BBC's Fast Track program features StuckatTheAirport.com among on-line travel innovations; Air New Zealand gets new Boeing 777-300ER with Skycouches, induction ovens and other fresh amenities.
What with my appointment to see how the new make-your-own ice-cream machine works and the three hours I spent cooling my heels waiting for a friend’s flight to arrive, I ended up spending a lot of time at Boston Logan International Airport last week. That was fine with me. The ice-cream was yummy. The Wi-Fi […]
As part of its Liberty Weekend festivities, the Orlando International Airport (MCO) will present a free concert by the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra. The concert will take place at 8 pm, on Saturday June 26, 2010 in the atrium of the Hyatt Regency Hotel, which doubles as the public lobby area for gates 60 to 129. […]
The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics kick off in just a few weeks and Vancouver International Airport (YVR) is getting ready to welcome more than 230,000 athletes and Olympics-bound visitors. Actually, the airport has been sprucing up for quite a while. In addition to its swanky new Observation Gallery, the airport has had these giant Olympic […]
The folks at 3M Privacy Filter did a little survey and discovered – no real surprise here – that a majority of Americans would rather go to the dentist than sit in a middle seat on a full flight. To help dull the pain, the company asked business travel expert Chris McGinnis and etiquette expert […]
After alarming travelers with the ‘joke’ about on-board pay-toilets (don’t be surprised…), Ryanair officials asked travelers to send in their own ideas for other discretionary fees that could be charged. They did. As of today (April 14th) close to 45,000 votes have been cast. And sadly, so far more than 20,000 people have voted in […]
The Wall Street Journal picked up a story about some cool new airline seats, Thompson Solution’s Cozy Suite, that look downright cozy, and they say Delta Air Lines has hired the chair designers to create an economy-class version of the chair. That sounds great. But wouldn’t it be great it there were banks of seats […]
Here’s the text of my Well-Mannered Traveler column that appears this week on MSNBC.com. There’s a spirited (and somewhat disappointing) Newsvine discussion about the topic there as well. (Air Canada’s form instructs doctors on how to measure a traveler’s butt.) After fighting it for nearly a year, Canada’s major airlines finally unveiled procedures they claim […]