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Kenan Samms

Work/Life: Is À La Carte Cruising in Your Future?

The next time you are toot-tooted aboard a cruise ship, come prepared with more than just your swimsuit: The à la carte revenue model that has swept the airline industry may be coming to a cruise line near you. Perhaps a ...READ»

History Redux5

Historical Destinations Go Touristy

Lincoln Library & MuseumSpringfield, Illinois The high-tech museum honoring the 16th president has two theaters -- one uses special effects to conjure "ghosts" including Lincoln's. One critic labeled it "Lincoln-land." ...READ»

The Battle of Gettysburg5

Gettysburg Battle Site Revamps To Attract Tourists

With a $100 million revamp, the Civil War site is fighting to get visitors to stay longer -- and spend more.,With a $100 million revamp, the Civil War site is fighting to get visitors to stay longer -- and spend more.READ»

Next Travel: View Masters5

Travel Guide Books Get a Redesign

Three new travel series reimagine what a guidebook can be by putting design at the forefront. READ»

Kenan Samms

Work/Life: ...But Boss, I Saved $15 at the Bunny Ranch!

The unpopularity of American Airlines' $15 first-checked-bag fee is stimulating the creative impulse in marketers who want to tap into travelers' desire to get some relief from the airlines' expanding list of fees. While ...READ»

Kenan Samms

Work/Life: Bringing Chaos Out of Order

American Airlines may rediscover in the most unwelcome way possible that the Law of Unintended Consequences is not only alive and well, but probably was invented in an airport terminal. In fact, American may end up erecting a ...READ»

Kenan Samms

Work/Life: Silverjet Strikeout Makes Three

And then there was one. L'Avion is the last of the pure business-class airlines still flying. Silverjet, which flew the London-to-New York and London-to-Dubai routes, died last week. Although officially they are still in ...READ»

China Storms Africa

  By: Richard Behar Sun Jun 1, 2008 at 1:00 PM Since Fast Company published China Storms Africa in June of 2008, the article has itself stormed the media landscape. CNN called it "one of the most important magazine ...READ»

China in Africa

Special Report: China Storms Africa

With its resource-hungry push into the sub-Sahara, Beijing puts the planet to the test.READ»

China in Africa

Mineral Wealth of the Congo

A simple stroll down the streets of Kinshasa reveals how precarious life has become in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This city of ugly half-finished buildings radiates both the optimism and the paranoia of a gold-rush town. ...READ»

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