London airport adds check-in kiosks to handle passenger growth

July 10, 2007

LONDON — The United Kingdom's Bristol International airport is switching to SITA's AirportConnect common use terminal equipment open IT platform.   According…

Polar Frog moves DVD kiosks into airports

July 9, 2007

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Polar Frog Digital is placing its DVD manufacturing on-demand solutions, called MediaIgloo, into airports.   According to a news release…

Air France, KLM airlines add mobile check-in

June 28, 2007

The Register: Air France and KLM have launched a mobile phone check-in service using SMS for confirmation. Initially the service will be available on…

SMS airline check-in travels to India

June 26, 2007

NEW DELHI (India) — Jet Airways has launched SMS (short messaging) check in for its frequent-flyer passengers following the launch of its mobile-ticketing…

NCR launches enhanced hotel self-service kiosk

June 26, 2007

ATLANTA — NCR Corp. has announced the launch of its hotel self-service kiosk solution, NCR Xpress Hotel.   According to a news release, NCR Xpress Hotel's…

Kiosk prints hometown newspapers from remote locations

June 24, 2007

HONG KONG — Cosmo Hotel Hong Kong has introduced the Satellite Newspaper KiOSK, a newspaper-printing kiosk that allows guests to print local and…

Northwest expects $102M in self-service revenue

June 24, 2007

Canadian Business Online: Fresh out of bankruptcy, Northwest Airlines Corp. says it expects to make $102 million in non-ticket revenue this year from fliers…

Biometric airport kiosk trial proving successful

June 19, 2007

Silicon.com: Air travelers have backed biometric security checks after a four-month trial of the passenger screening technology at London's Heathrow airport.

ULTIMedia USA secures contract for NYC passenger kiosks

June 14, 2007

NEW YORK CITY — ULTIMedia USA announced it has received a $300,000 contract from the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority to develop a passenger…

Self-service c-store tested in airport setting

June 12, 2007

DALLAS — Dallas/Fort Worth International will begin testing a retail concept familiar to Europeans and Asians, but almost unknown in the United States.

New kiosk can hold, mail air travelers' banned items

June 10, 2007

Palm Beach (Fla.) Post: Mailing kiosks in TSA security checkpoint lanes allow passengers to mail banned items such as pocket knives, lighters and perfumes to…

Tourism kiosk installed at Virginia museum

June 3, 2007

(Virginia) Leesburg Today: Guests gathered at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington, D.C., recently to…

Thai Airways launches more self-service kiosks

May 31, 2007

Internet Travel News: Thai Airways International has launched a new range of passenger self-service functionality using SITA's Integration Platform. The new…

NCR nabs kiosk deal with US Airways

May 30, 2007

ATLANTA — US Airways has signed agreements with NCR Corp. to deploy self-service check-in solutions from Kinetics, an NCR subsidiary, at all 107 US Airways…

Self Service Expo awards

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

Vital-Signz has captured the minds and eyes of users in California.

Self Service Expo awards

Winners include Amtrak/SITA, ARMP and DaimlerChrysler.

Multimap shows new version of kiosk-friendly mapping software

May 22, 2007

LONDON—Multimap is demonstrating the latest version of its highly-functional API (Application Programming Interface v.1.2) at the Travel Distribution Summit…

CUSS major part of revamp at Korea's Incheon International Airport

May 21, 2007

ZDNet: Korea's Incheon International Airport, voted world's best airport for the last two years, is adding common-use self-service kiosks for passenger…

More airports give thumbs up to enrollment kiosks

May 15, 2007

San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News: Fliers interested in enrolling in the Clear registered-traveler program no longer have to go to Mineta San Jose International…

Self-service in travel: Board flights through cell phones

May 14, 2007

Financial Times: A passenger survey led by the International Air Transport Association found that only 2 percent of the passengers surveyed had checked in for…