To support continuing demand for our services, we are very pleased to announce that Don Hiser has joined the AirGate Solutions team as Director, Consulting Services. Don is based in Denver and is initially responsible for our Americas markets. He will support our ongoing projects, develop new client assignments and represent AirGate Solutions at conferences and forums.

With over 20 years in the global travel and hospitality technology industry, Don has held key director roles with American Airlines, Sabre, SITA, and Oracle. His consulting assignments include airlines such as American, United/Continental, Delta, Southwest, TACA/Avianca, Singapore and Alitalia. Don counts GDS’s, such as Sabre, Amadeus, Galileo/Worldspan and Abacus among his client assignments.

With this wealth of industry experience, we’re confident that Don will help our clients deliver strategic advantage to meet their current business needs.

Please join us in welcoming Don Hiser, whose full bio profile is listed under “Our Team”.

We've spoken at several airport indfustry conferences. on the subject of “Knowing Your Customer: Loyalty Programmes and Personal Marketing”. Our presentations focused on the latest technologies used to communicate with customers. Through communication, we gain insight into customers which can assist in the development of 1-to-1 customer marketing and retention strategies.

We continue to update airports that are using Facebook as a means to communicate to their respective communities and customers. The growth in Facebook has not kept pace with that of Airports Using Twitter. We continue to update our profile of airports use of Facebook as a social media platform.

EyeforTravel’s Travel Distribution Summit Asia was held May 9-10 in Singapore’s Raffles City Convention Centre. The over 550 senior online Travel & Hospitality executives gathered for 2 days of case-studies, cutting-edge trends and concrete best-practice in Distribution, Revenue Management, Marketing, Social Media and Mobile strategies. Now in its 8th year, the TDS Asia Conference continues to offer an excellent learning experience and unrivalled networking opportunities.

Healthy Eating for Travelers - The Problem is Now

There has been a noticeable increase in stories about healthy eating options while travelling. For example, a brief overview of more recent articles demonstrates the increasing demand for healthier eating options while travelling: (1) Dietitians Pick Detroit as Healthiest Airport, (2) 14 Healthy Meals at 14 Airports, (3) Five stars for JetBlue’s Terminal 5 and (4) Healthy meals in the sky.