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Travel agency signs deal for Vegas ticketing kiosks
April 10, 2003
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Prestige Travel, a full-service travel agency serving the Southwest United States, has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Cygnus…
read nowDelta strikes agreement with Continental to expand interline ticketing through kiosks
April 9, 2003
ATLANTA -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) announced the launch of an interline ticketing agreement with Houston-based Continental Airlines, extending the…
read nowMcDonald's says self-service kiosk test is going well
April 7, 2003
OAK BROOK, Ill. -- As part of a multiphase, multifaceted operational overhaul of its hamburger chain, McDonald's Corp. is testing self-service kiosks that take…
read nowDutch company adds Washington Post to newspapers available via kiosks
March 20, 2003
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS -- The Washington Post is the latest newspaper to be digitally distributed via kiosks by a Dutch company called PEPC Worldwide.
read nowBeam them up! Air Canada travelers can use kiosk to get info to their handhelds
March 12, 2003
TORONTO -- Palm Canada and Air Canada have introduced a "Beam & Fly" station, a kiosk that allows travelers to beam up-to-the-minute flight schedules…
read nowSharing savings with kiosks at airports
February 20, 2003
A new initiative will establish standards for common self-service kiosk platforms, allowing airlines to share kiosks and save money.
read nowWho's Who: David Melnik
February 17, 2003
A quiet company? It's hard to believe that David Melnik, the charismatic founder of a 15-year-old company that has kiosks operating at 120 American airports…
read nowHawaiian Airlines adds check-in kiosks
February 13, 2003
LAKE MARY, Fla. -- Following the lead of larger airlines like Delta and Continental, Hawaiian Airlines is introducing self-service check-in kiosks to enhance…
read nowSAMSys Technologies and SafeTzone sign agreement to enhance child-locator kiosk system
February 5, 2003
TORONTO, Ontario -- SAMSys Technologies Inc. (SMY:TSX-VEN) ("SAMSys"), a provider of radio frequency identification (RFID) hardware solutions, announced it has…
read nowDelta to rely more on kiosks, phone banks for check-in
February 4, 2003
ATLANTA -- Delta Air Lines plans to retool the way it handles passengers by expanding its use of check-in kiosks and adding phone banks connected to…
read nowMarconi enters reseller agreement with Australian kiosk provider
February 2, 2003
SYDNEY -- London-based Marconi has entered a Web phone reseller agreement with WebPoint, Australia's leading provider of public Internet access kiosks.
read nowContinental sets industry record for use of self-service check-in kiosks
January 30, 2003
HOUSTON -- Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) claims its customers checked in using eService Centers more than 12.7 million times in 2002. That's an industry…
read nowTennessee firm gets new contracts to install hotel kiosks
January 29, 2003
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Uniguest of Tennessee, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Showintel Networks, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SWNW) says it has completed contracts…
read nowDelta customers turned to self-service check-in kiosks 7.4 million times in 2002
January 22, 2003
ATLANTA -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) claims its customers are taking to self-service kiosks for convenience the same way consumers previously took to ATMs…
read nowMcDonald's developing self-service order-taking kiosk
January 20, 2003
OAK BROOK, Ill. -- Workers at McDonald's laboratory in Oak Brook are developing labor-saving robot-like machinery including a kiosk that would reduce the need…
read nowJob seekers to use kiosks at new Borgata Hotel
January 20, 2003
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.-- On Jan. 22, Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa (NYSE: BYD) and the MGM MIRAGE hotel (set to open in Atlantic City this summer) will open a…
read nowCanadian airport to roll out iris-scan kiosks in March
January 15, 2003
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- A new airport security program called CANPASS-Air soon will allow passengers traveling between the U.S. and Canada to speed…
read nowNetShift aims self-service at the front desk
January 14, 2003
BERKSHIRE, United Kingdom -- Self-service tech specialist NetShift intends to boost front-desk service for large organizations with the introduction of new…
read nowKiosks part of Pittsburgh showcase
January 13, 2003
PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- Xplorion, an interactive regional showcase in downtown Pittsburgh's Regional Enterprise Tower, has attracted some 10,000 people in its first…
read nowUniComp intros new micro-kiosk at NRF Expo
January 12, 2003
NEW YORK CITY -- UniComp, Inc. (UCMP) a provider of interactive, automated customer self-service wireless kiosks unveiled its CS-Link 1500 micro-kiosk on Jan.
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