e-ticket
All change please: Your train ticket will never be the same again
News The Department is hoping to introduce integrated ticketing over the next five to 10 years - allowing consumers to purchase a single ticket to travel on any mode of transport across any number of transport operators - an... [20 Aug 2009]
100 dodgy football ticket sellers shut down by cybercops
News The government's newly-created Police Central e-crime Unit has announced a new assault on dodgy online ticket sellers. According to the PCeU the initiative, known as Operation Phyllite, saw the unit work... [10 Aug 2009]
Cash-strapped Brits rein in web shopping
News With its clear price advantage over the traditional bricks and mortar channel, online will become even more attractive to recession-hit shoppers as they venture back to buying big-ticket items. The UK... [03 Jun 2009]
Copyright holders 'smiling' at sinking of Pirate Bay
News The verdict is the "ticket to get elected to European Parliament" in June, the Pirate Party said in a press release. They should go out and find a new business model, one that doesn't involve profiting from stolen... [20 Apr 2009]
Moby S.p.A. Streamlines In-Port Ferry Operations by Automating Check-in for Five Million Passengers
White Paper Moby S.p.A.wanted to enhance customer service with a new ticketing and self-service check-in solution on frequently travelled routes and introduce mobile and self-service check-in tools for passengers to reduce waiting times at... [03 Apr 2009]
Sendio Case Study: Khronos
White Paper After deploying the ESP, help desk ticket numbers were reduced by 15-20 percent due to the elimination of unreliable filters. Because of the high-value financial transactions that Khronos undertakes, the security of its... [09 Mar 2009]
Airlines fear delays from snooping tech
News These details include passenger names, date, method of payment and place of ticket issue. E is for Extradition Home Office plans to begin using the £1.2bn e-Borders system at airports,... [11 Feb 2009]
"We must not allow ourselves to become a Big Brother society"
News Retained information will include the passenger name, date, method of payment and place of ticket issue. Already e-Borders has screened over 75 million passengers against immigration, customs and police... [10 Feb 2009]
Apple severs relationship with Macworld
News But much of the company's vaunted marketing buzz has come from Macworld, which, unlike those other events, allows Apple fans on the street to purchase a ticket and gawk at new Apple gear on display.... [17 Dec 2008]
Dublin gets its own Oyster card-a-like
News The prepay e-ticket will be phased in across all public transport from late 2009, and will eventually be useable on all buses, trains, trams and coaches in the city.silicon.com Public Sector Some Dublin... [24 Sep 2008]
Belt-tightening causes online-shopping growth to stumble
News It's important to acknowledge the inevitable impact of faltering consumer confidence, with shoppers opting for lower cost accessories in preference to big ticket items. The figures, which come from the latest IMRG... [19 Sep 2008]
Gov't battles EU to use passenger data
News PNR data includes passenger name, travel agent or airline contact, ticket number, itinerary of at least one segment of the journey, name of person making the booking and can include age, fare details, form of payment,... [08 Aug 2008]
Tomorrow's wireless world: Healthcare to wear
News Outside healthcare, the report points to many future applications of wireless tech in the transport sector, including road-to-vehicle and car-to-car comms technology to alert drivers to traffic jams to help reduce congestion; intelligent... [08 May 2008]
Create e-Mail Newsletters for Your Travel Clients
White Paper In the old days, when travel agents issued paper tickets, it was easy to stuff traveler communications collateral into the client's ticket jacket. The author actually called such newsletters "Ticket... [26 Apr 2008]
Comprehensive Testing of High-Volume DW/BI Application Ensures Accurate Fares for IATA
White Paper This application, called FlexFares, uses sophisticated data manipulation techniques on complicated data to generate E-Ticket fares based on pairs of destinations. MindTree Consulting leveraged its... [28 Mar 2008]