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Daylight Saving Time: where to watch the clock

11/06/10
(Boston: courtesy Marriott’s Custom House) Daylight Saving Time (DST) ends at 2 a.m. Sunday morning when we “fall back” to standard time by turning our clocks back one hour. As you rush around resetting the clocks on the microwave, the TV and the bedside alarm, imagine yourself watching time fly in one of the clock-worthy […]

Opening of Haneda Airport International Terminal

10/21/10
Tokyo’s Haneda Airport opened its new International Terminal on Thursday, October 21, 2010. Here are just a few snapshots of the terminal. More later… The pre-security shopping street is designed to evoke a traditional Japanese Edo Village. But look closer and you’ll see a slot car racing center, And a Hello Kitty store

New favorite airline amenity: ANA aroma cards

10/21/10
I’m joining ANA – All Nippon Airways – in Tokyo for two days (yes, just two days!) for the opening of the new International Terminal at Haneda Airport. I’ll have lots to share shortly about the planetarium and other intriguing amenities at this new terminal, but in the meantime I wanted to share my favorite […]

Las Vegas Airport contest; Phoenix Airport thank-you

10/02/10
Here’s another reason to pay attention to airports: you could win a free trip. Or at least some free popcorn Oakland International Airport just announced the winning photos in its What You Do With The Extra Hour Is Up To You photo contest. Three winners won vacations just for sending in photos depicting how they’d […]

Saturday is free Museum Day: take advantage of it

09/24/10
This Saturday, September 25, 2010 is free Museum Day around the country. More than 1300 museums – including a lot of aviation and space museums – will open their doors for free to anyone who shows up with a downloaded coupon from Smithsonian magazine that’s good for admission for two people to any one museum […]

Dance at O’Hare, sip with Southwest, try the train in Miami

09/17/10
Dance at O’Hare It’s Unity Month in Chicago and to celebrate, both O’Hare and Midway International Airports are treating travelers to live entertainment on Friday afternoons. From 2 to 5 pm this Friday, September 17th, there will be dance and music groups performing on the secure side of the domestic terminals and on the lower […]

Dancing at San Diego Airport; Cleaning up in the Housekeeping Olympics

09/14/10
If you happen to be traveling to or through San Diego International Airport on Tuesday morning (September 14, 2010) between 10:30 am and 12:30 pm, make your way to the Terminal 2 West baggage claim area. There, against the backdrop of travelers going about the business of grabbing their bags and greeting their loved ones, […]
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