‘Biometrics’, ‘self-service’ and ‘identity’! These are some key phrases that I’ve heard and been exposed to as the most recent addition to the Airports and Borders team at Valour Consultancy, working alongside Director John Devlin. During this time, I’ve had the opportunity to engage and interact with the dynamic world of airports and borders. Over…
Seamless travel, passenger processing and identity verification! These are three key themes that will be at the forefront of Passenger Terminal Expo 2025 in IFEMA, Madrid from April 8th– 10th. I’m excited to be visiting for the first time! So please, get ready to take off with me as we explore the elements of the…
Whilst not necessarily ones to blow our own trumpets, sometimes it is necessary to let people know what we have been up to, the progress that we are making and how this will benefit our customers. As we look forward to the year ahead, this is one of those times. 2024 was an intensive year of…
A new service from Valour Consultancy has made great strides in identifying a much higher number of egates deployed in airports. A grand total of 13,409 egates have been found to be installed globally in airports in the latest edition of our ‘Smart Airports Tracker’. Launched 12 months ago, the Smart Airports Tracker is based…
SITA’s announcement that it is buying the self-bag drop vendor, Materna IPS, is the third major acquisition in the airport technology space this year and will undoubtedly leave some of the competition considering what their response should be. Worth noting is that this deal is a little different to Amadeus’ acquisition of Vision-Box, or Entrust’s…
During recent client Q&As on border control touchpoints, a question was put to us on where we see the market now compared to two years ago. We are in the midst of updating our Seamless Passenger Journey report and launching two new market intelligence products, our new Smart Borders report and our Smart Airports Tracker…
As we continue to roll out updates to our new smart airports tracker service, we’re providing readers with top-level insights into how the market for self-service, automation and biometric equipment across the various passenger touchpoints is developing. Last month, we focussed on self-bag drop in what turned out to be a hugely popular article and…
Valour Consultancy recently completed the third update to its fledgling smart airport tracker service, which provides clients with an unrivalled view of new technology adoption in airports. This includes a line-by-line view of biometric, self-service and automation equipment installations across various passenger touchpoints throughout the world. Since data was last released at the tail end…
More breaking news was announced this week to shake-up the government, travel and fintech ecosystems, causing our clients to re-visit their carefully planned strategies for 2024 and beyond. With the move to acquire Onfido, Entrust is making another big step away from its Datacard roots in smart card and document production, personalisation and issuance. Since…
In huge news coming out of the airports realm this week (31st January 2024), Amadeus agreed to part with €320 million to acquire biometrics solutions provider, Vision-Box. In this piece, we explore how each entity perfectly complements one another and how the coming together of these two Iberian companies should hasten the adoption of the…
We’re certainly not the first to question the viability of check-in kiosks, as early as 2012 there was talk of the check-in kiosk being under threat from online check-in. This being a response to Singapore Airlines’ removal of 24 units from Changi the year prior. So why are we raising this point now? In recent years, we…
There is a new reason to get yourself onto the vibrant streets of Camden, and no, this time it’s not for the music, bars, or markets. Camden’s imposing 19th-century St. Pancras station, pictured above, is now home to one of the UK’s latest border projects. iProov, Entrust and Inverid have partnered with Eurostar, to get…