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Tidbits for travelers: contests, diaper cream and commercials

10/15/10

Yesterday, I posted a version of my current USAToday.com column about some new airport amenities you might be seeing at an airport near you. Things like short-stay sleep/work rooms, cigar lounges and machines that dispense sports apparel. Here’s one more amenity to add to the list: a Nanny Caddy. These are vending machines filled with →

Airports and airlines recycle some surprising stuff

05/13/10

For my At the Airport column in USATODAY.com this month I offered a fun round-up of items being recycled by airports and airlines in an effort to be help save the earth and, in some cases, to save some serious money. You can read the full column, For airports and airlines, creative recyling brings cost →

Cinco de Mayo at San Diego International Airport

05/05/10

Today, Wednesday May 5, 2010, Ballet Folklórico de Chula Vista will perform traditional dances of Mexico in the Terminal 2 West baggage claim area of San Diego International Airport. The performance will take place between 11 am and 1 pm and commemorate the historic Battle of Puebla, which took place on May 5, 1862, at →

Love the layover: straight to the moon from Düsseldorf Airport

01/29/10

Next weekend, February 6 and 7, 2010, visitors to the Düsseldorf International Airport will be entertained by skiers and snowboarders performing stunts and jumps on a 130-foot long ski slope set up right in the shopping arcade of the terminal. Pretty impressive by itself, but if you’re heading to Düsseldorf to see the world’s first →

Christmas karaoke at Detroit Metro Airport was a big hit

01/05/10

Right now, when most of us think of Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) we think about that failed attempt to blow up an airplane on Christmas Day. But a few days before that awful event, the Detroit Airport hosted a four-day karaoke fundraiser. Performers were asked to contribute at least $5 for each song and, thanks →

Circus Festival at Düsseldorf Airport

12/17/09

This time of year, you may find yourself looking around a busy airport filled with novice travelers and muttering to yourself, “This place is a circus.” Say that at Germany’s Düsseldorf Airport this Sunday – and you’ll be right. On Sunday, December 20, 2009 the Dusseldorf Airport is hosting an international Circus Festival with two →

(ANA) All Nippon Airways’ flush-before-you-fly program.

10/09/09

I was pretty sure the story about ANA (All Nippon Airways) asking passengers to pee before boarding – to help lighten the airplane’s, uh, load – was an offhand joke that went viral. Especially when I couldn’t find anything about the campaign on the airline’s Web site. But that was just because I can’t read →

Solar powered airports? Yup!

04/29/09

Earth Hour, Earth Day and Earth Month may be over for this year, but the trend to go green is becoming a year-round thing at many airports. Rare is the terminals that doesn’t at least have recycling bins these days. And now many airports are embracing solar power and wind power. My recent column in →

Celebrate Earth Day at the airport

04/22/09

Several airports around the country will be marking Earth Day on Wednesday, April 22 with free gifts for travelers. At Denver International Airport (DEN) they’ll be distributing these reusable grocery shopping bags to passengers in the (main) Jeppesen Terminal. At Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), more than two dozen kids from the East Boston YMCA →

PETA gives Sea-Tac Airport a Proggy

04/06/09

You wouldn’t think the folks at PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) would spend much time thinking about what goes on at airports, but it seems they do. And they’ve awarded Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) a Proggy Award (Proggy, as in “progress”) for being the Most Progressive Airport. Why SEA? PETA likes the →

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