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Fresh off her nude photo shoot at the Hotel Bel-Air for New York magazine, Lindsay Lohan hopped a Delta flight to Italy to check out the Dolce & Gabbana show at Milan Fashion Week. And rather than fly solo, she brought drinking buddy Samantha Ronson along for the trip.
Once at the show, LaLo was in […]

British Airways is yet again in the news for a poor baggage situation at London Heathrow (LHR). Apparently only T4 is affected. With limited capacity to handle baggage by hand, there are restrictions in place. These vary by day, whether originating in London or transitting, by class of travel and elite frequent […]

It looks like the major airlines are seriously considering mergers.
Will it bring higher fares?
Here’s the Airfarewatchdog.com take in Q&A form:
Q: Will mergers cause a huge spike in airfares?
A: I’m not so sure this will happen. First, let’s admit that adjusted for inflation, airfares are incredibly cheap. Twenty years ago, you would pay more to fly […]

Funny, we’re usually trying to get the hell out of Gatwick. But we’re more fortunate than former chef Anthony Delaney who took up residence in the airport after losing his job and then his house in 2004. He’s been staying at LGW off and on since then because, he says, it’s “clean, dry and warm.”
The […]

Until now, our coverage of Bucharest has focused on Dracula, but come this April, there’ll be more scary creatures there: lots of politicians. The 20th NATO Summit will take place in the Romanian capital between April 2 and 4, carefully avoiding the prospect of starting talks on April Fools’ Day.
So who and what will we […]

If the US Department of Transportation approves Virgin America’s latest request, Richard Branson will have yet another thing to celebrate with San Diego Chargers Cheerleaders. The upstart low cost carrier has filed to fly from LAX to San Jose del Cabo.
Frontier Airlines announced earlier this month that it was giving up this particular California-Mexico segment, […]

The Sundance of the Southwest is just over two weeks away, and it’s time to get your plans finalized for SXSW. Registration, while pricey, is still available, and you can get a pass to see all the music stuff until Monday, March 10. (It’ll “only” cost you $650!)
To get you in the spirit, we’ve cherry-picked […]

The Oscars are back on, and we’re celebrating with a series on the New York City locations you might’ve seen in this year’s nominated films. Our Oscar Movies Map will be your golden statuette.
As betrayed by the “Bourne Comes Home” marketing campaign, the hero of “The Bourne Ultimatum” (Matt Damon) made New York City the […]

¡Finalmente! After a decade of trying, the national rail company in Spain has linked Madrid and Barcelona with high-speed trains. You can now make the trip east in under three hours, tearing along at 186 mph.
The chance to avoid the airport enticed one biz traveler to give the new train route a shot:

There’s not all […]

Protege, protege, protege; this week it’s all about the latest underling-of-a-celeb-chef who’s spun out on his own. Akhtar Nawab was a star under Tom Colicchio and he’s a superstar on his two feet now too. His new spot, Elettaria, is set to open next Tuesday and features a unique blend of modern American plates infused […]