Find out more about the shortlisted airlines, airports and vendors competing head-to-head in the FTE Innovate Awards, which will be at the epicentre of the co-located APEX FTE EMEA and APEX FTE Ancillary & Retailing events (Dublin, 9-11 June).

The latest conference and exhibition news relating to the three annual Future Travel Experience events – FTE Global, FTE EMEA, FTE Ancillary & Retailing and FTE APEX Asia Expo.

Find out more about the shortlisted airlines, airports and vendors competing head-to-head in the FTE Innovate Awards, which will be at the epicentre of the co-located APEX FTE EMEA and APEX FTE Ancillary & Retailing events (Dublin, 9-11 June).

Marina Lützenberger, Program Director, Corporate Strategy & Digitalization, discusses how Fraport has successfully scaled 50+ digitalisation projects in five years – from AI and robotics to workflow optimisation.

The winners of the FTE World Airline Ancillary and FTE World Airport Retailing Awards 2026 will be announced during an awards ceremony on 10 June at the co-located APEX FTE EMEA and APEX FTE Ancillary & Retailing events.

Meet the 12 nominees for the FTE Airport Digital Transformation Power List EMEA 2026, who have been recognised for their outstanding efforts to lead how their organisation has embraced digital innovation.
Content plans: Focus on the future of baggage handling, Proof of Concepts updates & knowledge sharing
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Find out more >>Content plans: Join us in Dublin for APEX FTE EMEA, APEX FTE Ancillary & Retailing – co-located to deliver the region’s most comprehensive gathering of air transport leaders.
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Find out more >>Content plans: Join us at the 20th anniversary FTE Global, the “CES of Aviation” taking place in the new location of Dallas, Texas, on 8-10 September 2026, co-located with IFSA Global EXPO. Headline Partners include Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), Southwest Airlines, and Dallas Love Field Airport.
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Find out more >>Content plans: Join us for APEX FTE EXPO Asia, 18-19 November 2026 – Uniting the world in Singapore for the largest end-to-end passenger experience and innovation expo
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Meet the 12 nominees for the FTE Airline Digital Transformation Power List EMEA 2026, who have been recognised for their outstanding efforts to lead how their organisation has embraced digital innovation.

Future Travel Experience (FTE) will launch in partnership with Munich Airport a Commercial Collaboration Playbook, to be shared exclusively with industry executives attending APEX FTE Ancillary & Retailing in Dublin on 9-11 June.

We are delighted to announce that Changi Airport Group has signed up as a Headline Partner of APEX FTE EXPO Asia 2026 – a unique mega event for the aviation sector – which takes place in Singapore on 18-19 November 2026.

On 9-11 February 2026, the FTE Baggage Innovation Working Group gathered in Orlando for three days of inspiration-filled sessions, collaborative discussions, valuable networking, and exclusive tours, hosted by Orlando International Airport.

APEX FTE Ancillary & Retailing will include exciting new features for the 2026 edition, taking place in Dublin on 9-11 June co-located with APEX FTE EMEA, including a dedicated Marketplace and a new Agentic AI Day.

Vantage Group, Iberia, Threedot, MUC, Icelandair, LHR, LOT Polish Airlines, AMS, Kinetic Consultancy, FRA and KEF share their insights into the key trends and technologies that will shape ancillary & retailing strategies in 2026 and beyond.

We are delighted to announce that aviation media and events leader Max Gosney has joined FTE as our new Managing Director, bringing 15 years’ industry expertise and a track record in shaping aviation dialogue and innovation.

At the recent APEX FTE Asia Expo 2025, Jan Takacs, Head of Design & UX, AirAsia MOVE, delivered an insightful keynote on how AirAsia’s new travel platform is fundamentally reshaping the online travel agent (OTA) space.

In this video interview at APEX FTE Asia Expo 2025, Samson Arega Bekele, Group Vice President Customer Experience, shares how Ethiopian Airlines is innovating to enhance end-to-end CX, and much more.

Learn about the exciting plans in place for the FTE Baggage Innovation Working Group in 2026. Among the schedule of in-person meetings are events hosted by GOAA and Heathrow, plus POCs, networking, tours and much more.

To celebrate the end of 2025, Future Travel Experience is delighted to share a selection of exclusive session highlights from our global events, including some of the most talked-about moments of the year.

In this video interview at APEX FTE Asia Expo 2025, Christoph Schulte, Head of B4B, shares what’s new on the product and technology side at DiscoverCars.com, the company’s B4B rather than B2B approach, and much more.
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