The Butterfly Effect of SITA Acquiring Materna IPS

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…

ABC eGates: Making Travel Easy as 1-2-3

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…

Unpacking The Self-Bag Drop Market 

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…

Rock me Amadeus!

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…

The Check-In Kiosk Is Not Dead!

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…

The Coming (DTC) Revolution

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…