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Chicago O’Hare Airport now has special breastfeeding room

08/05/15

An ADA-compliant Mother’s Room at O’Hare International Airport opened late last week on the mezzanine level of the Rotunda Area, in Terminal 3 near the Yoga Room and O’Hare’s urban garden. Terminals 1, 2 and 5 at ORD are also scheduled to get Mother’s Rooms before the end of the year. Chicago’s Midway Airport opened →

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Museum Monday: at the BEACH

07/13/15

Can’t make it to the beach this summer? You’re in luck. If you can make it to Washington, D.C.’s, there’s a temporary beach at the National Building Museum in the museum’s Great Hall. Built in partnership with Snarkitecture, the BEACH covers 10,000 square feet and includes an “ocean” of nearly one million recyclable translucent plastic →

(Stuffed) tiger tours Tampa International Airport

06/18/15

First it was Princess Kitty. A few weeks back, the Lost & Found department at Denver International gave a stuffed animal named Princess Kitty the royal treatment and a tour of the airport before reuniting the toy with its young owner. Now a stuffed tiger named Hobbes – left behind at Tampa International – has →

Air Carnival at Chicago’s Airports

06/15/15

This summer, passengers at Chicago’s O’Hare and Midway Airports will be treated to an “Air Carnival” with games, prizes, puppet shows, crafts, face painting and other activities. The festivities have already begun at Midway Airport and coming up on Tuesday, June 16 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. will be an opportunity to make key →

PIT Airport creates space for nursing moms

05/15/15

Pittsburgh International is the latest airport to offer traveling moms access to a clean, comfortable and dedicated space to breastfeed, use a breast pump and care for young children. The lounge is located on Concourse C, across from Kidsport, by one of the airport’s two Andy Warhol exhibits. Other airports with dedicated spaces for nursing →

More airport pods for nursing moms

05/08/15

Breastfeeding moms on the move have some new options for nursing their baby or pumping milk at JFK International Airport, LaGuardia Airport, Newark-Liberty International Airport and Philadelphia International Airport. In the New York area, Mamava nursing pods (seen above) are now located at JFK in JetBlue T5 (Gate 12), at Newark’ Terminal B (near Gate →

Seats for seatmates of size

04/26/15

The SANTO airline seat – it stands for ‘Special Accommodation Needs for Toddlers and Oversized Passengers’- has been getting quite a bit of attention. The seat, by SII Deutschland, won an award at the recent Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg and is designed to be placed in the back of the airline cabin, where there →

Room for nursing moms at MSP Int’l Airport

03/05/15

Joining a growing trend at airports, Minneapolis-St. Paul International (MSP) has created two spaces for nursing moms. Both spaces have deep sinks for cleaning equipment, easily accessible electrical outlets, soft lighting, artwork, comfortable seating and are located in Terminal 1-Lindbergh. One is on Concourse F near Gate F2, the other is on Concourse C across →

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Tune-up tips for travelers

11/02/14

Even the savviest traveler can use a few new tricks each year, whether on the road for business or leisure. So here are some of the expert tips I gathered for a recent CNBC Road Warrior piece. Fly Frugally Before the end of the year, take inventory of your frequent flier miles. Claim credit for →

Here, kitty: Hello Kitty plane goes to Paris

11/01/14

Eva Air’s Hello Kitty Hand-in-Hand jet is on the move again. This time, with a beret and a baguette. Part of a fleet of Hello Kitty-themed jets, this Boeing 777-300ER is the airline’s first long-range Hello Kitty-themed aircraft and has a collage of 19 Sanrio characters joining hands the entire length of the aircraft. On →

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