Category: Tech & Internet

Andrew Agius Muscat, CEO MHRA

The use of robotics in tourism, travel and hospitality is a controversial topic. Whenever we talk about robotics we do it with a certain degree superstition and superficiality, Technology is never the end, but a means to improve internal processes, build branding, guest loyalty and increase profits. During the next episode of Hospitality Insights, Mr […]

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and Facebook have partnered to help global destinations make use of the power of digital marketing as they look to welcome tourists back safely. Over the past year, the United Nations specialised agency for tourism has been supporting its Member States on a series of initiatives relating to market intelligence […]

20 petabytes of satellite imagery were used to show decades of global changes Google has announced its biggest update to Google Earth in years: the ability to view the past 37 years of our planet in a new feature called ‘Timelapse’. The feature, enabled by 24 million satellite photos compiled into a 4D experience, means […]

WhatsApp has announced that it is making some changes to its services to improve access for the more than two billion users communicating via the app. The first major change is linked to the level of security, a factor that is of great importance to most users. From now on, backup copies of the history […]

Aiding the visitor experience, mitigating the effects of overtourism and leading to more sustainable management, smart cities are the way forward in post-pandemic travel. Closely aligned with Internet of Things (IoT) technology, smart cities improve the provision and development of urban services through technology. The involvement of smart technologies brings with it a host of […]

The project is being run by the Lufthansa Group in collaboration with several research institutes At Lufthansa Technik’s hangar in Malta, work has recently begun on converting a Lufthansa long-haul Airbus A350-900 named “Erfurt” into the first flying research laboratory. At the hangar, where “the first and most extensive conversion work” was carried out, preparations […]

MIA CEO Alan Borg says reviving air travel requires consumer confidence and suggests an app where visitors could upload COVID-related documents prior to entry into Malta Tourists coming to Malta should be able to upload COVID-related documents in an app for verification by the authorities, the airport CEO has suggested. This would contribute to boosting […]

Details from more than 500 million Facebook users have been found available on a website for hackers. The information appears to be several years old but it is another example of the vast amount of information collected by Facebook and other social media sites and the limits to how secure that information is. The availability […]