Picking up people from the airport just got a bit more interesting with Amsterdam Schiphol’s new automatic banner dispenser.
 

Located in the gateway’s Arrivals Hall 2, the dispenser allows people who are meeting passengers at the airport to design and print their own personalised banners.
 

Schiphol is the first airport in the world to offer this service, which has been developed by the Amsterdam-based company BannerXpress.
 

With the machine, people can create a personalised banner in minutes and in just five steps.
 

The first step is choosing the size: either small (40cm wide), medium (130cm wide) or large (almost 3m wide); the height is a standard 30cm.
 

Next customers choose the background and theme for the banner, and the last step is entering the text that will appear.
 

After paying with a debit or credit card, the banner is then printed out onto canvas.
 

Otto Ambagtsheer, director of Schiphol’s Business Area Consumers, said: “The banners by BannerXpress allow us to offer people who are coming to pick someone up with the chance to surprise them in a playful way.
 

“For now we only have this one dispenser in Arrival Hall 2, but we may add more at other locations if it proves popular.”
 

The price of a small banner is €3.95, a medium-sized banner is €9.95, and a large banner is €14.95.