Social Media Rewards 'Mobile Man' With Frequent Traveler Check-In Options

http://inventorspot.com/articles/social_media_rewards_mobile_man_new_frequent_traveler_checkin_op

Social Media Adds Engagement With Customers To Airport Metrics

http://inventorspot.com/articles/social_media_adds_engagement_customers_airport_metrics

Middle-eastern Civil aviation needs better management

http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm?id=ZAWYA20100819062336&l=062300100818&zawyaemailmarketing

IATA / ICAO Dictionary app for Android Phones

 

 

This application is an offline database for IATA / ICAO airport, airline, aircraft, delay codes and aircraft registration codes.

 

 

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This application is an offline database for IATA / ICAO airport, airline, aircraft, delay codes and aircraft registration codes.

The airport database provides:

- Name
- Elevation
- Latitude and Longitude coordinates,
- timezone,
- runway and communication information (not every airport)
- Metar / TAF reports (not every airport)
- google map (not every airport)
- sunrise / set calculation
- find other airport in the vicinity of the selected airport or from your present position (GPS required)
- calculate the distance to the selected airport (GPS required)

The airline database provides:

- Name
- Country
- Callsign
- picture of the airline with airliners.net

The aircraft database provides:

- Company
- Type
- wake category
- picture of the aircraft with airliners.net

Other functions are:

AC registrations; selection by
- country - registration
- registration - country

Delay codes

general aviation abbreviations
Requirements:

· Android 1.5 or later

Airline Designator / Code Database Search Engine

http://www.airlinecodes.co.uk/airlcodesearch.asp


http://www.airtimetable.com/IATA_airline_codes.asp


Search using any of these field:

• IATA-Code 
• ICAO-Code 
• IATA-Accounting(Prefix-Code) 
• Airline Name 
• Country

Nespresso is still a beautiful model

Talking about business models examples I believe Nespresso is one of the most popular case studies. But why do we always use Nespresso as an example? Nespresso is sexy. Nespresso is hot. Nespresso is easy to
understand. And people love to talk about it.
I often use Nespresso in our training courses and client strategy workshops. But what is so special about the Nespresso model? I think that people do not realize that it took Nespresso 30 years to get where it is now. Their patent was registered in 1976 and it was launched internationally in 1991. George Cloony – very strong connected to the brand – was hired in 2006. For me there are on a high level 2 elements of the business model that are remarkable.

1. Nespresso uses different channels to distribute to their clients. Except for the easiest channel: the supermarket. Where nowadays we see supermarkets are becoming more powerful than the production companies such as Unilever and Proctor & Gamble, Nespresso is able to pass the supermarket channel.

2. Nespresso knows everything about his clients. Amazing. They connect you through their Nespresso club and they make it work. An example I experienced myself. I got a second hand machine from one of my clients and I tried to order cups. A callcenter called me and registered all my information. “What is your machine ID?” they asked. “Mmm… that is not your machine isn’t it? It is from 72dpi! Wow! Last month I bought my own machine as the other broke down finally. Their service in the shop was excellent. I took home a huge pack of all kind of coffee flavors. Yesterday I got a phone call from Nespresso club. “How are you, do you like our product?”. Yes I said but at the moment I try to drink the less favorite blends. “No problem” she said. “Just serve it to your guests!”  ”And… can I help you with ordering the new blends then?” Fantastic. This is service in optima forma. I love it. That’s why I love to use this example. A lot to learn from Nespresso.
Do you want to read more about this case study? On page 236 of Business Model Generation you can read all details and their next business model!
The visualization was made by Xplane.

http://businessmodelsinc.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/nespresso-is-still-a-beautiful-model/

The Family Trees of United and Continental

http://boardingarea.com/blogs/thingsinthesky/2010/07/30/guest-post-the-family-trees-of-united-and-continental/

What might air travel be like tomorrow, if airlines start using the latest social media tools today?

http://simpliflying.com/2010/what-might-air-travel-be-like-tomorrow-if-airlines-start-using-the-latest-social-media-tools-today/

Luxury Auto Brands and their Presence in Social Media

MH Group Communications and Forum Strategies & Communications performed a comprehensive analysis of luxury auto brands and their presence within social networks

Two key measures

• Community Index: Numerical calculation based on total Facebook friends, Twitter followers, YouTube channel subscribers & Flickr group members, with a growth-rate factor applied

• Conversation Index: Numerical calculation based on total Facebook comments, Twitter Tweets, YouTube video posts & Flickr photo posts, with a growth-rate factor applied

Identification of Trending Topics and Strategic Opportunities

• Key subjects of SM conversation about luxury auto brands
• Key SM trends affecting luxury brands in general

http://www.forumstrategies.com/pdf/AutoStudy.pdf

Landor’s 2010 trends forecast

Market trends and their impact on brands

including:
• Mich Bergesen on financial services
• Alex Do on social media
• Peter Knapp on airlines
• Jason Little on design
• Russ Meyer on green
• Susan Nelson on consumer spending
• Scott Osman on corporate social responsibility
• Lulu Raghavan on hospitality
• Luc Speisser on food and beverage

http://www.wpp.com/NR/rdonlyres/F0A44DC6-FE2B-420D-AF6C-8B60A59EEA24/0/landor_trends_forecast_dec09.pdf

House of Quality

http://www.webducate.net/qfd/qfd-hoq-tutorial.swf

House of Quality is a diagram, resembling a house^[1], used for defining the relationship between customer desires and the firm/product capabilities. It is a part of the Quality Function Deployment (QFD) and it utilizes a planning matrix to relate what the customer wants to how a firm (that produces the products) is going to meet those wants.