Vidamore - Innovation for airlines and airports

Vidamore - Innovation for airlines and airports. Vidamore provides services to airlines, airports and suppliers in a broad range of specialisms. From biometrics to revenue management, and from booking tools to the (self service) passenger process inside the terminal building.

Projects

Vidamore is / was involved in the following:
- Technology strategy for a VLJ air taxi startup
- Creating a new hospitality concept for airports: mini-lounges
- Development / implementation of a multi-modal booking tool
- Business development of a revenue management solution
- Application of a voice biometrics system
- Encrypted biometrics!
- Development of a innovative travel portal
- Product incubation of a new baggage transport system
- and many other!

Aviation

airline innovation

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Will slow travel be the new rich?

New aviation concepts do not pop up every day, and most are not well thought through. Like this one. The product design company Seymourpowell has designed a zeppelin concept for the rich. Suitable for cross-continent travel, so they say, it will be a luxurious ride. The design is focussed to "no stress".

Cruising at 10,000 feet, the travel between LHR and JFK will take about 37 hours is the claim (I think it is dependent on the directions of the wind). Next to that, many restrictions are present to "fly" over the Atlantic Ocean. On top of that, most zeppelins are not really weather-resistant, meaning they can often not take off due to wind or other weather.

Nice design-concept, but is a zeppelin like ship the most optimal? Beautiful renderings though.

Happy new year from Vidamore!

New year 2010 Dear visitor,

2009 has been a difficult year for everyone in the business, and 2010 will not magically bring back the times from before. However, tough times forced us to think what is really important for the future.

2010 will be therefore a fantastic year for us! Many of the plans to improve, which were developed the past months, will deliver results. The economy is transforming, not just improving. The rules of the play change, and we will change with them. Innovations are more important than ever.

In that light I would like to wish you and your loved ones a healthy, happy and strong 2010, in every way. Hopefully we will meet again soon to discuss exciting plans.

Martijn Moret

Last Updated on Monday, 04 January 2010 08:06

Nakedness in the airport

There is a weird balance with privacy related items these days. A pilot project involving a "millimeter multi wave" scanner (wiki-link) at Manchester airport (MAN) results in many angry reactions of the public. Perhaps very understandable but I am always surprised with the level of perceived intrusiveness of such devices.

While everybody can see what is in your suitcase in the xray, people feel that their privacy is evaded because someone they don't know, in a remote location, is looking at an image of their body contours in black and white. The face is not recognizable, and clothes are not visible. The picture reveals the same details as a tight bathing suit.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 October 2009 07:29