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5 Things We Love: The Ivey’s Hotel in Charlotte, NC

07/27/26

The Stuck at the Airport review team is exploring Charlotte, N.C. this week. And we’re torn between visiting every cultural, shopping and dining spot the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority placed on our itinerary or just cozying up in our room at The Ivey’s Hotel. Located in Uptown Charlotte, near many of the museums and restaurants […]

Harriet Baskas

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Airport and Airline Resources

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

Friday roundup: Qantas Project Sunrise + July 4th travel

Alaska Airlines’ World Cup livery

“Save a life, not a bag” campaign for air travelers

Alaska Airlines debuts swanky PDX lounge + SEA & MIA Airports celebrate soccer

Horizon Air’s fun ‘Toy Story 5’ livery

Alaska Airlines now flies between Seattle and London

JetBlue’s Blueprint livery is back

See KLM’s new limited-edition miniature Delft Blue House

Flight attendant fashion at the Museum of Flight

Looks what’s popped up at Chicago O’Hare International Airport

07/16/08

Garrett Popcorn Shops, well-known and much loved around Chicago for more than 50 years now, has opened its first airport location at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. This first branch is in Terminal 3, near Gate H1. Another branch should pop up soon in Terminal 1, between Gates B9 and B10. In addition to the cheese-flavored […]

Want your name on an airport?

07/15/08

In an effort to replace the revenue they used to get from airlines, some airports have found they can earn cash from slot machines, t-shirts, oil rigs and acres of hay. In my article about this for Portfolio.com, I also found two airports where the naming rights are up for sale.

Rock out at Germany’s Munich Airport

07/14/08

You may still be recovering from last weekend, but the folks at Germany’s Munich Airport are already planning next weekend’s activities. On July 19th and 20th, the covered, open-air Munich Airport Center Forum is hosting openairport, “the first rock and pop festival ever to be staged at a major European airport.” Admission will be free […]

Munich Airport

ART AT ORD

07/11/08

From now through mid-December, jetsetters passing through Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport Terminal 5 will be able to check out an exhibit of more than 40 posters from the 2008 Chicago International Poster Biennial Association (CIPBA). Here’s a sample…. (Poster image courtesy O'Hare International Airport) Terminal 5 has some other artwork worth checking out: The “Beacons” […]

Spitting, slurping, and other tips for traveling to Beijing

07/10/08

Unless the International Olympic Committee acts fast and makes heaving overweight carry-on bags into overhead airplane bins an official Olympic sport, my chances of visiting Beijing this summer are nil. But if committee members do finally come to their senses, I’m ready to go. I’ve been practicing my technique on plane trips with multiple connections. […]

Beijing Summer Olympics

A whale, a panda, and a friar go to the airport…

07/10/08

Heard that one before? On July 4th, San Diego International Airport (SAN) introduced a new set of videos at the security checkpoints. Starring roles are played by the San Diego Zoo’s Bamboo Bear, Legoland’s Johnny Thunder, the San Diego Padres’ Friar, and Shamu from SeaWorld. Want to see a whale going through the metal detector? […]