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(Stuffed) tiger tours Tampa International Airport

06/18/15

First it was Princess Kitty. A few weeks back, the Lost & Found department at Denver International gave a stuffed animal named Princess Kitty the royal treatment and a tour of the airport before reuniting the toy with its young owner. Now a stuffed tiger named Hobbes – left behind at Tampa International – has […]

Vancouver International Airport’s lovely loo

09/05/14

Every year the folks at Cintas – a major restroom supply company – hold a contest to choose the best public washrooms in the United States and Canada. The list of nominees includes not just spots where cleanliness in crappers is king, but where creativity abounds. For example, last year’s U.S. winner, the Varsity Theater […]

Lounges

Fresh art at Tampa International Airport

11/10/10

Fresh art at Tampa International Airport includes glass sculptures by Owen Pach.

Tidbits for travelers: Holiday entertainment, free parking & more

09/03/10

Entertainment in Chicago Airports around the country are expecting long lines and lots of extra travelers this weekend, but in Chicago, both O’Hare International Airport and Midway International Airport will be offering up some entertainment to help move things along. To give travelers a taste of this weekend’s Chicago Jazz Festival, there will be live […]

Smoking at airports. Good or bad?

01/21/09

If, like President Barack Obama, you haven’t quite kicked the smoking habit yet, you might be on the look-out for airports where you can grab a smoke indoors without having to trek out to the curb. Or perhaps you’d like to know where all the non-smoking airports are so that you can breathe free when […]

More airport side trips: Tampa and Atlanta

09/21/08

Early this month I wrote a column for USATODAY.com about cheap, easy side-trips you can take from many U.S. airports. Since then, I’ve gotten email and tips on several more. Here are two of them: Tampa resident Robert Danielson wrote with this tip: “Adjacent to the south runway at Tampa International Airport (TPA) is “International […]

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