I-SAN FRANCISCO - I-Virgin America, i-airline ese-California evuselela ukuhamba kwasekhaya, namhlanje ibhengeza ukuba isebenzisana ne-Topguest, iklabhu entsha ye-geolocation 'check-in' ebonelela iindwendwe ngembuyekezo yokuhamba kwehlabathi lokwenyani xa zijonga ngokukhawuleza- ekusebenziseni usetyenziso olunje ngeeNdawo zikaFacebook kunye neeFoursquare. Ukusukela namhlanje, iindwendwe ezihamba neVirgin America ziyakwazi ukufumana iibhonasi Zokunyusela amanqaku nje ngokujonga 'ukungena' kwizikhululo zesikhululo seenqwelomoya, amasango kunye nezinye iindawo. 'Ngena' nganye usebenzisa usetyenziso olusekwe kwindawo edumileyo njengeeNdawo zikaFacebook kunye neFoursquare ziya kufumana iindwendwe ezingama-25 amanqaku aphezulu.
“Iiflaya zethu zithande ukuba phambili kwezobuchwephesha kwaye zifakwe ngakumbi kwiinethiwekhi zentlalo kunye neenkonzo ezisekwe kwindawo, ke sonwabile ukubanika amabhaso ehlabathi wokwenyani ngokungena,” utshilo uBrett Billick, uMlawuli weCRM eVirgin. eMelika. "Ngokukhula okukhawulezayo kunye nokuthandwa kosetyenziso olusekwe kwindawo, le yinto ebisoloko ibuzwa ziindwendwe zethu-kwaye sicinga ukuba iya kubonelela ngendlela entsha yokuba abahambi bethu bafumane amabhaso aphezulu."
Ukuthatha inxaxheba, abahambi banokukhuphela i-iPhone entsha ye-Topguest okanye isicelo se-Android okanye babhalise kwi-intanethi ku-www.topguest.com. Nje ukuba zibhalise, iindwendwe zinokongeza inombolo yazo ye-Elevate yelungu kwaye emva koko ziqhagamshele kwiiNdawo ze-Facebook, i-Foursquare kunye noninzi lwezinye izicelo ze-geolocation, kuquka i-Gowalla kunye ne-Twitter. Xa umhambi ehlola kwindawo echongiweyo yaseVirgin America - njengesiseko sasekhaya senqwelomoya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya samazwe ngamazwe saseSan Francisco, isicelo seTopguest siya kubazisa ngexesha lokwenyani ukuba bafumene umvuzo wamanqaku e-Elevate. Zonke iindawo ezisemthethweni zaseVirgin America ziyabonakala kwi "Amabala aphezulu" ithebhu yesicelo seTopguest.
"Nge-Topguest, abathengi banokufikelela kwizinto zokuhamba ezikhethekileyo, ukusuka kwifowuni yabo," kusho uGeoff Lewis, iGosa eliLawulayo le-Topguest. “Ukusebenzisana nophawu lokuhamba ngetekhnoloji olufana noVirgin America njengeqabane lethu lokuqala lenqwelomoya liyavakala. Ngenxa yokuthandwa kokungena kweselula, umnikelo omtsha uya kunceda ukuqhuba ukuthembeka kunye nokuzibandakanya nesiseko sabathengi babo. ”
Eli thuba litsha ayisiyiyo iVirgin America yokuqala yokungena kwihlabathi esekwe kwindawo. Ngo-Agasti, i-airline yasebenzisana nenkampani yemephu yentlalo esekwe kwindawo, iLoop, ukuhambisa umnikelo okhethekileyo wamatikiti amabini-kwinye ukuya eMexico kwabo bajonga-ngaphakathi kwiilori ezikhethiweyo ze-taco kunye nezikhululo zeenqwelo moya eSan Francisco naseLos Angeles.
Ngenkonzo egqwesileyo, uyilo oluhle kunye nentaphane yezinto ezikumgangatho ophezulu, iVirgin America ibambe uluhlu lweembasa ezigqwesileyo kwishishini ukusukela ngo-2007, kubandakanywa "Inqwelomoya yeNdawo yaseKhaya" kwiConde Nast Traveller 2008, 2009 kunye ne2010. AmaBhaso okuKhetha aBafundi kunye “neNqwelo yeNqwelomoya yaseKhaya” kuHambo + noLonwabo luka-2008, 2009 kunye nowama-2010 elona Mbasa liGqwesileyo kwiHlabathi. I-airline's touch-screen seatback in-flight iqonga lokuzonwabisa libonelela ngethala leencwadi leefilimu ezingama-30, iTV ephilayo, imidlalo yevidiyo, isihlalo-ukuya-sesitulo incoko, 3,000 MP3s, iimephu zikaGoogle, iqonga levenkile yedijithali, imenyu yokutya ephumelele ibhaso. kunye nokuninzi. NgoMeyi ka-2009, iVirgin America yaba yinqwelomoya yokuqala ukubonelela nge-WiFi kuzo zonke iinqwelomoya zayo.
IVirgin America ibhabha isiya eSan Francisco, eLos Angeles, eNew York, eWashington DC, eSeattle, eLas Vegas, eSan Diego, eBoston, eFort Lauderdale, eToronto, eOrlando, eDallas-Fort Worth (eqala ngoDisemba 2010), eLos Cabos (ukuqala nge-16 kaDisemba, 2010) kunye neCancun (ukuqala ngoJanuwari 19, 2011).
