GPS
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BTN Research Issue: Connecting With Managed Travelers
… Younger travelers also are more willing to personally pay for in-room hotel Internet access (24 percent versus 17 percent) and GPS devices in rental cars (24 percent versus 14 percent). Considering all 13 air, hotel and car optional services listed in …
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The European Commission approved for aviation navigation a satellite-based GPS augmentation system that improves the accuracy of signals across Europe
The European Commission approved for aviation navigation a satellite-based GPS augmentation system that improves the accuracy of signals across Europe bit.ly/dEHHkr . The EGNOS system "enables precision approaches and renders air navigation safer" and reduces "delays, diversions and cancellations ...
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ConTgo To Debut Bidirectional Mobile Mapping Communications
… later this year, which would map the location of travelers not according to their GDS-based travel itineraries but through GPS positioning of their mobile phones. MapCast would send travelers a message asking them to text back the word "LOCATION …
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Killer Apps & Mobile Menaces: Mobility's Fallibilities
… and then you can say yes or ignore. Saying yes activates a GPS signal that shows where they are. It's more of an opt-in ..... the world is vulnerable," DePetrillo said. "It's not the GPS device that puts it at risk, it's the phone's back end …
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BTN Research: Buyers OK But Don't Bargain For Rental Car GPS , Toll Adds
… corporate travel programs allow travelers to add GPS and electronic toll paying technology to ..... slightly higher number allow travelers to add GPS technology to their rental. Three-quarters ..... suppliers. About 20 percent said they negotiate GPS equipment, and slightly less negotiate …
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More than three quarters of 297 organizations do not tabulate total trip cost for top destinations, according to an ACTE survey.
… including checked baggage, seat assignments, airport lounge access, hotel Internet access, airport parking and car rental GPS navigation and fuel surcharges--represent between 5 percent and 15 percent of their organizations' total T&E costs. Another …
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Hotelzon To Expand Mobile Service
… of the booking tool is the mobile version displays fewer properties. It is integrated with the phone's global positioning system functionality so travelers can look for preferred hotels within a defined radius of where they are located …
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Zurich Unveils BlackBerry App For Tracking, Alerting Employees
… BlackBerry devices' global positioning system capability. Zurich ..... specific alerts using the GPS . Zurich is unveiling ..... as accurate as the global positioning system . Instead of pinpointing ..... However, unlike the GPS , it is not impeded …
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Fewer, Longer Car Deals Sought
… Meanwhile, Salcito and BCD's Stratford reported an increase in buyer interest in negotiating or removing global positioning system fees and city surcharges as contractual concessions. When asked what was included in their car rental contracts …
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Op-Ed: GDS Tech Must Evolve To Avoid Buggy-Whip Fate
… marketing relationship with the theater, so she is getting a discount on her second night). As she walks down the street, her GPS -enabled phone is notified of a Starbucks nearby, which offers her a coupon for a latte. Meanwhile, a Caribou Coffee in the …
