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09/21/26

Several airports celebebrated last week’s Airport Concessions Day (it’s a thing…) by sharing news of new concessions and expansion projects planned for their terminals. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX), claims that it’s “America’s Tastiest Airport” and already has more than 100 concessions. The airport has some new local dining […]

Harriet Baskas

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Airport and Airline Resources

World’s Best Airlines, according to Skytrax

I flew to four Pacific Northwest Airports and didn’t go through a security check once

What’s old is new again: United testing food delivery to the gate

Listen to this. But maybe not on a plane

Alaska Airlines spreading its wings to Athens & Paris

Marking National Aviation Day

Want: this airline etiquette gear from Lufthansa

3 things: soccer artifacts + free hotel stays + a FIFA livery

Friday roundup: Qantas Project Sunrise + July 4th travel

Alaska Airlines’ World Cup livery

Stuck at The Airport: free tortillas at SAT

06/29/25

Why NOT free tortillas at the airport? Texas-based supermarket chain H-E-B sprang into action with a clever campaign in response to a viral TikTok from an airport security line with the caption “all these people and no one knows I have 200 HEB tortillas in my backpack.” The folks at H-E-B sent a crew to […]

Yes, that’s a basketball court at IND Airport

06/26/25

Travelers flying into Indianapolis International Airport (IND) will notice that the airport’s central terminal currently looks like a basketball court. The WNBC All-Star 2025 game is taking place in Indianapolis on July 18 and 19, and the airport is marking the occasion by covering the public Civic Plaza with a replica floor image of the […]

Greetings from: Seattle Space Needle & Chihuly Garden & Glass

06/26/25

The last time we visited the 605-foot-tall Seattle Space Needle, local attractions were just opening back up after the COVID shutdowns and we’d been practicing holding our breath for the 43-second elevator ride to the top. (Not that easy…). We returned this week to see (and sprawl on) the rotating glass floor. To get our […]

Seattle Space Needle

Travel tidbits from airports near you

06/24/25

Happy Birthday BWI Airport Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) celebrated its 75th birthday on June 24 with parties at various airline gates, refreshments, giveaways and a special water salute by the BWI Marshall Airport Fire and Rescue Department for the 75th daily arrival. Singapore’s Changi Airport is also celebrating a birthday Singapore’s Changi Airport is […]

Surprise staycation option by SEA Airport

06/24/25

We’re big fans of luxury hotels that are connected to or just steps away from airport terminals. And over the years, we’ve built special-occasion adventures using at-the-airport hotels such as JFK’s TWA Hotel, the Westin Denver International Airport, the Grand Hyatt DFW, the Grand Hyatt at SFO and others as home base. Seattle, our hometown […]

Cedarbrook Lodge

Fun updates for Seattle’s MOPOP Museum

06/19/25

For anyone who loves music, science fiction & fantasy and pop culture in any form, then a stop at Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture – MOPOP – should be on the ‘go here’ list. The museum is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. It’s had a myriad of transformations since it first opened at Seattle […]