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Does Paperless Travel Sound to Futuristic for our Imagination?
A few years ago when the travel industry got introduced to e-tickets and online check-ins, it all seemed unimaginable.
Now imagine a world where you fingerprint boarding passes and eye-scanning
passport control systems, i know, it all seems a bit too futuristic doesn’t
it? A report recently done named From
Chaos to Collaboration report released by technology expert Amadeus suggests it
is only eight years away.
By 2020, all airports will be paperless and bags will be electronically
tagged, according to the predictions, technological innovation will take the
stress out of travel so that passengers will have nothing to remember and can
track the exact location of their bag at any given time.
Automated identification systems will use fingerprints to check in, avoiding the lengthy queues and delays in manual check-in and deleting the now online check-ins. Travellers will cruise through customs and immigration with just a scan of their eye retina! The experience does not end there! Passengers will be able to use virtual tour guides - through the same principles as gaming on smart phones and computers - enabling them to visit sites of interest.
Andrew Curry, director and co-author The Futures Company, said: "We wanted to avoid making techno-centric assumptions about the future of travel - and painting a picture of flying cars and intelligent robots in a world that is otherwise unchanged from today.
"We hope that this study will challenge, provoke and stimulate thinking around how we will all be travelling in the future."
Automated identification systems will use fingerprints to check in, avoiding the lengthy queues and delays in manual check-in and deleting the now online check-ins. Travellers will cruise through customs and immigration with just a scan of their eye retina! The experience does not end there! Passengers will be able to use virtual tour guides - through the same principles as gaming on smart phones and computers - enabling them to visit sites of interest.
Andrew Curry, director and co-author The Futures Company, said: "We wanted to avoid making techno-centric assumptions about the future of travel - and painting a picture of flying cars and intelligent robots in a world that is otherwise unchanged from today.
"We hope that this study will challenge, provoke and stimulate thinking around how we will all be travelling in the future."
Now tell me this is not something we are all looking forward to!"
Adopted from Letsgotravel.blogspot.com
Ah well - all fine till the machine makes a mistake and says your fingerprints don't belong to you!! :)
ReplyDeleteMurugi - thanks for sharing this information. I already like booking things online, and this sounds even better. I do hate the airline queques.
ReplyDeleteI always preview the places with Google Earth and explore as much as I can before I go. I did that when I went to Key West Florida (webcams) and Paris, France.
Does the Amadeus company name imply they're a little genius or a little crazy? Maybe a bit of both!
Eight years doesn't seem that long. . .
Best wishes for 2012!
@ Jenny..LOL! God forbid..Then airport security will be up in your business!
ReplyDelete@ Hudson... I always preview places before i visit them too. haha and Amadeus are actually the guys behind 70% travel tech stuff!Yes, they are genius + CRAZY! haha