Archive Category: Rail
November 18, 2004 | Permalink | m-Travel.com
German rail and travel centers switch to Sabre
German rail network Deutsche Bahn (DB) has switched 204 of its railway station-based Travel Centres and 57 Reiseland Deutsche Bahn travel agencies to the Sabre global distribution system (GDS). The operation is one of Sabre Travel Network’s largest single European conversion exercises and all 261 new outlets are expected to be fully converted by Q3 2005, Sabre announced.
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June 10, 2004 | Permalink | m-Travel.com
American travel agents can now sell Eurostar rail
MIAMI -- North American travel agencies affiliated with Amadeus can now sell, price, book, and issue validated Eurostar rail documents independent of airline ticketing. Popular with American tourists, Eurostar is the high-speed train service linking London, Ashford, Paris, Brussels, Lille, Avignon, Calais, Disneyland Resort Paris and the French Alps.
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May 20, 2004 | Permalink | m-Travel.com
UK rail travellers want wireless broadband
LONDON -- Three out of four UK business rail travellers want to use Wi-Fi for Internet access on the move, believing on-train connectivity is a clear reason to choose rail travel over other forms of transport, according to research released by Broadreach Networks Limited. The findings come from the UK’s largest-ever study of the awareness and interest in Wi-Fi technology amongst business rail travellers, commissioned by Broadreach, the UK’s leading provider of Internet locations earlier this year.
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September 13, 2003 | Permalink | m-Travel.com
Train hotspots worth US$420 million by 2008
LEDBURY, UK -- Train travellers will be spending US$420 million per year by 2008 on in-transit wireless LAN hotspot services, according to the latest report from W-LAN experts BWCS. Figures from Railway Wireless LAN Services indicate that within five years 625 million people will be travelling on WiFi-enabled trains around the world every year.
Train hotspots worth US$420 million by 2008
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May 28, 2003 | Permalink | m-Travel.com
Wireless Internet tested at Paris metro stations
PARIS -- Cisco Systems is working with Naxos, one of two telecommunications subsidiaries of the Regie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP), the Independent Paris Transport Authority, in a WiFi (wireless fidelity) test of local area network points deployed in the city's metro stations.
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