While no one can know exactly what our business travel future will hold, Microsoft's taken a stab at envisioning it. But how much of it will become a reality--and when? READ»
If "aerotropolises"--cities built around airports--are going to thrive, they'll need strong, visionary leaders to instill a palpable sense of place. READ»
When I was conducting my own personal census of the most productive places on the planet to work, airports did not quite ascend to the top of the list. In fact, they didn't make the list at all. For one thing, layovers usually ...READ»
Managing your travel expenses is a key way to cut your company's costs. But for business travelers, managing those expenses well is also important in ensuring that you get reimbursed fully and promptly.READ»
As self-described "Road Warriors," where the rubber meets the road is where spend our lives. Sometimes as business travelers that road takes us to sketchy places where other travelers wouldn't ordinarily venture or into unexpected situations far from home. READ»
If you draw the comparison from the mid-twentieth century, the similarities and differences in how we work in both airplanes and offices become clear. READ»
"This is our most desperate hour. Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope *static*." — Leia Organa's message to the Jedi MasterHolograms are a technology that Luke Skywalker introduced us to in "Star Wars," wherein ...READ»
European low-cost airline Ryanair posted a €341 million net profit in their last fiscal year, which closed at the end of March. They were down €180 million a year ago. Given that Ryanair has dismissed social media as a way to advance its brand, it seems they have reaped success the old-fashioned way--by moving mojo numbers of passengers.READ»
Grimsvotn may not be a name that chimes a responsive chord in most people, but, for business travelers, the reaction can be, pardon my pun, explosive. Grimsvotn (GREEMSH-votn) is another of those Icelandic volcanoes that have taken to darkening the skies.READ»
The airlines are unhappy that they've been told to make major investments in expensive cockpit equipment and other NextGen technology that they are not actually using. They're not using it because the federal government hasn't followed through on its end.READ»
There are some things
business travelers just shouldn't do. Tug on Superman's cape, Spit into the
wind. Pull the mask off the ol' Lone Ranger. And you don't mess around with the
Transportation Security Administration, more fondly ...READ»
You're probably not going to be surprised to hear me say that you're oscillating in a metal tube in the sky steered by an air traffic control system "still stuck in the 1950s," as Nick Gillespie at Reason.com so aptly put ...READ»
Airports are strange places. They are in some sense spaces that are liminal, to dredge up one of my arcane liberal arts terms from college. No one really wants to BE at an airport.READ»
One of the traits of true road warriors, i.e., those who have seen a ton of miles, is their ready acceptance of itinerary changes and last-minute trips. It doesn't faze them. On the other hand, such manifest changeability may alarm ...READ»
Writers frequently use the term of the "Fourth Wall" in reference to theater or television, when a character breaks the boundary of suspended disbelief and makes reference to the ongoing fictional situation, or interacts directly with ...READ»
The popular author and blogger BikeSnobNYC occasionally waxes eloquent about his road warrior experiences in posts titled "The Indignity of Commuting by Bicycle." I always delight in these posts and can't help but share his opinions ...READ»
One thing I've noticed over the past few years of frequent traveling is that airline cabin staffers have it pretty bad. Working with air passengers in various capacities is a good job, don't get me wrong; but it is a hard one.READ»
People are living--and working--longer than ever. So what are travel providers doing to adapt their services to meet the needs of the older business traveler?READ»
We as a business culture have hocked solid basic business skills in favor of glitz. Taking its place are new and shiny concepts and magic bullets.READ»
