Professional ice hockey team the St Louis Blues has partnered with HMSHost to open The Blue Note at St Louis Lambert International Airport.

The new hockey-themed restaurant near Gate E18 in Terminal 2 has been designed to offer travelers and sports fans an immersive dining experience that celebrates the winning tradition of the St Louis Blues. It has also been designed with selfie opportunities in mind, featuring murals and a major collection of memorabilia, including helmets, pucks and sticks used by players during their 2019 championship season.

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Elenium Automation and Avalon Airport in Victoria, Australia, have joined forces to provide a technology solution to improve passenger experience and operational efficiency within the airport.

Avalon currently operates passenger flights for Jetstar, AirAsia and, most recently, Citilink. Driven by airline and passenger demand, the airport is now investing in self-service and automation technology in the terminal to replace manual check-in desks, in a bid to boost efficiency, increase terminal capacity potential and improve customer experience.

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One of China’s best known young actresses has featured in a new promotional campaign for Lindt & Sprüngli Travel Retail.

Xin Zhilei is the face of Lindt Chinese New Year installations at selected China airports and downtown stores as well as Dubai Duty Free stores. She will also feature in a social media and digital campaign, while Dubai Duty Free customers will be able to have a selfie taken with a virtual version of the star via the Lindt Magical Selfie Mirror until March 2020.

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Students from Heathrow Primary have decorated Heathrow Airport with more than 500 handcrafted baubles and have helped to switch on almost a kilometer of Christmas lights.

More than 30 of the students delighted passengers in Terminal 2 with a Christmas carol flash performance.

The events marked the launch of Heathrow’s 2019 Christmas activity calendar, which runs until December 27 and includes craft trolleys, Santa and elf visits, gift wrapping and carols in the terminals.

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The smoking area in Helsinki Airport’s non-Schengen area features three new tables and six benches made from almost 650kg of textile waste – old Finavia staff uniforms.

It took 175kg of textile waste to make each table and 20kg for each bench. According to Finavia, the project repurposed the equivalent of 4,600 T-shirts. TouchPoint, which specializes in manufacturing ecological work clothes, is behind the new furniture, which has a factory warranty of 50 years.

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Pressures on finite resources are among the environmental concerns driving companies to take whole-life responsibility for their products, explains Sandra Lundberg, head of marketing at Green Furniture

Award-winning seating and lighting design specialist Green Furniture Concept was born out of a deep desire to do good for the world. The team behind Green Furniture is enormously passionate about sustainability and environmental issues, working toward constantly challenging both itself and the wider furniture industry to change for the better.

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Tony Crepinsek, associate director of infrastructure redevelopment at the Greater Toronto Airports Authority, tells Passenger Terminal Today about the Pier G project at Toronto Pearson Airport.

The Pier G project is a major addition to the existing Transborder Gate 193 facility and will include major north and south additions to the existing facility. Both additions will feature a new three-level terminal building, including a full basement, as well as departures and arrivals transfer levels.

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At just over one million square feet (92,900m2), the Kansas City International Airport New Terminal is the largest single infrastructure project in the city’s history. Jade Liska, deputy director of the airport’s planning and engineering division, explains what the project entails.

Can you tell us more about how the new terminal will take shape?
The new single terminal will be built on the site of the old Terminal A. 

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What role do digital twins play in helping airports improve operations now and in the future?

A digital twin is the virtual replica of a physical asset, process, place, system or device. Essentially a computer program, it uses data as the input and produces simulations of how its assets or processes will be affected by these inputs. Such real-time analysis and predictive modeling offer up ‘what if’ scenarios that are both faster and cheaper than real-world testing, creating insights into how to improve operations and increase efficiency.

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5G has the potential to transform airports into highly efficient IoT-connected hubs that are responsive to passenger needs

Passengers traveling through Helsinki Airport’s non-Schengen area of Terminal 2 may have encountered Tellu rolling toward them. With a 5G badge beaming out of its white body, this 1.5m-tall robot, which is equipped with a 360° camera to monitor its surroundings, has been roaming the terminal since December 2018. Powered by a new dedicated 5G network installed at the airport, Tellu is a joint project between Swedish telecommunications company Telia and Finnish airport operator Finavia.

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