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GEE Launches Bundled IFEC Solution AIR Series
March 20, 2015  | Written by APEX Staff
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Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) announced Wednesday that it is launching a series of branded products and services to expand its current areas of business in connectivity, digital media, content services, and operations data. This news comes two months after the Los Angeles-based IFEC provider announced their development of a new Ku/Ku HTS antenna to meet […]

The Economist Future of Travel: Q&A with Taleb Rifai
 | Written by APEX Staff
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Taleb Rifai Secretary-General UNWTO (World Tourism Organisation) On Tuesday, March 24, 2015 leading travel industry experts from around the globe will meet in Madrid, Spain for The Economist Future of Travel conference. The sessions will examine the key trends facing the global travel industry and predict what the business will look like in 2025 based on the evolving expectations […]

The Economist Future of Travel: Q&A with Taleb Rifai
 | Written by APEX Staff
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Taleb Rifai Secretary-General UNWTO (World Tourism Organisation) On Tuesday, March 24, 2015 leading travel industry experts from around the globe will meet in Madrid, Spain for The Economist Future of Travel conference. The sessions will examine the key trends facing the global travel industry and predict what the business will look like in 2025 based on the evolving expectations […]

Throwback: Walk This Way
March 19, 2015  | Written by APEX Staff
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This article originally appeared in The Technology Issue of APEX Experience. In 1871, wine merchant and inventor Alfred Speer filed a patent for a system of moving sidewalks that would revolutionize pedestrian movement in New York City. Meanwhile in France, an engineer named Eugene Henard proposed a similar moving platform system for the 1889 Paris Fair. It wasn’t until […]

The Etihad Airways Guide to Abu Dhabi
March 18, 2015  | Written by Jessica Sammut
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This time next week APEX members and aviation’s top trendsetters will gather in Abu Dhabi for the 2015 APEX Middle East Conference. APEX has an exciting lineup of speakers and events scheduled for March 24-25, including a tour of the Etihad Innovation Centre. But if you happen to find yourself with a bit (or a lot!) of extra […]

Complete Fabrication: How Technology Weaves Into Cabin Textiles
 | Written by Paul Sillers
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This article originally appeared in The Technology Issue of APEX Experience. Fabric developments affect many key factors for airlines, including comfort, durability, maintainability, ecology, noise absorption and that perennial old chestnut: cost reduction. Compared with advances such as in-flight entertainment or mood lighting, technological leaps in the “comparably mature textile industry might not seem that exciting,” says Philipp Dahm […]

Pet Robots Tame Anxious Flyers
March 17, 2015  | Written by Jordan Yerman
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  This article originally appeared in The Technology Issue of APEX Experience. Meet Paro, a therapeutic robot that looks like a fuzzy baby harp seal. When you pet Paro it coos with glee, gently shaking and changing its expression as you stroke its soft fur. When you stop, Paro asks for more. This highly evolved therapeutic tool was designed […]

Altitude Adjustment
 | Written by Brett Snyder
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This article originally appeared in The Technology Issue of APEX Experience. We see the news reports at least a few times a year: A commercial flight finds itself hitting severe or extreme turbulence and anyone who isn’t belted down ends up getting hurt. The airplane diverts to the nearest airport, and video of the chaotic cabin instantly makes its […]

APEX Hollywood Shortlist: Cinderella is the Belle of the Ball at the Weekend B.O.
 | Written by Tomas Romero
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Proving that big-budget, live-action reboots of animated classics like Snow White (Universal’s Snow White and the Huntsman) and Sleeping Beauty (Disney’s Maleficent) can still cast a pretty potent spell on audiences both young and old, Disney’s sweeping, revisionist take on the Cinderella fable danced it’s way to the top of the weekend B.O. with a […]