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Cool new COVID-fighting airport amenities

Cool new COVID-fighting airport amenities

10/06/20
Airports are rolling out new COVID-fighting amenities faster than we can keep up with them. Here are few I’ll be talking about this week during the virtual Travel 2021 Summit taking place on October 7 and 8. We’ll be talking about airports and airlines on Thursday at 10 a.m. east coast time. The line-up includes […]

Tidbits for travelers: fresh art at airports in Tucson and Denver

06/30/10
Next time you’re stuck at the airport don’t just sit there and be irritated. Look around. It’s a fair bet you’ll find some great artwork just around the corner. A few fresh examples: (Terry Bustamante Idolatry) From now through mid-August you can see work by Terry Bustamante and Jennifer Hill in an exhibit titled Exploring […]

New art exhibits at Tucson International Airport

07/10/09
If you’ll be traveling through Tucson International Airport anytime soon, be sure to leave some time to check out three new art exhibits offered by the airport’s Arts & Culture Program. (Spring Bloom, by David Schwindt) In the airport’s main gallery, Scene in Arizona: Landscape Traditions presents paintings by Barbara Hill and David Schwindt that […]

Scary air travel stories – just in time for Halloween

10/23/08
(Illustration by MSNBC.com’s Duane Hoffman) Earlier this month, TSA officers scanning luggage at the Tucson International Airport (TUS) discovered a human skull inside a passenger’s suitcase. When pulled off the plane and questioned, the woman told police that the skull wasn’t technically hers (it belonged to her boyfriend), that it had been sitting in her […]