Augmented Reality – a key feature of future travel apps
September 17th, 2009, by joe.buhler
Over on PhoCusWright Connect we have covered mobile as the next platform for travel and in earlier posts also taken a look at some of the top iPhone Apps for travel. Some of them like Yelp and Metro Paris have recently started to feature augmented reality. Metro Paris was, according to some, the first of its kind for download on the iPhone App store. It is certainly a good example of what these apps...
Why did Singapore invest in Travelport
January 22nd, 2010, by TRAVDEXBy Ram Badrinathan The Singapore government’s decision to invest US$ 225 million in Travelport for a 7% stakes seems to be completely out of the blue and has taken travel industry analysts by surprise. The Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) has been a traditionally conservative portfolio management company managing more than a billion dollars owned and run by Singapore elite including...
