Delta extends check-in kiosks to other airlines

January 22, 2004

ATLANTA -- Delta Air Lines will extend its self-service kiosk network to Continental and Northwest codeshare customers, providing them with speed, convenience…

Sheetz uses Radiant ordering kiosks in new mall unit

Sheetz has used ordering kiosks in its c-stores for years. Now the company has rolled out a food-only store with new terminals.

C-store customers order up taste of the future

January 18, 2004

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Ordering fast food at the local Thorntons convenience store has become an exercise in fingertip control.

Newspapers added to Satellite kiosk selection

January 15, 2004

NORTH HAVEN, Conn. -- Satellite Enterprises Corp. has recently signed up new newspapers for distribution around the world through its Satellite Newspapers…

RFID speeds concession payments at Seahawks Stadium

January 14, 2004

DALLAS -- Exclusive Club Seat ticket holders at Seattle Seahawks NFL football games can now spend less time in the concession line and more time catching the…

Queen Mary 2 to set sail with self-serve technology

December 15, 2003

BEDFORD, Mass. -- The Progress Company, an operating unit of Progress Software Corp., is providing self-serve travel applications to Cunard Line's $780-million…

UK police set up interactive kiosks for holiday shoppers

December 14, 2003

LONDON -- Unfortunately with the holidays can comes an increase in crime and traffic accidents. Christmas shoppers in two of this region's largest centers are…

Radiant to acquire vendor of POS systems for hospitality

December 14, 2003

ATLANTA -- Radiant Systems Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire Aloha Technologies, a provider of point-of-sale systems for the hospitality industry…

Hotel self-service gains momentum

December 11, 2003

HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Time is precious to business travelers, which explains why major hotel chains around the nation are testing ways to speed customers from…

Alaska Air unveils check-in kiosks at LAX

December 10, 2003

SEATTLE -- Alaska Airlines opened a high-tech check-in counter at Los Angeles International Airport.

Hot and now: kiosks in fast-food market

Name a way that consumers can get their fast food even faster. Ordering for themselves, of course. And not only is self-serve ordering faster, it may also…

New research shows potential of self-service

IHL's study reviews the shipments, installed base, transaction volume and major trends among self-service kiosks in North America.

Starwood hotels testing check-in kiosks

The hospitality industry, in general, has been making a push to make the customer experience better and easier at the property level.

Delta Air triples customer usage of check-in kiosks

December 8, 2003

ATLANTA -- More than 20 million Delta Air Lines customers have chosen self-service kiosks to check-in for their flights this year, almost tripling customer…

Kinetics awaits OK on biometric check-in

December 7, 2003

LAKE MARY, Fla. -- Kinetics Inc. has developed a self-service airline check-in counter that doesn't need a credit or airline card, but only the swipe of a…

BMW adds kiosk-based gaming to marketing blitz

December 1, 2003

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. -- BMW of North America, LLC launched the next phase of an aggressive marketing campaign for its newest entry into the Sport Activity…

US Airways online checks in million passengers

December 1, 2003

ARLINGTON, Va. -- US Airways reached another online milestone when a New Jersey woman became the one-millionth passenger to check in at usairways.com. US…

Travelers may give thanks for airline kiosks

November 23, 2003

BOSTON -- Travelers returning to the skies this Thanksgiving will encounter more people in the ticket lines and far fewer people behind the ticket counters.

Now showing at Douglas Theatres: trailers on kiosks

The goal of the kiosk project was entertainment, but advertising has since emerged as a potential source of new revenue for the theater.

RFID tag-dispensing kiosk debuts worldwide

November 16, 2003

MADRID, Spain -- TransCore has developed a kiosk that dispenses radio frequency identification (RFID) transponder tags and provides customers with automated…