Advanced technology bri...

Filed under: Australia , Airports , Travel Security Using advanced technology that makes passengers appear as stick figures , mandatory full-body scans are being rolled out at all of Australia’s major airports. Successful trials at Sydney and Melbourne airports last year signal the...

SkyMall Monday: Undead ...

Filed under: Skymall Monday How we remember our heroes usually depends on when we idolized them. The images that move us the most get etched into our brains. As a kid, I wanted to be Indiana Jones. In my mind, Harrison Ford will always been that whip-toting adventurer (though not the one...

American Airlines to cu...

Filed under: North America , United States , Airlines , Airports , Budget Travel , News American Airlines parent company AMR is expected to lay out the company’s plan for moving forward from bankruptcy today and the news is not good. American Airlines may cut between 10,000 and...

London: Extraordinary S...

Filed under: Europe , United Kingdom Hyatt Regency London – The Churchill is currently partnering with the Saatchi Gallery on One Giant Leap, a series of three 2012 exhibitions. These exhibitions, the first of which opens today, bring pieces from the Saatchi Gallery’s...

Virgin America expands ...

Filed under: Airlines , Airports , News , Luxury Travel Welcome to the City of Brotherly Love Virgin America . The California-based airline has announced that starting April 4, 2012, they will offer three daily nonstop flights from Philadelphia (PHL) to Los Angeles International Airport...

The Importance of An Ai...

I’m still hanging out, getting to know my son, so here’s another guest post for you. This time it’s an interesting look at airports and their names. —- The name of an airport: we see it when we book reservations, on billboards as we cruise down the highway, on...

Futuristic travel more ...

Filed under: Business , Europe , North America , United States , Airlines , Airports Thoughts of futuristic travel often bring images of commercial low-earth orbit flights, man on Mars or rediscovering the Moon. A new study highlights real-world programs and technology being developed...

A Question about Taxis ...

If you’ve come to Las Vegas frequently you may have dealt with the issue if whether your cab driver should take the tunnel from the airport to your hotel, or whether they should just take surface streets. My cab to the Cosmopolitan from the airport via the tunnel was $28. The cab...

Airport parking made ea...

Filed under: Airports , Internet Tools Want to make airport parking easier? Develop an app for it. JFK Airport’s parking facility, SmartPark JFK , today announced the launch of their iPhone app for placing parking reservations. An update to the existing app, launched in 2009, now...

Largest urban park in t...

Filed under: Biking , Climbing , Hiking , North America , United States , Camping , Ecotourism , News The Green Urbanist recently reported plans for the constructing of the largest urban park in the contiguous United States. Claiming Chicago as its home, this park project is reported to...