KLM Allows Customers to Pay via Facebook and Twitter
AirlinesTravel TechnologyTravel Tips February 12, 2014
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines claims to be the first airline in the world to create a payment method which allows customers to pay via social media channels.
Read moreCision Ranks Airlines and Destinations among Top 50 North American Travel Blogs
ReviewsTravel TechnologyTravel Tips May 8, 2013
Cision, a major provider of publicity services, PR software and owner of the United States’ best-known database of media outlets, has ranked www.AirlinesAndDestinations.com among the top 50 travel blogs based in North America.
Read moreFinnair Allows Passengers to Link Facebook Profiles to Their Flight Seat Maps
AirlinesTravel TechnologyTravel Tips March 13, 2013
When a passenger does this, other passengers on the flight will be able to see that passenger’s Facebook profile. In turn, the Facebook-linking passenger will be able to see others who have linked their Facebook profiles when checking in for the same flight and where those other passengers are seated.
Read moreThomson Airways has added the hashtag #nameourplane to the side of one of its Boeing 737-800 jets. To enter the competition, consumers can tweet an image or the location of where they spotted the hashtag, along with their reasons why they should get to name the new Boeing 787-8.
Read moreInexpensive New Location-Sharing App Launched on iTunes
Travel TechnologyTravel Tips September 30, 2011
Costing $1.99 to buy, the ‘Onmaway’ app automatically lets other people know a user’s location over time, whether it be their spouse while the user is away for 20 minutes or the user’s social network for the length of a cross-country or international trip lasting months.
Read moreSAS Wins Award for Updating Customers via Facebook in Ash-Cloud Crisis
AirlinesTravel Technology October 5, 2010
Scandinavian Airlines has won an award for its innovative use of Facebook to keep its customers updated during the volcanic ash-cloud crisis which paralyzed airline operations throughout Europe in April.
Read moreDelta Unveils ‘Ticket Window’ for Booking Travel Direct from Social Media Sites
AirlinesTravel TechnologyTravel Tips August 12, 2010
Along with a newly designed home page at delta.com introduced earlier this week, the Delta Ticket Window offers the first visual cues of Delta Air Lines’ planned transformation in customer-facing technology.
Read moreMost Americans Take a Break from E-Mail, Social Media on Vacation: Survey
HotelsTravel Tips June 29, 2010
An independent survey commissioned by Marriott International’s SpringHill Suites all-suite hotel brand shows that despite the common perception that email and social media are taking over people’s everyday lives, the majority of vacationing Americans take a break from these online activities to spend time with friends and family instead.
Read moreHotel Review: Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui
Destinations Sep 24, 2018