Category: Technology
Lufthansa, SWISS and Austrian Airlines customer service now available via Messenger App
In order to answer passengers’ queries quickly, Lufthansa Group now provides access to a digital assistant in addition to the familiar customer services such as lufthansa.com, the Lufthansa App and the Customer Service App. The Bots Elisa (Lufthansa), Nelly (SWISS) and Maria (Austrian Airlines) – based on the names of the first female flight attendants […]
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EaseMyTrip now offers a direct access to airport lounge services
EaseMyTrip (EMT) has come up with a splendid offer which allows its customers to access the exclusive airport lounge services for free. On booking domestic flights from cities of Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Delhi or Hyderabad with EaseMyTrip, customers can access the services of Premium Plaza lounge at the respective airports of the cities. With this, if […]
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UNWTO partners with Telefónica to promote tourism sector digitalisation
Telefónica and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) have announced an agreement to collaborate in the development and implementation of digital entrepreneurship and training initiatives that allow the tourism sector to increase its competitiveness and strengthen its long-term sustainability. This agreement comes at a time of profound technological change that impacts all industrial sectors, where a […]
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Sabre and Visa to expand B2B virtual payments for the travel industry
Sabre Corporation and Visa announced a partnership to support the growth of business-to-business (B2B) virtual payments in the travel industry. Under this agreement, travel buyers and suppliers will be able to pay and get paid with virtual Visa commercial cards, through the Sabre Virtual Payments solution. Sabre’s work with Visa combines Sabre Virtual Payments with […]
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Tripoto and Morris Garages India come together for a 7-season web series to be shot across 7 countries
Tripoto has partnered with Morris Garages (MG) India, the iconic British Automaker for immersive video solutions endeavour, offering to boost awareness and sustain interest about the brand ahead of its India launch this year. Tripoto is creating a non-fiction travel web series, ‘World of MG: An Indian Abroad’, which will be shot in six different […]
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Technology is empowering women to travel solo, reveals a study
The trend of solo travel is rampant among millennials. According to a study by the Princeton Survey Research Associates, 58% of millennials are willing to travel on their own as compared to a much smaller number in the previous generations. The same study also states that 26% of women in the sample set had already […]
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V Resorts launches its new mobile app
V Resorts is pleased to announce the launch of its mobile phone app, ‘V Resorts’, for both iOS and Android operating systems. The new app has been designed by V Resort’s in-house tech team and will provide customers and travellers with the option to browse through and book over 150 resorts across India quickly and […]
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Hajj Awareness Programme conducted by goimomi.com in Chennai to safeguard Hajj aspirants
An initiative of goimimo.com (an Islamic travel portal), in collaboration with UConnect, brought together renowned scholars, experts and institutions viz, Tamil Nadu State Hajj Committee, TN Hajj Service Society and TN Hajj Organisers Association to safeguard Hajj travellers. “The Hajj is an Islamic pilgrimage to Makkah, and a mandatory religious duty that must be carried […]
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Travelport partners with Hong Kong International Airport to promote multi-modal transport services
Travelport announced a new agreement with Airport Authority Hong Kong (AA) to promote the multi-modal connectivity services at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) to travel buyers in Asia, Europe and North America. HKIA is one of the busiest passenger airports across the globe connecting to over 220 destinations through over 120 airlines. In 2018, HKIA […]
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BlueWander launches beta and selects India as premier destination
BlueWander announced that it has released the beta version of its next-generation online luxury travel marketplace, and has selected India as its first destination to launch a new model designed to meet the shifting demands of the growing segment of modern luxury travellers. The company uses intuitive technology to reinvent the luxury travel industry creating […]
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