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I agree with The Cranky Flier’s recent entry about best airline surveys.
Even with my extensive travelling (400 flights in 12 months on a wide range of routes on some 30 airlines in all clases) I do not feel equipped to make a definitive judgement about which airline is best. When I visited Wendy […]

Japan’s annual tourism marketing push, the Yokoso! Weeks, got our attention last year by providing special linguistic support. With Yokoso! coming up again in early 2008, we thought we’d check in to find out what the Japanese will do this time round to convince us to visit their lovely nation.
The result: they’re going to give […]

With just five aircraft to its name so far, Saudi Arabai’s first budget airline Nas Air could, until recently, fly you between just a handful of destinations, including Jeddah and Riyadh. But that’s okay for an airline that started life as recently as February 25 this year.
Nas Air is actually a subsidiary of the Saudi […]

Tom Cruise almost wasn’t allowed to film his latest movie in Germany because of his Scientology ties. A scant four months later, they like him so much they gave him a media award for courage–or, as it’s known, a Bambi Award.
Forget Oscar, Tony and Emmy, the Bambis definitely have the coolest statue around. Eva Longoria […]

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Here’s your gratuitous Friday morning shot of Virgin America’s in-flight pj party. Victoria’s Secret models Selita Ebanks and Miranda Kerr hosted the fun on board Virgin’s flight 317 on Wednesday night, and that’s Samantha Tannehill pictured, working it in the aisle.
In addition to all the ogling that went on–and we hear there was […]

Well, even by air it’s more likely to feel like a plodding turtle trot, because for those of us without access to private intercontinental jets there really is no fast and easy way to get to the Galapagos Islands. "We fly for those who want to go farthest," is the motto of one of the […]

We never should’ve contradicted our own rule about covering Kim Kardashian. Two days after we reported that the dubiously famous reality show/sex tape star was robbed at JFK, doubt is being cast on her account because no police report was ever filed in the theft. Because of her accusations, several Delta employees are even considering […]

Where in the world is Spokane, WA.? You would think I live in a forgiegn country. I am a girl from NYC. Life went from humans to wildlife. Did you know that cougars can climb trees? And have you ever seen a mule deer? I gave up my colorful friends in NY for a […]

As we’ve been reporting recently, the airlines are increasingly holding back their best deals for their own websites, putting the big online travel agencies like Travelocity and Orbitz at a competitive disadvantage.  American in particular has been very aggressive about promoting sales exclusively via their website. 
The latest deal to hit the Internet is 15% off all flights from […]

Epigrams and snippets of sentences replace the Whitney Museum of American Art’s usual contemporary and postmodern visuals this winter. The words, which are painted and printed directly on the walls of the museum, are part of a career-spanning exhibit of the work of US conceptual artist Lawrence Weiner. Though well known and respected in Europe, […]