business travel

Indianapolis airport, strides have been taken to create a great experience

This morning I had the pleasure of being one of the first through the new Indianapolis International Airport. My only regret is that I am adding this to the blogosphere so late in the day from the Pacific Northwest. Arriving early, ...READ»

Syncing Business Trips Using Google Calendar

I got an email from my friend Jeff about using Google calendar to input/track his trips and those of friends and colleagues when he’s traveling with his job or even while he’s on vacation. As has happened to most of us when ...READ»

Launching Your Startup: The Reality

Launching a startup takes more effort than most founders think.  Founders are often convinced that because their product/service is so compelling, that it will be a cinch to get attention once the product/service is ready for prime ...READ»

How to Schedule Meetings and Network Anywhere

Networking is essential to business in any industry. However, when traveling on business, meeting people in the same field can be difficult when you’re not familiar to an area. MeetingWave, an online service that helps business ...READ»

Business Travel Gets an Upgrade at the Airport

Travel has never been worse -- US Airways now charges two bucks for a can of soda?! Meet the highfliers working to make the terminal experience bliss: from the woman that lead the team behind JetBlue's new terminal in New York's JFK Airport, to the VP the brought Best Buy's Express kiosks selling earphones, videogames and other gadgets to airports nationwide.READ»

• Fast Talk: Airports' First-Class Upgrade
• 10 Hot Travel Websites
• The Port of Los Angeles is the Gateway to Ingenuity
• e Green Traveler: Seven Offbeat Eco Trips

Designing It Right The First Time

One of the most difficult things to do in a startup is to correctly define and position the company’s first product/service.  Done properly, your company gets off to an incredible start. Done improperly and you are in for at ...READ»

How the Presidential Candidates Spend Your Money

Political pundits say that by today, the latest race for the White House will have cost a total of $1 billion between the two presidential campaigns. We dug through both John McCain's and Barack Obama's receipts (via federal filings) for a sampling of where all the moolah, donated or otherwise, was spent. And it is not necessarily where you think.READ»

• What Obama Can Teach You About Your Business
• Obama and McCain Fight Over A Woman

Doomsday Or A New Dawn For Your Startup?

A short introduction for my maiden post….I am currently working in my 7th high-tech startup. Over the past 20 years, I have worked in a variety of technical and marketing positions.  The last two startups (one of which I ...READ»

The Port of Los Angeles is the Gateway to Ingenuity

L.A. and Long Beach invested $1 million in the first hybrid tugboat, due out this fall. Software on board decides how to deploy the two diesel engines, two generators, and 21,000 pounds of batteries. Tug maker Foss expects fuel ...READ»

Air Travel Goes Tribal

Get an expert's view on how four groups of influentials are shaping the future of travel.READ»

Columns

Business Travel: What's Changing? Key Trends are Altering the Way Road Warriors Work in the Airport, on the Plane, and in the Hotel. by Owen N. Wild The À La Carte Airline The future of travel is here: get an expert's ...READ»

Work/Life: Guestroom of the Future?

"The hotel guestroom of the future" was was showcased at this year's HITEC (Hospitality International Technology Exposition & Conference), an exposition that reveals the latest hi-tech hotel trends. What might it ...READ»

Work/Life: Ad Nausea?

I have to disagree with Michelle Higgins (A Plane? More Like a Flying Magazine) that advertising on airplanes is the last straw. Everyone has his own "last straw" threshold, and mine isn't the security frisk (I leave ...READ»

The Green Traveler: Seven Offbeat Eco Trips

Rajashtan, India: Camel rides across the Great Indian Desert, in western extreme part of the state of Rajasthan, are a carbon-friendly way to see the country’s ancient temples and the rugged Aravalli mountain ...READ»

7 Offbeat Eco Trips

You’ve slept in a yurt in Big Sur, cruised the Galapagos and roared with the grizzlies in Denali. Ready for some new eco-travel ideas? Here, seven unexpected trips worth a look.READ»

• The Green Traveler: Seven Offbeat Eco Trips
• Voluntourism: 14 Vacations for the Socially Conscious

Meet: World Low-Cost Airlines Congress

Expect turbulence at this London conference (September 23 -- 24). We asked four airline execs for a flying tour of the summit.READ»

• Now September 2008
• Listen: Songs of Autumn
• Numerology: The Car Century
• The Business of Cars

Work/Life: Travel Gets 'Lively'

The reality of travel as we know it is changing faster than that guy in the red cape could leap tall buildings in a single bound. In other words, fast. As Mike Elgan writes in his Computerworld blog, the Superman in this ...READ»

Work/Life: Are Private Terminals and Small Planes the Future of Air Travel?

With the network air carriers pulling service to mid-tier-city airports around the U.S., air service from private terminals is filling the vacuum in places like Seattle and Portland, Oregon. USA Today reports that SeaPort ...READ»

Business Travel: What's Changing?

Key Trends are Altering the Way Road Warriors Work in the Airport, on the Plane, and in the Hotel.READ»

The À La Carte Airline

The future of travel is here: get an expert's view on how increasing customization and an emphasis on delivering choice will make the air travel experience that much more pleasurable. READ»

The Airport of the Future

Get an expert's view on how new passenger management systems are soon to transform how you interact with your airline every step of the way.READ»

Business Trips Don't Have to be All Business

Being away on business shouldn't mean doing away with enjoyment. It should mean doing things differently. Get an expert's tips on how to get the most out of your trip.READ»

The Changing Face of Air Travel

Increased competition is spurring radical changes in the travel industry. Here arefive key ways in which air travel will change between now and 2020. READ»

When Managed Travel Isn't

Does your company's managed travel program go places? Or is it a lemon?READ»

Packing in the New Security Age

Prohibition hasn't quite arrived at the airlines. But, thanks to tough new TSA rules limiting liquids in carry-ons, the easiest way to fly is dry.READ»