Road Warrior: Meet Connie the robot concierge

Download an app to control in-flight entertainment Singapore Airlines is the first airline to introduce an app to control in-flight entertainment system.

Passengers can download the app in advance of their trip and see what is available on their flight.

Developed by MTT in conjunction with Panasonic Avionics customers can review the video and audio content and create pre-selected favourites lists.

The app is available for iOS and Android. It will initially be available on the new fleet of Airbus A350-900s with rollout to other aircraft through the year. French hotel group continues to expand Last year Accor Hotels passed the symbolic threshold of half a million rooms worldwide by opening 229 new hotels.

The French group now has more than 3,900 hotels worldwide with 510,000 rooms and is in 92 countries.

Brands in the Accor stable include Mercure, Novotel, Sofitel, Ibis, Pullman and MGallery. Asia Pacific led the openings with 39 per cent, 14,000 room and 37 per cent in Europe 13,500. In the pipeline are another 160,000 rooms. Newest member of Hilton staff is Connie the robot Connie the robot, which is named after the hotelier Conrad Hilton, will be happy to help you in the Hilton McLean Virginia.

The newest member of staff of the Hilton Hotels is a robotic concierge. Connie is programmed to answer queries about local dining, amenities and attractions.

Powered by IBM Watson technology and cognitive travel recommendation engine by Wayblazer, it will be able to refine its recommendations the more it interacts with guests. You can watch a video about Connie here, youtube.com/watch?v=c91UwLDipkU Heart-warming stories from Turkish Airlines Turkish Airlines have a lovely website devoted to inspiring stories from around the world.

Each month it features stories from people who courageously challenge themselves to achieve their goals. This month's story is about Kavita Kanaparthi, the Indian athlete who can run 100km in one go.

It is filmed against the background of the Bangalore, Ooty and Yelagiri regions. Watch some inspiring stories on delightfulstories.com.