Adventures With Ayla: Microsoft's Vision For Business Travel 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?
Updated Fri Jan 27, 2012
Footloose Flying: Better Business Travel Sans Stuff I have to admire those minimalists who have taken the pledge to cut their stuff to just the top 100 items they need in life. Wouldn't it be great if some of these people flew? For business travel, leaving some of that gear behind might remind you that your most valuable tools are already with you.
Updated Thu Jan 5, 2012
Airplane Mode What road warriors are really thinking when it's time to shut down their devices during takeoff and landing.
Updated Thu Dec 15, 2011
What Your Luggage Says About You An increasing number of travelers eschew that greatest single modern invention since liquid soap--the wheelie bag--and opt instead for luggage that must be carried; they can be categorized as "passenger extreme" or "passenger couture." Before you pack up for your next business trip, consider what your luggage says about you.
Updated Fri Nov 18, 2011
Is Sleepbox The Right Solution For Weary Business Travelers? Halloween is a metaphor-rich time to address the Sleepbox phenomenon coming alive in airports around the globe. There have been times I've felt like the walking dead as I stalked across a strange concourse--but no matter how much you need a little shuteye, actually renting a Sleepbox presents some issues.
Updated Thu Oct 27, 2011
More Perks, Lower Prices: Tips For Booking Hotels For Business Travel The recovery in business travel during the first half of 2011 means fewer available rooms and higher costs. Use these tips to find the prime locations at the best value for your next business trip.
Updated Fri Sep 23, 2011
Lando Calrissian's Earthly Contemporaries And The Aerotropolis Cloud Cities Of Tomorrow If "aerotropolises"--cities built around airports--are going to thrive, they'll need strong, visionary leaders to instill a palpable sense of place.
Updated Fri Sep 16, 2011
Stuck at the Airport? A Dozen Tips for Staying Surprisingly Productive. 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 aren't long enough to get work done. But let's assume for a moment you are at the airport and have no choice — your flight's not going anywhere anytime soon. You're grounded. But you've got work to do. What to do? And, more important, where to do it?
Updated Wed Aug 3, 2011
Twenty Tips For Managing Travel Expenses 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.
Updated Thu Jul 28, 2011
Twenty Things To Do (In Advance) To Manage A Travel Nightmare 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.
Updated Mon Jul 25, 2011
The Way We Fly, The Way We Work 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.
Updated Fri Jul 15, 2011
It's Virtually A Virtual Reality World "This is our most desperate hour. Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope *static*." — Leia Organa's message to the Jedi Master
Updated Tue Jun 28, 2011
The Airline Of The Future 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.
Updated Thu Jun 16, 2011
Ash You Like It 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.
Updated Fri Jun 10, 2011
NextGen Next Steps 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.
Updated Mon Jun 6, 2011
Think Twice Before Frowning In The Security Line 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 known by its acronym, TSA, which some wags insist stands for Touching
Sensitive Areas.Don't frown. I mean, it's
OK to frown at Totally Spurious Acronyms
(TSA); please just don't do it in front of the real TSA.
Updated Wed May 25, 2011
Next Gen: Still Just Over the Horizon. 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 it.
Posted Thu May 5, 2011
The Airport Of The Future 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.
Updated Tue Apr 19, 2011
The Last-Minute Traveler 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 less-traveled acquaintances and family members, who often find deep reassurance in planning well in advance. In London, the tip-off may be a casual comment like, "I just can't say; I might have to be in Paris. Let's wait and see."
Updated Thu Apr 7, 2011
The Fourth Wall 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 the viewer. I was watching the NBC comedy 30 Rock last week and musing about both the tools of the writing craft and travel after one character made a crack about the travel agent community.
Updated Thu Mar 31, 2011
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