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Vancouver Int’l Airport gets ready for the 2010 Winter Olympics

01/28/10
The opening ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympics are just around the corner, and final details are hurriedly being worked out and set in place in downtown Vancouver, up at Whistler and at various venues and attractions throughout the region. It’s particularly exciting out at the airport. Vancouver International Airport will be the first stop →

World’s first airport indoor ski jump at Düsseldorf International Airport ski jump

01/28/10
Is this too much fun for an airport? This past December, right before Christmas, Germany’s Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) hosted a circus competition in the shopping arcade with contortionists,  jugglers and trapeze artists. Now comes word that on February 6th and 7th, 2010, the airport shopping arcade will be the site of the world’s first →

Tidbits for travelers: Free Wi-Fi, Olympic travel tips, and in-flight body-mass tax

01/20/10
We want Wi-Fi Slowly but surely airports large and small are getting with the program and making free wireless Internet access available in the terminals. The latest major airport to join the party: Boston Logan International Airport (BOS). Hooray! Packing tips from Olympic athletes Curious about what some Olympic athletes do when they’re traveling – →

Baseball exhibit at Philadelphia Airport

07/03/09
Philadelphia International Airport’s newest exhibit is all about baseball. “Philadelphia’s Baseball Legends: The Championship Teams,” includes b&w and color photographs that tell the stories of Philadelphia’s champion baseball teams and the individual players, including many who are in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The exhibit is located post-security in Terminal A and officially opens →

Get Olympics souvenirs – and some quiet time – at Vancouver Int’l Airport

10/23/08
I’m a big fan of the Vancouver International Airport. It has lots of great art, a couple of spas, play areas for kids, and a nice selection of restaurant and shops, including (already!) boutiques where you can stock up on official souvenirs, clothing, mascots and collectibles for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. The airport also →

Major league baseball – at the airport

10/07/08
Obsessed with baseball – or at least interested enough in the game to invest $4 in watching a game when you’re stuck at the airport? Boingo Wireless has inked a deal with MLB.TV to offer a four-hour, $4 pass for an “Airport Edition” of the games. Baseball fans who are Boingo subscribers can buy the →

DFW scores a touchdown

07/22/08
On Monday, at Big 12 media days in Kansas City, Mo, Texas Tech football coach Mike Leach told reporters that he thought DFW airport was “a confusing mess.” Connecting to Lubbock through the smaller Love Field, he said, was a better option for those hoping to interview his team’s two Heisman Trophy candidates. As you →

Heads up! Volleyball Tournament at Munich Airport

07/17/08
750 tons of sand will soon be trucked into the Munich Airport Center forum for a volleyball tournament. From August 1 through the 17th, the Munich Airport Center Forum will host “Rio on Tour,” which will feature professionals and amateurs “digging, volleying and smashing on three courts.” (Photo courtesy Munich Airport) For the first three →
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