Many airlines are struggling to survive in today's economy. A crucial contribution to the success of an airline is an e cient management of its revenues. The problem underlying revenue management is for the airline to decide whether to accept customer requests for air travel on a real time basis in order to maximize its expected revenue. Typically, an airline o ers several products (itinerary a...

The paper explains the development of the Sabre air travel booking user-interface design, which transformed a textbased frame-oriented legacy system into a graphical version used by one-third of the world's travel agents. Design explorations, issues, and resolutions are discussed.

Nervous system infections are among the most important diseases in travellers. Healthy travellers might be exposed to infectious agents of central nervous system, which may require in-patient care. Progressive course is not uncommon in this family of disorders and requires swift diagnosis. An overview of the available evidence in the field is, therefore, urgent to pave the way to increase the a...

Every day a Smartphone user may look for a new application dedicated for his need. Android makes it easier for consumers to get and use new content and applications on their Smart phones. This paper presents an extremely on-demand, fast and user friendly Android Application ATMA. ATMA stands for Android Travel Mate Application. This application is useful for native Tourists and Travelers who po...

Sir William Osler bequeathed his library to McGill University in 1919; a decade later, the 8000 volumes arrived in Montreal. Then, as now, the collection consisted of primary works (“rare books”), secondary commentaries, and current works on the history of the health sciences. In the last 80 years the collection has grown considerably and the library now adds about 1,000 books to its collection...

Bookcrossing is a unique website where books are shared among members and travel around the world. In this paper, we study several features of Bookcrossing regarding book flows, book genres and social networking. We first examine the direction, density, length and speed of book flows and find that the US is the biggest source of book flows, while Finland and Australia are two largest sinks and ...

Abstract The text recalls Keith Hitchins’ travels through Europe. It stresses that travel for Hitchins was not a matter of joyful explorations or inspirational journeys. He sought to understand place prose, research, and the books he found purchased in bookstores.