"airplane so close!" videos: 😱😱😱 Me:

I should post on here more often I think? I'm followed by a lot of aviation people (thanks to @wandrme.paxex.aero putting me on a list), and I'm a huge aviation nerd. But I think I'm not that _kind_ of nerd...

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The (almost) complete list of international travel technology conferences. Covering: aviation, hospitality, leisure & business travel, destinations, tours, transport, meetings, payments, loyalty, startups, and innovation. Let me know if I'm missing any: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #TravelTech

This is how Riyadh Air built their next-generation passenger system. Although I am not personally involved in this project, what we can see from public sources is fascinating! #OOSD #TravelTech #Airlines More details on my LinkedIn post : www.linkedin.com/posts/markle...

Who's going to #AviationFest in Lisbon? #legroom

Now at #TTShow - The Think Tank: travel's leaders share their views Charlotte Lamp Davies - A Bright Approach, moderator Sally Bunnell - NaviSavi Tess Longfield - Sabre Dimitris Manikis - Wyndham Hotels Tareque Choudhury - Dubai Airport ls Kate Xiong-Britton - Trip.com Group

A quick run around the stands at TravelTech Show #TTS2025 #TTShow #BTShowEU #ForTheLoveOfTravel

Up next at #TTShow - The New World of Airline Distribution Starting in the TechHuddle room in 10 minutes! With: Alessandro Ciancimino, Sabre Corporation Alice Ferrari, CEO, Kyte Alexandra Goga, Lufthansa Group Airlines Barbara Moreno, Accelya Moderator: Lee Hayhurst, Aviation Business News

Just finished "The Battle of Ideas" at #TTShow with: Alex Bainbridge – Autoura Ante Dagelić - Traveling.com Annabel Illingworth - Vocalista Sefton Monk - My Kind of Cruise

First session up at #TTShow is @ljrich.bsky.social at Turing Theatre - we're a promised a multimedia journey on the future of travel experience!

#TTShow #BTShowEU #TTS2025 at ExCel London, today and tomorrow

Stephan Heinz on LATAMs partnerships with brands like Claro, Globo, Audi at #FTE

Jamie Heaslip - Stripe (also something to do with Rugby) interviews: - Dave O’Donovan, Chief Digital & Transformation Officer, Aer Lingus - Vincent Harrison, Chief Commercial & Development Officer, daa (Dublin Airport) Now at #FTE

Ryan Ghee, COO, Future Travel Experience interviews Tom Lyons, Author of Aer Dogs: How a small group of Irish entrepreneurs brought low-fare air travel around the world #FTE

Now at #FTE - Ancillary Revenue Kevin O’Shaughnessy, Founder & CEO, CityHook & Chapter Leader, Travel Massive Dublin

Manager Savu from Threedot will run a panel now on AI in travel at #FTE

Nacho Tovar from IAG talking about IAGi Accelerator now at #FTE

Eric, Jost and Tiddo on Q&A panel on Modern Airline Retailing #MAR #FTE

Kiddo Veldhuis from AF/KLM at #FTE

Jost Daft from Lufthansa at #FTE

Eric Leopold taking the stage to discuss the state of Airline Retailing with AF/KLM and Lufthansa joining shortly #FTE

Ted Christie - former CEO of Spirit Airlines taking the stage now at #FTE

At #FTE event in Dublin, kicking off now with Daniel Coleman

Startup pitches and FTE today: Dar Mehta, Co-founder & CEO, Causal Labs • “AI is rewriting the rules of the physical world” • Language models don’t work well in complex environments like airlines, airports

Now at #ATPSMegaEvent2025 Ancillaries track we have Steve Mathwig from Best Western Hotels and George Wilson from SKUx

#ATPSMegaEvent2025 Varun Dhupar from Juspay talking about the impact payments can have on loyalty and ancillary sales

At #ATPSMegaEvent2025 now, Rob Daniel from Bond Brand Loyalty on Trends in program member attitudes & behaviours

Nick Ashton and Ruairi O'Driscoll from Protect Group on stage now at #ATPSMegaEvent2025

At #ATPSMegaEvent2025 next we have Bob Daly from United and Jay Sorensen

#ATPSMegaEvent2025 panel on Dynamic Bundling: Crafting Irresistible Offers to Maximise Ancillary Revenue – Andrea Caulfied-Smith, MD Global Business Travel, Advantage Travel Partnership – Aleks Kaczmarek, VP Loyalty, CarTrawler – Sol Zia, Executive Director, Calgary Hotel Association

#ATPSMegaEvent2025 Next up is Jay Sorensen on Who's getting it right in airline retailing and ancillary revenue

#ATPSMegaEvent2025 day two! Eduardo Rivas and Joaquin Perez from LATAM on using AI to maximise ancillary revenue

Now at #ATPSMegaEvent2025 The Lions Den - startup pitche competition!

Next up is Tedd Evers from AWS on "Airlines in The Cloud" #MegaEvent2025

Kevin O’Shaughnessy on stage at #MegaEvent2025 - 97% of airlines have an AI project (SITA) - Most AI projects are customer service related today, but revenue generating is coming - Today you have an intern, tomorrow a colleague, in the future a consultant or a whole team

Setting up for #MegaEvent2025 in Dublin now

The LCC manager board game is here (papaeya.com), just in time for the #TravelMasive meetup at the Airline Mega Event in Dublin this week...

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So, who's going to be at the Aiirline Loyalty Ancillaries and Payments Mega-Event in Dublin this week?

Ryanair have launched a shit version of easyJet Plus

St Patrick's Day Caipirinha in Bah33°!

Look Ma, I'm on the TV! youtu.be/fGq5cJ-MrfM

Which airline mobile app is this? - Most screens are actually webpages - Buttons that are really links - Buttons that don't respond when you press them - Check-in flow doesn't give you a boarding pass - A screen in the app that asks you to download the app #Airlines #UX #Mobile #TravelTech

Today would have been my 7-year anniversary in Travelport... I say "would have" because I left in December. Anyway, I'm a free-lance consultant/writer/teacher now - anything to do with airline passenger systems, reservations, distribution. More: www.linkedin.com/posts/markle...

Been seeing multiple people talking about increasing aggravations on this site due to questionable online behavior of some users. Alas, the moderation tools here do not include the option to delete other people's accounts. But fwiw, here are a few things I do that help my experience a bit...

#AvGeeks, any idea where I might catch an amphibian? #skycards

Tired seagulls resting in a football pitch after #StormDarragh