Amsterdam Schiphol Airport has opened a library aimed at travelers on intercontinental flights awaiting their connections. Users can browse through books and a display of national art and download digital audio and video files. The 24-hour facility also features seats with iPads and 14 lounge chairs.

Ric Merrifield writes on Blogging Innovation why credit cards won’t exist in 10 years : Our mobile devices will be the “credit card” of the future. You would “beam” some information to the merchant about yourself (it could even be your Paypal account – which, at a restaurant you could include in your OpenTable reservation [...]

A new flight search site, hipmunk, positioned as “Better Flight Search” has been launched by Steve Huffman and Adam Goldstein. “Most flight search sites haven’t changed in years. They have an intimidating search page and endless pages of flight results. Finding the right flight often takes all afternoon—or all week,” the company says on its [...]

“Where to go maps” is an innovative company dedicated in creating value in maps by providing an illustrated, artistic, and interactive guide with fairly generalized layouts and literature that can supply the underserved travel map industry. They intend to be the first traveler friendly globalized mapping system, making appealing, easy to use maps that will [...]

Ridepenguin helps travellers reduce costs and emissions by sharing taxi rides to or from the airport. Users start off on the free service by indicating which airport they’re going to, when, and from what part of town. Ridepenguin then estimates how much money and emissions would be saved if the traveller shared a ride, and [...]

We’ve seen airports engage consumers with everything from free dancing lessons and light therapy to a four-storey slide that rewards duty-free spending. The latest innovation? Gatwick Airport’s Runway Models contest. Launched in late May by the UK airport and Storm Model Management, the Runway Models contest invites Gatwick travellers to submit a photo of themselves either online or by [...]

Monocle has created their blueprint dream airline:Nippon Nordic Air (NNA). The global affairs magazine is well-qualified to determine what the perfect airline should look like. As regular fliers across the top of the world, we’ve often wondered why some of the most strategically placed nations haven’t decided to join forces and pool their best resources [...]

Ryanair has launched over 100 free online destination guides on www.ryanair.com. The airline says it is offering passengers with information on “well known and not so well known Ryanair destinations”. Ryanair’s free destination guides are being offered in partnership with digital travel online content specialists Frommer’s Unlimited, the business-to-business division of Frommer’s (a branded imprint [...]

As the post-recession world still reels from its colossal impact, serving is the new selling and now is the time to go all out on it, says a consumer trend research company. According to Trendwatching.com : “It has never been more important for companies to turn their brand into a service. Jaded, time-poor, pragmatic consumers [...]

Shashank Nigan thinks that the iPad will revolutionize the way airlines are doing business, probably he is right … It matters because no longer are mobile devices limited to small screens only centimeters wide, with the iPad. Combine that with the advent of in-flight wifi and we’re talking business. I’m not talking about every passenger [...]

Increasingly sophisticated technology is set to revolutionise the way we travel. Donald Strachan highlights the best of what is to come. Your Reality, Augmented Imagine if your phone could use GPS information and a compass to lead you to the nearest restaurant or cash machine. In fact, it already can: welcome to “augmented reality”, or [...]