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American Airlines Vacations revamps travel agency and consumer vacation websites

EzRez Software, Inc., a provider of online travel packaging and merchandising solutions, has signed an  agreement with American Airlines Vacations for the carrier's revamped travel agency and consumer vacation websites.

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Business travelers lift Virgin Atlantic’s financial performance

Virgin Atlantic has managed a pretax profit of 41.6 million pounds ($76.1 million) on record annual sales of 1.91 billion.

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Atlanta Airport expands Wi-Fi, cell phone coverage

There's the old saying that whether you go to heaven or hell, you will have to change planes in Atlanta. Soon, at the world's busiest airport, you will have improved cell phone coverage and greatly expanded access to the Internet on Wi-Fi connections

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport this week announced the details of a $5.4 million multi-faceted contract with SITA for wireless and management services. SITA's system for Atlanta includes the design and implementation of an airport-wide Wi-Fi and cellular wireless network, as well as management of the airport's new fiber, cellular and Wi-Fi network for a period of one year.

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Hong Kong airport picks RFID baggage tracking

HONG KONG -- As one of the busiest airports in the world, Hong Kong International Airport annually has about 35 million passengers and handles three million tons of air cargo. Last month, it was named the world's best airport by SkyTrax (UK) and received a special recognition award from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). This week, not resting with its top rankings, the airport announced that to "improve customer satisfaction" a baggage tracking infrastructure using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) will be installed.

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Minneapolis airport expands neutral host Wi-Fi

MINNEAPOLIS -- Two years ago, the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was one of the world's first airports to offer public access to neutral host Wi-Fi. The wireless Internet service to travelers has now been expanded to include the Humphrey Terminal, through an agreement between the Metropolitan Airports Commission and wireless service provider Concourse Communications Group.

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Travelers say TSA airport screening is not working

SAN DIEGO -- The Transportation Security Agency has a problem with the traveling public's perception of airport security screeners, and this is hurting business for the airlines. An on-going survey of airline passengers shows that while most screeners are seen as professional and polite, there is considerable inconsistency in practices and procedures from one airport to the next. Worse than just being a hassle, most passengers believe the screening does little to improve security.

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Detroit Airport now has Wi-Fi network access

DETROIT -- By this time next year, it will not be news that a major airport is providing travelers with high-speed wireless access to the airport. This is remarkable because it was just a couple of years that the first airport in the world installed a Wi-Fi network.

The latest major airport to announce the availability of wireless Internet access Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) at the the state-of-the-art McNamara Terminal / Northwest WorldGateway. Through the Christmas and New Year's holiday, Wi-Fi access will be available and free of charge to travelers flying through Detroit's McNamara Terminal.

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Sprint plans Wi-Fi at 2,100 airports and hotels

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas -- Through a combination of Wi-Fi Zones built and managed by Sprint and roaming agreements, Sprint plans to provide customers with high-speed Wi-Fi access in public locations such as airports, convention centers and hotels at speeds 50 times faster than standard dialup. The service is expected to be available later this summer in over 800 locations, with over 2,100 locations planned by the end of the year.

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12 airports, 565 hotels now have Wayport Wi-Fi

AUSTIN, Texas -- With installations at 565 hotels and 12 airports, Wayport is justified in claiming to be the world's largest provider of Wi-Fi (802.11) wireless and wired high-speed Internet access. This week, Wayport passed the 2.5 million mark for customer connections, and has undertaken an extensive advertising campaign to heavily promote its high-speed Internet service to business travelers and hoteliers.

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Wayport and CNN to provide wireless at airports

AUSTIN, Texas -- Wayport, the world's largest provider of Wi-Fi (802.11b) wireless and wired high-speed Internet access in hotels and airports, has announced an agreement with CNN Airport Network, the only satellite-delivered television service specifically designed for waiting air travelers. The two companies said the agreement would allow a complete neutral-host Wi-Fi wireless high-speed Internet solution to the 38 airports in the United States with access to CNN Airport Network.

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