The state of the art of travel: faster planes and trains, video in the sky, smart hotel phones

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New technologies are finding uses in travel and lodging industries. Most hotel rooms soon will be equipped with voice mail, and airplanes now often provide seatback or armrest video devices. Airphones soon will provide a capability to call or receive calls from airplanes. In the advance of technologies, cost is sometimes a determining factor: Amtrak, which planned to install armrest video devices on some of its trains, cancelled its plan because of expense. Costs of electronic technologies will no doubt continue to fall. Traveler preference is also a factor: fewer than 25 percent of guests at Sheraton use a newly installed video checkout system. Airlines are experimenting with the various technologies: in-flight entertainment systems; airplane telephones; and on-the-ground services, such as automated check-in systems. All new, faster trains are planned. Hotels will have movie systems with more choices.

Usage, Services, High technology, Railroad travel, Future Technologies, Hotel and Motel Industry, Airline Industry, Travel Industry, Railroad Industry

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More Hotels for a Comeback City

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Hotel developers, like the Procaccianti Group and Carpionato Properties Inc. are investing in Providence, Rhode Island. Several new hotels are under construction or at the planning stages in the downtown area.

Land Subdivision and Land Development, Financial management, Facilities & equipment, Subdividers & Developers, Hotels & Motels, Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels, Subdividers and Developers, Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development, Urban Renewal Programs, Rhode Island, Real estate developers, Finance, Company investment, Investments, Design and construction, Buildings and facilities, Urban renewal, Company financing, Providence, Rhode Island

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Airlines and Airports Brace for a Busy Weekend Amid Industrywide Woes

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The day before Thanksgiving is the busiest travel day of the year. Airlines reported that 90 percent of their seats were filled, even though air fares are up 2.6 percent from last year.

United States, Lodging & Tourist Services, Accommodation, Railroads, Rail Transportation, Shipments data, Labor Distribution by Employer, Statistics, Traffic, Automobile travel, Thanksgiving Day

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