans to install self-service kiosks in its properties in North America.
The first kiosk will be at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto, with the roll-out across all the company’s properties to be completed later in the year.
The luxury brand partnered with IBM to deliver its tailored kiosk solution, which is based […]