Chicago, IL June 10, 2008 – Flyte
Systems, the leading provider of airport
travel information displays and digital signage content for the hospitality
industry, digital
signage, convention centers and related businesses, has seen its sales
triple in its first year of business, driven by the exploding trend of
travelers demanding guest centric solutions that provide airline flight
information and add confidence to air travel.
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Flyte Systems President Brian Reynolds points to the service differentiators
and increased revenue stream his products provide to clients. “In
this current climate of challenging air travel, guests are demanding effective
new ways to make their travel day go smoother,” he said. “Not only
do Flyte’s products deliver what guests want, many of our hotel and conference
center clients have implemented some very creative options to assist stranded
guests that also add to the bottom line.”
The next in-room coffee maker
The popularity of Flyte’s products, Reynolds says, can be summed up
by one hotel general manager’s enthusiastic review. “He called it
the ‘next in-room coffee maker’ because his guests, who flocked to the
FlyteBoard screen in the lobby every day, wanted to know when they would
be able to get the information piped directly into their rooms,” said Reynolds,
who was quick to note that option is already available through FlyteChannel.
Airline information drives partnerships, growth
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Brian Reynolds
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Reynolds also credits Flyte’s impressive growth to a series of recent partnerships
with leading digital signage providers, another field that is experiencing
rapid expansion. “Our product adds value to the digital content our
signage partners provide,” Reynolds noted. “It is easily integrated
to digital technology and automatically updates. It is truly an ‘add
and go’ element that fills a very necessary need in today’s travel industry.”
HITEC highlights
In addition to its HITEC presence in Booth 351, Reynolds said Flyte
Systems will also be providing conference attendees with boarding pass
printing and delivering live airline information feed for flights at Austin
International Airport to other booth locations on the floor in partnership
with digital signage and in-room entertainment vendors. “These partnerships
clearly demonstrate how adaptable and valuable our product is,” said Reynolds,
“and how much value it adds to other company’s offerings, particularly
digital signage and entertainment providers.” Reynolds invites attendees
to experience first-hand the convenience and security they bring to a traveler’s
day.
Real-time flight information
What sets Flyte Systems apart from other PC-based applications is its
ability to post accurate, real-time airline flight arrival
and departure information, not FAA-regulated scheduled departure times
that do not list delays caused by:
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Air Traffic Control
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Aircraft maintenance
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Crew availability
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Weather
Flyte Systems offers a suite of products that serve the traveling public
and includes FlyteTouch, FlytePass, FlyteChannel and FlyteBoard.
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FlyteTouch enables individual guests to search flight information via touch
screens that display real-time flight arrivals and departures for one or
more airports.
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FlytePass uses FlyteTouch technology and adds free, secure boarding pass
printing, packaged in an attractive all-wood kiosk.
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FlyteChannel enables guests to view live airport arrival/departure screens
from their in-room TV.
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FlyteBoard is a wall, floor or ceiling mounted high-definition, flat panel
screen for lobbies, restaurants, bars and other public areas, displaying
flight information for one or more airports.
Many hotel properties also use Flyte Systems’ applications to increase
revenue with innovative marketing approaches for distressed travelers.
For tips on how to generate revenue by providing guests with Flyte Systems
airline information, please log on to the Flyte Systems website at www.flytesystems.com.
If you are attending HITEC 2008 in Austin, be sure to confirm your
flight’s departure
information and print your boarding pass at the Flyte Systems’
booth # 351 to save time at the airport.
Flyte Systems will also be providing its flight information feed to
digital signage provider DT Research at InfoComm 08 at the Las Vegas Convention
Center, June 18-20.
About Flyte Systems
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Flyte
Systems Division of Industrial Television Services (ITS), based in
Chicago, Illinois, is the leading provider of environmentally responsible
airport flight information displays for the hospitality, convention center
and digital signage industries and related businesses. It delivers
accurate, instant, airport-centric updates of flight information – not
FAA-regulated scheduled departure times that may omit last minute changes.
Properties are able to differentiate their products and boost customer
loyalty and repeat business with ’glance-and-go’ content critical to a
traveler’s day. Flyte Systems’ product suite builds upon ITS’
47-year history as the leading provider of live flight information to airports,
airlines, government agencies, port authorities and other travel-based
businesses. Flyte Systems was formed in 2007 to offer new Web-based
travel technology and product lines. In addition to using Energy
Star-compliant digital displays, Flyte products help significantly reduce
energy consumption by eliminating unnecessary trips to the airport.
Customers include Marriott, Hyatt, Westin, Embassy Suites, Holiday Inn,
Days Inn, Hilton, Doubletree, Hotel Sofitel, Adams Mark, Renaissance and
Crowne Plaza hotels, independent properties and municipal airports. |