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Lufthansa awarded for luggage innovation

Las Vegas - At the Future Travel Experience (FTE) airline industry conference held in Las Vegas, Lufthansa and Rimowa were jointly awarded the prize for Best Baggage Initiative for the new Rimowa Electronic Tag.

The annual awards recognises companies for their forward-thinking ideas and initiatives that create a more comfortable travel experience for flight passengers. A panel of industry experts honours the most innovative, ambitious, and successful initiatives and organisations.

The Rimowa Electronic Tag is the first digital and fully integrated mobile solution for luggage and makes flying with luggage more comfortable, quicker and safer. While standard practice in the airline industry still involves affixing a paper luggage tag to bags by hand, Lufthansa passengers will soon be able to check in their luggage from home or on the go with the Lufthansa App by using the Rimowa Electronic Tag.

With one click, they will be able to transfer the data from their electronic boarding pass from their smartphone to their item of luggage equipped with the Rimowa Electronic Tag via Bluetooth. The luggage data will be shown immediately on the data module integrated into the suitcase. A suitcase checked-in in this way only needs to be placed on the belt at the Lufthansa baggage drop off counter. Lufthansa said in a statement issued on Monday that it will be the first airline to provide this service for its passengers.

The luggage data indicated on the electronic data module is the same size and shape as the paper tags currently used. The important information is protected against humidity, heat, low temperatures, impact, and concussion, and cannot be torn off.

The product launch of the Rimowa Electronic Tag is expected for early next year, after completion and evaluation of the recently implemented test phase.

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