A Dark Future for Europ...

Over the last decade, Europe’s big three airline groups, IAG (owner of British Airways/Iberia), Air France/KLM, and Lufthansa Group, have all been in much better shape than their American counterparts. While US airlines floundered and filed for bankruptcy, they grew and became...

Get Ready For The Olymp...

Filed under: Arts and Culture , Festivals and Events , Food and Drink , Europe , United Kingdom , Hotels and Accommodations , Luxury Travel While the Olympic Games are associated with international sports, Andaz Liverpool Street in London will be focusing on international food during the...

$1952 Round Trip Busine...

British Airways is offering a $1952 (tax included) round trip business class (Club World) fare from US gateways to Europe for travel May 26 to June 9. Tickets must be booked by May 18. Fares are good on British Airways flights and American Airlines operated flights that have a BA code...
News and Deals: May 16, 2012 – More Americans plan on summer travel, European travel groups prepare for Greek euro exit‎, Paramount Pictures plans movie-themed hotels and resorts and Airline OKs cell phones while flying

News and Deals: May 16,...

More Americans plan on summer travel ‎MiamiHerald.com Americans plan to travel in slightly higher numbers this summer, according to surveys, starting with the upcoming Memorial Day weekend. But many will hold the line on spending for items such as hotel stays and entertainment because...
Museum Month: The National Bonsai & Penjing Museum In Washington, DC

Museum Month: The Natio...

Filed under: Arts and Culture , North America , United States Consider for a moment the events of 1625. Dutch settlers in North America established the city of New Amsterdam, which would become, of course, New York City . Theaters throughout London closed for eight months due to an...

British Tourism Q&A...

Filed under: Europe , United Kingdom British tourism is a big topic in 2012. With the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee next month, the Olympics in July and August, and the Paralympics in August and September, the United Kingdom is under some serious scrutiny, in particular as a national...
Luxury in the Sky – Five Reasons You Should Stay at the Ritz Carlton Tokyo

Luxury in the Sky – F...

For our trip to Asia I partnered with several companies in order to portray an image of the region I don’t see enough of in the blogosphere – luxury. There are thousands of blog posts out there about how to spend as little money as possible when touring through Asia, but very few...
News and Deals: May 9, 2012 – InterContinental Hotels looks for Olympics boost, United Airlines lifts ban on nine dog breeds, Opening of new Berlin airport is delayed and CIA Prevents Al-Qaida Suicide Plane Attack

News and Deals: May 9, ...

InterContinental Hotels looks for Olympics boost ‎Reuters InterContinental (IHG.L), the world’s biggest hotelier, is looking for a further boost from London’s Olympic Games this summer, it said on Wednesday, after reporting a 5 percent rise in first-quarter profits thanks...

Why Do Airlines Switch ...

It’s time for another installment of Ask Cranky. This question is a great one, and I could have sworn I wrote about it before. But my intensive (read: 10 second) search didn’t turn up anything. Even if I have, it’s worth addressing again. I often take UA 732 from SEA to...
Tokyo Recap and What I Thought About Japan

Tokyo Recap and What I ...

  Japan had long been on my must-see travel list so when the chance for a brief three-day stopover on the way to Thailand arose, I knew I couldn’t pass it up. At the same time, I realized that a scant two and a half days wouldn’t give us much time at all, but at the very least it...

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