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Otherwise known as: Which airline is the stingiest? Southwest comes out on top for its fee-lessness, followed by Virgin. US Airway's new $2 water fee puts it at the bottom of the pile.

Much as I like to complain about flying, the new Emirates A380, complete with showers and 1,000 channels of entertainment, might actually be a pretty nice experience. Here's an account of one person's trip on the new luxury liner. ...

To celebrate (?) the upcoming second anniversary of the TSA liquid ban, the Cranky Flier and BottleWise are holding a contest. All you have to do is sum up your feelings in six words (read this post for more details, and for why they're limiting...

According to the seventh annual edition of the Special Events Magazine Corporate Event Marketplace survey, in-house corporate event planners are expecting the tightening economy to tighten up their event schedules as well: ...

I read about a cute Internet meme running around where you Google your first name with the word "needs" behind it, and see what comes up. No one tagged me on this, but it sounded like fun so I did it anyway. It appears that I need: ...

Back in June I posted about the MeCo (Meetings Community) adding a new functionality to its site, and now it's official: As today's press release says, "planner members who find themselves with unused room blocks, due to either cancellation or...

The Destination Marketing Association International held its annual meeting last week, and while I didn't get to go, I hear it was really interesting. Here are a couple of takes on what happened (and I hear that some folks could even feel last...

If "environmentally friendly" is near the top of the list on your RFP, you might want to take a look at EcoTrotters, a site that hopes to get travelers to write environmental reviews of hotels they stay at. There aren't a lot of places in the...

It was just two years ago that Northwest started the airline nickle-and-diming by charging for aisle seats and emergency row seating. Interesting, in a time-machine sort of way, is that, at that time, American Eagle had tried and given up on...

I just stumbled across this profile that I wrote back in 2004 about someone who exemplifies leadership, in my mind. I wrote it for the Society for Leadership of Change, which I had basically forgotten all about, too (and it looks like it's gone...