Those hearts your barista makes with the foam on your latte may be charming, but the 3D foam Hello Kitty and other cute characters that top the drinks at Chock Full of Beans in Singapore’s Changi Village neighborhood bring latte art to a new level. Starbucks, take note…
If you’re traveling through Chicago’s O’Hare Airport on Tuesday, March 31, head over to Terminal 2 (across from Wicker Park Seafood & Sushi) at 11 a.m. for the live, Iron Chef-style cooking competition. Organized by HMSHost, which operates food and beverage outlets at many airports (and along highways), the cook-off will feature the winners of […]
To show off its new “Alaska Beyond” package of in-flight amenities and services, Alaska Airlines parked a 737 out in front of Seattle’s Museum of Flight on Thursday and welcomed aboard a planeload of frequent fliers, reporters and bloggers for a two-hour flight over Oregon and Washington. I got to tag along. During the flight […]
Germany’s Dusseldorf Airport has a fun, creative side: an outdoor airport terrace that has hosted an outdoor film night, a robot that parks cars and a monthly event in the pre-security shopping area that has featured everything from a circus to dance performances. Following up on last year’s “Dîner en bleu” – which featured guests […]
What’s better than really fresh and really tasty sushi at the airport? Sushi that comes to you on a conveyor belt. YO! Sushi, the ‘running’ sushi restaurant that started in London and now has 74 restaurants worldwide, just opened a branch at Copenhagen Airport. There, the sushi moves along a 230-foot-long conveyor belt at just […]
Think you can do better than the people who cook the food served up at airport? O’Hare International Airport is inviting you to strut your culinary stuff in a cooking contest called Channel Your Inner Chef. Open to both travelers and employees of the airport (who eat on-site far more often than any of us […]
Those hearts your barista makes with the foam on your latte may be charming, but the 3D foam Hello Kitty and other cute characters that top the drinks at Chock Full of Beans in Singapore’s Changi Village neighborhood bring latte art to a new level. Starbucks, take note…
If you’re traveling through Chicago’s O’Hare Airport on Tuesday, March 31, head over to Terminal 2 (across from Wicker Park Seafood & Sushi) at 11 a.m. for the live, Iron Chef-style cooking competition. Organized by HMSHost, which operates food and beverage outlets at many airports (and along highways), the cook-off will feature the winners of […]
To show off its new “Alaska Beyond” package of in-flight amenities and services, Alaska Airlines parked a 737 out in front of Seattle’s Museum of Flight on Thursday and welcomed aboard a planeload of frequent fliers, reporters and bloggers for a two-hour flight over Oregon and Washington. I got to tag along. During the flight […]
Germany’s Dusseldorf Airport has a fun, creative side: an outdoor airport terrace that has hosted an outdoor film night, a robot that parks cars and a monthly event in the pre-security shopping area that has featured everything from a circus to dance performances. Following up on last year’s “Dîner en bleu” – which featured guests […]
What’s better than really fresh and really tasty sushi at the airport? Sushi that comes to you on a conveyor belt. YO! Sushi, the ‘running’ sushi restaurant that started in London and now has 74 restaurants worldwide, just opened a branch at Copenhagen Airport. There, the sushi moves along a 230-foot-long conveyor belt at just […]
Think you can do better than the people who cook the food served up at airport? O’Hare International Airport is inviting you to strut your culinary stuff in a cooking contest called Channel Your Inner Chef. Open to both travelers and employees of the airport (who eat on-site far more often than any of us […]
I’m a big fan of free. Especially at the airport. So here are a few of the items I included in a slide show of great airport promotions that I put together for CNBC Road Warrior. Volunteers at Indiana’s Fort Wayne International Airport welcome arriving passengers with a cheery greeting and a complimentary cookie baked […]
Good coffee is important on the ground and in the air. So it’s good news that Delta Air Lines has decided to join with some other airlines, including Alaska Airlines, in serving Starbucks coffee on flights. To celebrate the airline is having a coffee cup contest. To enter, write where you want to go on […]
Here’s hoping you have a good long layover at O’Hare or Midway International Airports coming up – and that you’re hungry when you land. Both airports are participating in Chicago Restaurant Week with a special Airport Restaurant Week event running from January 30 – February 12, 2015. 50 restaurant at O’Hare and 20 at Midway […]