Starwood v. Hilton – Corporate espionage alleged
It is very rare that a corporate espionage story makes the news and even less likely that I’d care at all. But a lawsuit filed...
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Qantas attempts to recreate bad Samuel Jackson movie
I’ve now read this story a few times and I’m still rather dumbfounded by it, partly because it happened at all and partly because of...
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Cuba travel restrictions starting to loosen
A scant 90 miles south of Key West, Florida, Cuba is a tempting travel destination for many Americans. Sadly, it is of limits due to...
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ATI hurdle cleared for Continental & Star Alliance
As part of their announced move to the Star Alliance, Continental applied for anti-trust immunity (ATI) from US and foreign regulators. The ultimate goal is...
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Continental (finally) getting their first LiveTV plane in the air
For the Past couple months Continental has had a plane sitting in Orlando, mostly on the ground. It is the first of their planes to...
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Falling asleep on the job – and waking up in a different city
Getting caught falling asleep on the job is always an awkward situation. It is made that much worse when the job involves working for an...
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How do you judge the value of the dollar?
As part of my travel obsession I tend to read a lot of travel magazines. They range from Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel (not bad, really,...
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Just how desperate is the financial situation for the airlines?
In a word, very. The airline industry has been struggling to find an appropriate balance between capacity, service, fares and costs pretty much since deregulation...
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Continental GIDS deployment continues, now with new styles
Continental started a deployment of LCD screens for flight information a few weeks ago. The deployment is continuing and they’ve come up with a couple...
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United raises fees; Qantas cuts them
A couple bits of news on the “fee” front from over the weekend. Good news out of Oz as Qantas has cut one of the...