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Vision-Box supplies face biometric system for massive new Miami cruise terminal

Apr 7, 2025, 1:31 pm EDT

From remote selfie-based identity verification on your smart phone, to self-bag drop, accessing VIP lounges, getting through security, concession-shopping, and…

Mar 7, 2025	‘This is now, it’s not tomorrow’: with biometrics, future of seamless travel has arrived The air travel industry has bounced back from the challenges of the pandemic, with significant reinvestment in aircraft, equipment and…
Dec 24, 2024	Biometrics and digital identity M&A in 2024 By Alan Goode, CEO and Chief Analyst at Goode Intelligence As we approach the end of yet another year – a…
Nov 21, 2024	Biometrics, digital tech key in quest for frictionless travel experiences While there are healthy debates to be had about biometrics, few would argue that tools like biometric face matching can…
Oct 2, 2024	SITA, Amadeus, Idemia soar as airports and passengers embrace digital travel Air travel is still rebounding from the pandemic. As it does, the aviation industry is undergoing a transformation, driven by…
Sep 30, 2024	Over a hundred companies sign EU AI Pact More than a hundred companies have signed the European Union’s artificial intelligence (AI) Pact, including firms working in the biometrics…
Sep 18, 2024	US discusses ethics of biometric travel As U.S. lawmakers debate the Traveler Privacy Protection Act, government agencies, including the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), are working on…
Jul 17, 2024	Digital ID and SSI to cause radical shift in travel experience by 2035 Verifiable digital credentials and digital wallets took center stage at the recent Phocuswright Europe conference in Barcelona, with professionals from…
Jun 14, 2024	Vision-Box unveils new Service Design platform for travel experience enhancement Vision-Box, an Amadeus company known for its biometrics-based travel offerings, has introduced its latest service innovation: Service Design, which aims…
Apr 9, 2024	Entrust completes Onfido acquisition, Vision-Box and Amadeus close deal Months after an initial agreement, it’s finally confirmed that the authentication company Entrust has acquired the selfie biometrics provider Onfido….
Mar 20, 2024	Travel industry continues to invest in biometrics, showing 14% spend increase Travel is becoming increasingly technologized and biometrics is a key part of the transformation, according to new data from Amadeus….
Feb 29, 2024	Amadeus sees double-digit jumps all over fiscal 2023 Travel-industry IT company Amadeus has reported a 68.3 percent jump in annual profit, comparing 2023 to 2022. Revenue rose a…
Jan 31, 2024	Buyout of Vision-Box would hand Amadeus key piece of travel process puzzle Attracted by its border control services, Amadeus IT says it is buying Vision-Box for €320 million (US$347.6 million). The buyout…
Dec 15, 2023	Biometrics and mDLs deployed to streamline air traffic during the holiday season In the U.S., digital IDs are expected to help streamline traffic during airlines’ busiest season, and the New Terminal One…
Oct 27, 2023	Airport biometrics see more trials with IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and its partners have tested mobile phone-based digital travel identity supported by biometric technology…
Jul 11, 2023	Airports upgrade IT systems to pave way for biometrics Upgrades to the passenger processing systems of airports across India by SITA and Materna will make future deployments of biometrics…
Jun 16, 2023	New biometric bag drop deployments by Spirit Airlines and Amadeus, partnership for SITA United States-based Spirit Airlines has brought its self-bag drop with biometric photo-matching technology to Orlando International Airport (MCO). The devices…
May 17, 2023	Amadeus, Vision-Box biometrics secure multiple airport passenger touchpoints Some airports continue to move toward biometrics as default verification. One of the hopes facility managers have for new biometrics…
May 2, 2023	Face biometrics deployed by Emirates, three airports but Italy lawsuit shows resistance Digital innovations and partnerships in the aviation industry continue to roll out as an airline and airports on three continents…
Mar 8, 2023	Rebounding air passenger numbers drive biometric gate and digital ID app expansions Biometric e-gates at airports have been deployed at 250 airports in 100 countries around the world, according to the latest…