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Articles tagged “accessibility”

News Blog

IDEAS: SOTC Travel Introduces Three Regional Languages to Website

SOTC Travel has introduced three new regional languages to its website - Hindi, Gujarati and Tamil, in addition to English - in order to target the growing customer market within Regional India-Bharat and provide a more accessible guest experience. In addition to the new language offering, SOTC has also curated a collection of holidays designed…

Adam Stacey | 6 months ago

News Blog

IDEAS: Delta Flight Products Unveils New Concept Seat for Wheelchair Users

Delta Flight Products (DFP) has partnered with UK-based consortium Air4All on a new prototype seat they say will provide powered wheelchair users with the opportunity to remain in their chairs throughout their entire travel journey. Credit: PriestmanGoode The patented prototype, which was debuted at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Germany, folds up to enable a…

Adam Stacey | 7 months ago

News Blog

IDEAS: 360-Degree Airport Tour Launched to Aid Passengers With Additional Needs

Bournemouth Airport, located in the United Kingdom, has launched a 'pioneering' 360-degree video experience aimed at assisting passengers with additional needs when preparing to visit the airport. According to Regional & City Airports (RCA), the owner of the airport, the use of this technology for accessibility purposes is 'a first in the aviation industry'. The…

Adam Stacey | 8 months ago

Hotels

Swiss Hotel Is a Model for Hiring Staff With Intellectual Disabilities

Two out of three staff members at Martigny Boutique-Hotel in Switzerland are people with intellectual disabilities. We could all learn a lesson or two from the hotel's inclusive workplace and how the property maintains boutique standards.

Leslie Barrie | 9 months ago

Swiss Hotel Is a Model for Hiring Staff With Intellectual Disabilities

Tourism

Tourism Unprepared to Accommodate Growing Segment of Older Travelers

The tourism industry still treats amenities catering to seniors as another customer preference, not as a necessity. A lot of tourism businesses likely won't get serious until they see and hear about their failures to serve this lucrative demographic shift.

Dawit Habtemariam | 11 months ago

Tourism Unprepared to Accommodate Growing Segment of Older Travelers

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The Biggest Missing Ingredient for True Accessibility in the Airline Business

A great talk by Michael Swiatek, the chief strategy and planning officer at Avianca, who happens to be legally blind. Michael has worked in the airline industry for almost 30 years and spends part of his time raising awareness about the importance of accessibility in travel. He travels frequently for work and believes that the…

Rafat Ali | 11 months ago

Travel Technology

Expedia Group Working With Tech Startups to Make Travel More Accessible

In Expedia’s move to inch the travel industry toward equitability, the company is helping startups solve their own problems and learning from them in the process. And the startups are learning from each other, too.

Justin Dawes | 11 months ago

Expedia Group Working With Tech Startups to Make Travel More Accessible

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Expedia Group Announces First Cohort for Startup Accelerator Focused on Underserved Travelers

Expedia Group has announced the first group of tech companies taking part in its new Open World Accelerator program. The 12 startups were chosen from hundreds of applicants worldwide focused on building tech products meant to improve accessibility for underserved travelers. Each startup or small business must have been founded in the last 10 years…

Justin Dawes | 11 months ago

Hotels

Hotels Designing for Disabilities Must Think Beyond Old Stereotypes

Sometimes there needs to be a carve out in the biggest design trends to take accessibility issues into account.

Carley Thornell, Skift | 2 years ago

Hotels Designing for Disabilities Must Think Beyond Old Stereotypes

Hotels

South Carolina Hotel to Offer Case Study for Hiring Workers With Disabilities

Many travel companies want to foster a workforce where everyone, regardless of circumstances, can thrive. But many companies wonder how to go about doing this. The example of The Shepherd Hotel in Clemson, South Carolina, suggests one path.

Sean O'Neill | 2 years ago

South Carolina Hotel to Offer Case Study for Hiring Workers With Disabilities