Despite years of testing various property management systems, Archipelago International, Southeast Asia’s largest hotel chain, found themselves perpetually dissatisfied, consistently facing a solution that fell short of their needs. The continuous search for a suitable PMS became a commonplace narrative within the company for more than a decade. This dilemma is due to the fact…
Record summer bookings stretching finances of many due to outdated payments tech
This year’s more than welcome record summer for travel bookings brings with it the unwelcome need to increase working capital, warns Spencer Hanlon from global real-time payments platform Nium, which provides services to online travel agencies, hotels, and airlines around the world. He points out that “without increasing working capital, a company could potentially be wiped out this summer…
Agoda and Bangkok Metropolitan Administration collaborate on ‘Agoda Tech Day Camp’ Initiative
Digital travel platform Agoda has partnered with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and the Saturday School Foundation to organize Agoda Tech Day Camp, a series of tech workshops for high school and university students in 2023. A group of 60 students from Bangkok’s Na Luang High School attended the first workshop last Friday. Leading representatives from all…
Travel To Orlando Is About To Get Much Smoother With Opening Of New High Tech Terminal
Orlando is one of the busiest international hubs not only in the U.S. but the entire world. Serving as the gateway to Central Florida and the Disney parks, the airport is seeing a surge of new investments lately as demand increases. In fact, its post-Covid rebound has been so surprising it is even opening a…
New High Tech Sleeper Trains Launching Soon In Europe’s Top Destinations
With the generalized chaos affecting airports in Europe, the popularity of trains in the continent has soared to new heights. After countries like Germany and Spain slashed fares to promoted train ridership this summer, a new trend started emerging: that of overnight journeys, and now there’s even a new high tech sleeper train launching. Unlike…
U.S. Airports Are Getting New High Tech Scanners That Will Speed Up Security Lines
TSA will deploy new computer tomography systems to analyze carry-on items starting this summer The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced last Friday that the agency recently acquired new full-size Computed Tomography (CT) x-ray systems to analyze carry-on items. The new scanners will be installed at the TSA checkpoints across airports in the United States during…
