SITA, an aviation technology firm, reported last month that 44% of airlines planned to install beacon technology over the next three years. Beacons are short-range location devices that typically interact with mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Currently only around 9% of airlines use them, largely as a means of informing travellers of details such as boarding gates and flight times. However, over the next three years they will fulfil a variety of functions from directing people to departure lounges and baggage collection to sending targeted duty-free offers to travellers.
The development of beacon technology at airports is being driven, to some degree, by the rise of wearable technology such as smart watches. This will allow consumers to be more connected than ever when in transit. Still, such developments will be a mixed blessing for world-weary business travellers. There will certainly be benefits. Beacons will make strange airports easier to navigate and smooth the transition from check-in at one end of...Continue reading
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