Build your own Dreamliner: Inside Boeing’s design studio
As with any airplane, airlines get the standard equipment but they can also customize certain aspects. Boeing is trying to save it and customers money by asking customers to come to its Dreamliner gallery.
[Customers] choose the interior elements, from economy cabin seats and lavatories to flooring and first-aid kits, out of a standard catalog of items that Boeing has put together. (Airlines can still outsource non-economy seating, such as Air New Zealand’s “Sky Couch,” which the airline plans to install on its Dreamliners.) “Now,” says [787 Dreamliner technical manager Mark] Larson, “the process usually takes a total of about 15 hours.”
Remodeled Bradley International Terminal puts emphasis on customer service
The Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX was recently remodeled at a cost of $737 million and more renovations are to come.
The cavernous ticketing center of the newly remodeled Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX is airy and better lighted than it used to be. Crowded, chaotic conditions have been reduced because passengers no longer have to lug their bags to security scanners before check-in.
New facades beckon travelers to bars and restaurants on the mezzanine level. Downstairs, the dim arrival area has been transformed with a bistro, flower stands and translucent walls that change color like the decorative pylons at the airport entrance. The floors are terrazzo.
Executives outline future of server-based gaming
At the Gaming Tech Summit, slot tech executives say that server-based gaming will be a gradual change for casinos.
Server-based gaming allows casinos to have slots connected through a network. It lets operators change themes, promotions, the amount that can be wagered and the hold at a touch of a few keystrokes.
CityCenter’s Aria paved the way for deploying server-based gaming in newly built casinos. Almost half of the Aria casino floor is server-based, totaling about 900 games from manufacturers International Game Technology and WMS Gaming. The floor will have 100 percent server-based gaming by the summer as more manufacturers receive regulatory approval on their games.
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