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Horizon Air seats get upcycled

12/07/15

Need a gift for an aviation geek or just some really nice environmentally responsible gear? Bags made from old airline seats may do the trick. When Alaska Airlines decided to replace the seat covers on planes flown by its sister carrier, Horizon Air, sending the old leather to the landfill seemed too wasteful. Instead, the →

Upcycled carry-on bags from United banners

10/16/15

The airline industry uses a lot of ‘stuff’ and some of that stuff gets recycled and re-used and made into new things that you may want to buy. The newest “upcycled” aviation items are a set of 100 carry-on bags made from 20 United Airlines “Fly the Friendly Skies” banners. The airline worked with the →

Cool travel gear at the International Travel Goods Show

03/12/15

The latest in luggage, travel gear and gadgets-for-those-on-the-go was on display this week at the 2015 International Travel Goods Show in Las Vegas. Here are just a few of my favorite items that were out on the floor. The designers at Estonia-based Playluggage want their luggage to be a “dependable and trustworthy partner for the →

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Book a room, get a free suitcase

10/28/14

This unusual offer that certainly trumps chocolates at turndown was included in the slideshow about new luggage I put together last week for CNBC Road Warrior. This holiday season (Dec. 15 through Jan. 5, 2015), guests who book a special suite package at the 5-star Brown’s Hotel in London will receive a custom-made 21-inch Globe-Trotter →