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Airport bathrooms: sanitary and entertaining?

05/13/09
With all the swine flu news lately, a lot more travelers are a lot more germ conscious. So it’s good to know that more airports around the country are equipping their restrooms with toilet seats that have plastic-seat covers that change automatically. In an article I wrote for MSNBC.com in October, 2008 (Fresh amenities for […]

In-flight toilet tax? Plumb crazy.

02/27/09
Some folks were predicting that this would be the year that some airlines start charging passengers by weight.  But it looks like this will be the year that some airlines – or maybe just those wacky nickel-and-dime’em folks at RyanAir – are going to start charging folks to use the lav. What do you think?

Award winning designs at airports and on airplanes

01/09/09
The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Center for Architecture and Urban Studies have announced their 2008 Good Design Awards. One winner: the Dyson Airblade Hand Dryer, which is installed in some restrooms at the Los Angeles International, San Francisco, Phoenix, Detroit, Minneapolis, Nashville, Boston Logan, and Anchorage airports. Another winner: […]

Bathrooms at Honolulu International Airport

12/30/08
When I heard there was a power outage on Oahu last week and that thousands of people were stuck overnight at Honolulu International Airport, all I could think about was the bathrooms. (Photo courtesy Flickr user bsktcase) Yes, the bathrooms. I was in Honolulu back in October, 2006 when an earthquake knocked out power to […]

(More) greetings from the airport bathroom

10/06/08
My Well Mannered Traveler column on MSNBC.com last week was about some of the products and amenities I found at a recent airport conference. Titled “Fresh Amenities for Pooped out Travelers,” the column mentions some nifty gadgets popping up in airport restrooms, including toilet seat covers that change automatically. I was delighted to find two […]

Greetings from … the airport bathroom

09/24/08
Actually, greetings from Boston and the conference of Airports Council International World/North America. I spent the day roaming the exhibit hall in search of new services and amenities that might make a difference for folks stuck at the airport. The good news: there are some intriguing new products and services coming to an airport near […]
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