The 70′s were the start in many ways of the electronics and digital revolution, travel technology was developed for the airline industry’s use of automation and their need to extend this out to the travel agency partners. There was an online world before the advent of the World Wide Web in the form of private and commercial online services. Travel technology played a significant role in the e-commerce world where we live in. This article is about the technologies that could change the face of travel in the near future.

Mobile Apps (RFID):

The mobile technology offered now days is not just limited to boarding passes, it has developed into comprehensive ‘apps’ that can be downloaded to smart phones. With the explosive increase in the mobile market it has been the major target for all travel companies. So with the mobile market in place. A mobile phone can be equipped with a bar code reader using radio frequency identification, this would enable customers to scan the bar codes on holiday brochures and booking platforms, details of availability information can be displayed on their mobile phone screen. A booking confirmation in turn would have a unique barcode that the customer can store it in their phone so that hotels and airports can recognize the customer using a RFID (Radio frequency identification) – This can speed up the check-in, check-out and security processes faced by majority of the passengers.

Social Travel Search:

A lot of websites are now focused on the travel social networks, travel news and travel guides, integrating a lot of information available on the net, what could be an innovative solution is they developing a travel social search engine, where real people with real information can answer the travel queries instantly and on the go, while they are travelling. -This could be a real time travel guide, giving the right advice and service to their customers. Read the rest of this entry »