High-potential startups will be invited to pitch to airports and airlines at the FTE Digital, Innovation & Startup Hub Live event in Los Angeles on 18 September 2023, ahead of FTE Global 2023.


High-potential startups will be invited to pitch to airports and airlines at the FTE Digital, Innovation & Startup Hub Live event in Los Angeles on 18 September 2023, ahead of FTE Global 2023.

Over 70 organisations have already joined the new FTE World Airport Retailing Working Group, “driving positive change and innovation and bringing all stakeholders together to collaborate in exciting new ways”.

A key element that makes FTE events unique is our carefully-curated content. View the inspiring video content from the FTE Dublin 2023 conferences, including keynotes, presentations and panel sessions.

FTE has announced a three-part webinar series, developed in partnership with IDEMIA, on “The future of biometrics in North American travel – a safe, secure and seamless experience through advanced technology”.
Content plans: Focus on the future of baggage handling, Proof of Concepts updates & knowledge sharing
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Find out more >>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.
Find out more >>Content plans: Focus on the future of baggage handling, Proof of Concepts updates & knowledge sharing
Find out more >>Content plans: AI, IOT & Robotics case studies & knowledge sharing
Find out more >>Content plans: AI, IOT & Robotics case studies & knowledge sharing
Find out more >>Content plans: Focus on the future of baggage handling, Proof of Concepts updates & knowledge sharing
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.
Find out more >>Content plans: Focus on the future of baggage handling, Proof of Concepts updates & knowledge sharing
Find out more >>Content plans: AI, IOT & Robotics case studies & knowledge sharing
Find out more >>Content plans: Focus on the future of baggage handling, Proof of Concepts updates & knowledge sharing
Find out more >>Content plans: AI, IOT & Robotics case studies & knowledge sharing
Find out more >>Content plans: Focus on the future of baggage handling, Proof of Concepts updates & knowledge sharing
Find out more >>Content plans: AI, IOT & Robotics case studies & knowledge sharing
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
Find out more >>Content plans: Focus on the future of baggage handling, Proof of Concepts updates & knowledge sharing
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We are pleased to announce that Eric Leopold, Founder & Managing Director, Threedot, will once again be Content Director for FTE Ancillary & Retailing 2024, bringing his unique perspective on the evolution of airline retailing.

In this video interview, Appssenger CEO Victor Ortega discusses providing a digital, scalable platform for airports to engage passengers, and the new agreement to develop an app for Shannon Airport.

The co-located FTE EMEA and FTE Ancillary & Retailing events took place at the RDS Dublin on 23-25 May 2023, with the theme of ‘Tomorrow’s Customer’. Here is a selection of the main highlights.

Winners of the FTE Innovate Awards and FTE Startup Innovation Award were announced at the co-located FTE EMEA and FTE Ancillary & Retailing events on 25 May 2023.

The Future Travel Experience EMEA Awards winners were announced on 24 May during the co-located FTE EMEA and FTE Ancillary & Retailing.

Find out more about the shortlisted airlines, airports, vendors and startups pitching in the FTE Innovate Awards, which will be at the epicentre of the co-located FTE EMEA and FTE Ancillary & Retailing events (Dublin, 23-25 May).

Find out more about the innovative solutions that will be on display at FTE Dublin on 23-25 May 2023 from the industry’s most established global industry providers and startups.

Joost Cordes, Chief Revenue Officer, shares details of Flexiroam’s borderless mobile connectivity solutions and how exhibiting at previous Future Travel Experience events helped secure an important agreement with Emirates.

Rohit Talwar, CEO, Fast Future Research, shares the early trends emerging from responses to the FTE/Fast Future survey on the needs of ‘Tomorrow’s Traveller’, and his thoughts on emerging tech such as ChatGPT.

The inaugural Aviation & Robotics Summit took place in Pittsburgh, the “robotics capital of the world”, on 18-20 April 2023.

Arlette van der Veer, Senior Manager Radical Innovation, KLM, explains current projects including digitalisation of the KLM Innovation Ecosystem and what industry stakeholders can learn from the KLM approach to innovation.

Pittsburgh International Airport and International Airlines Group have launched an innovation partnership that will explore exciting new solutions with the robotics and tech community.
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