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July 8, 2010

Eye For Travel TDS June 2010

Tweet I attended the Eye for Travel TDS Summit last month in London and found the sessions lively and informative while the conference provided some great networking opportunities. The most enjoyable general session was about mobile which had consecutive presentations from Google, RIM, Facebook and Nokia. For those who were not following my tweets, here are some of the highlights […]

June 22, 2010

Location Based Networking Apps and Travel

Tweet Mobile location based networking apps such as Foursquare, Gowalla, Brightkite and Loopt are gaining traction in the market. How do they fit into the travel experience? By definition mobile location based networking is designed to help you discover the world around you, a natural connection to travel. There is a gaming element of these apps that allow you earn […]

June 21, 2010

AMS 3.0 Digitizing the World’s Content

Tweet Last month I spoke at the World Congress on Information and Technology (WCIT) in Amsterdam. Mark Ejlenberg one of the co-founders of the hotel online content distribution platform Leonardo, presented a new project called AMS 3.0. The goal of AMS 3.0 is to create a platform that will make all the city’s data available. Mark has been working with […]

May 13, 2010

Apple Buys Siri

Tweet Loyal readers of my blog know that I have long advocated the need for a more intelligent interface for travel planing and booking. Early self-booking engines often promoted themselves as replacements for travel agents, while in reality most were (and many still are) simply sending off commands to the GDS or supplier reservation systems and displaying standard content. During […]

April 28, 2010

Apple iTravel

Tweet Apple has filed a patent for the complete travel process on the iPhone.The patent includes an application called iTravel for planning, searching, reviewing and booking flights, hotels, car rentals, trains and bus trips, as well as technology for identification at airports for baggage handling and boarding passes. The patent relies heavily on Near Field Communications (NFC) to enable the […]

April 27, 2010

Google and ITA Software

Tweet A lot has been written about the possible acquisition of of ITA Software by Google since it first appeared in the press last week. The travel technology blogosphere has been active with all sorts of speculation. Before I give you my take on the potential $1Billion buyout, I thought I would summarize some of the current themes that have […]