Kiosks find home in Calif. park

November 12, 2007

San Diego Union-Tribune: Balboa Park has three new tour guides: 12-foot-tall kiosks that provide convenient, easy-to-use information for visitors to the…

GAMUT Systems releases virtual concierge kiosk

November 5, 2007

CHANTILLY, Va. — GAMUT Systems recently unveiled its Traveler kiosk, a Virtual concierge kiosk-based solution for the hospitality, transportation and…

Telecharge to provide Broadway tickets at hotel kiosks

November 4, 2007

HotelInteractive.com: TTI Technologies International has partnered with Telecharge.com, a New York-based consumer ticket-sales service, to provide Broadway…

Hotels add touchscreen telephones in guest rooms

November 4, 2007

Detroit Free Press: Hotels nationwide have been slow to adopt technology, compared with the people who stay in them. But they're making up for lost time…

Remote kiosk monitoring offers control, security

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

October 31, 2007

KioWare Full allows an airport to remotely monitor and push content out to its network of terminals.

Express mail kiosk reaches sixth airport

October 30, 2007

Government Technology: The Portland International Airport in Oregon recently became the sixth airport in the country to offer Mailsafe Express kiosks that…

AirTran offers flight info through self-service Mobile Web

October 28, 2007

Orlando Business Journal: AirTran Airways has introduced a new Mobile Web program that allows customers to view their flight status, check in for flights and…

SITA: Nearly all airlines set for self check-in

October 21, 2007

Management Consultancy: Nearly all airlines (89 percent) expect to offer check-in over the Web within the next two years, in response to accelerating take-up…

Airlines: More kiosks, mobile and online apps in future

October 18, 2007

Silicon.com: SITA, an air transport IT services company found that, on average, 21 percent of passengers use online check-in, and that average is expected to…

Via launches kiosks for booking bus tickets

October 16, 2007

Express Travel World: Bangalore-based travel services portal Via has announced the launch of kiosks that will allow customers to book bus tickets online. Via…

Automated kiosks on way for ferry tolls

October 16, 2007

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Automated drive-thru toll booths should be operating at all the ferry terminals by the end of the year, speeding up ticketing…

American Airlines adds new check-in, baggage kiosks in Miami

October 15, 2007

MIAMI — American Airlines has announced that it continues to see unprecedented growth at Miami International Airport. To accommodate the growing traffic at…

Technology for paperless boarding passes adopted

October 11, 2007

The San Francisco Chronicle: In recent years, the airline boarding pass has gone from a bulky packet of paper you received in the mail to an e-mail that you…

More airports adopt CUSS kiosks

October 10, 2007

USA Today: In a move that could save air travelers time, more U.S. airports are installing common-use kiosks that enable self check-in for multiple airlines.

Chrysler Canada and Wireless Ronin partner for digital signage and kiosk program

October 8, 2007

MINNEAPOLIS – Wireless Ronin Technologies Inc., a Minneapolis-based digital signage technology and software provider, has announced that Chrysler Canada is…

Qantas staff faces pay cuts because of self-service

October 2, 2007

The Australian: A major airline union will launch a global campaign on YouTube aimed at enlisting customer support against Qantas moves to slash the base pay…

IBM lands Jetstar check-in kiosk deal

October 1, 2007

The Australian: Jetstar Airways has signed a $3 million agreement with IBM Corp. to establish and support the carrier's domestic Web check-in and kiosk…

GE Homeland Protection develops air passenger ID kiosk

October 1, 2007

CNNMoney.com: GE Homeland Protection Inc. has begun a development program designed to create an automated air passenger identification system potentially more…

SuperShuttle places kiosk at BWI airport, more to come

September 20, 2007

PHOENIX — SuperShuttle has introduced a kiosk for its shared-ride ground transportation at Baltimore-Washington International Airport. Passengers using…

Borders merged-channel kiosk plan is slow coming

September 19, 2007

eWeek.com: With Borders just seven months away from having to fly on its own without Amazon.com, the nation's second-largest bookseller has quietly launched…