The struggle to turn your face into secure travel ID
The global travel industry is looking to replace your paper tickets and security documents with your biometric data in an effort to ease gridlock. The ICAO met last week to discuss ways to bridge the gulf between physical and digital travel documents. At least 53 biometric systems are used by the industry for everything from airline boarding to hotel check-in, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council. Each is typically unique to a particular venue. “Right now it’s very fragmented,” said Gloria Guevara, the council’s president and CE. “We need to make sure that there is some interoperability among these different models.” Reducing travel friction and increasing security is critical for the industry, which is expecting passenger growth from 4.6b this year to 8.2b in 2037—a surge that current methods will be unable to handle, Guevara said. <br/>
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The struggle to turn your face into secure travel ID
The global travel industry is looking to replace your paper tickets and security documents with your biometric data in an effort to ease gridlock. The ICAO met last week to discuss ways to bridge the gulf between physical and digital travel documents. At least 53 biometric systems are used by the industry for everything from airline boarding to hotel check-in, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council. Each is typically unique to a particular venue. “Right now it’s very fragmented,” said Gloria Guevara, the council’s president and CE. “We need to make sure that there is some interoperability among these different models.” Reducing travel friction and increasing security is critical for the industry, which is expecting passenger growth from 4.6b this year to 8.2b in 2037—a surge that current methods will be unable to handle, Guevara said. <br/>
