My 30 Favorite Things to do Chiang Mai – Understand Think of Chiang Mai as one huge ‘Khao San Road’ backpacker destination that has gone upscale in many parts and has gotten seriously trendy in China and South Korea. Chiang Mai is a rather small town that has some ‘big city’ vibes and ticks all […]
– Cebu’s gorgeous new airport will be open by July 1st – I will check it out next month! – TAP Portugal – an airline with a (much deserved) reputation for being late all the time – is planning to add service to San Francisco – well better late than never! – Chase has revamped […]
United has been busy behind the scenes for almost two years in renovating its huge United Club that’s just after security at the San Francisco International Terminal. Polaris branding came along in the meantime and the re-opening had been delayed for quite some time. It finally happened about a week ago and Oscar Munoz officially […]
San Francisco has been host to a ‘scooter saga’ for the last few weeks as several companies (that originally started in other cities) have started ‘dropping’ a big number of scooter rentals that come without a docking station on San Francisco‘s streets. So far, the process is entirely unregulated and some startups (like Bird) found […]
The Haven Bali Seminyak appears on most OTAs (like Expedia and Booking.com) for around $50 a night most of the year. The hotel is located along Seminyak’s busiest road and just behind Double Six Beach – one of the best (and also one of the busiest) beaches along the western shore of Bali. I wasn’t […]
– despite the low the margins for flight booking upside.com is handing out referral bonuses like candy I got this email today: Refer 10 colleagues to try Upside and get $5,000! That’s on top of the $100 you get for each referral. Terms & conditions below.* Think about it, with $5,000 you could: Buy 10 […]
– Qatar has successfully appeased the major US Airlines consortium All they had to do was to promise to have audited statements in a few years from now. The Qatari owners seem to be contend with wrapping up investments over the next two years anyways and will require the airline to make money. Qatar is […]
– Point Breaks is back and the list is huge this time (200 hotels) and there are a lot of Intercontinentals on this list I like the new ‘higher categories’ as this seemed to have enabled higher quality hotels to green light a participation. I just redeemed 100,000 IHG points for Pointbreaks – haven’t done […]
My Favorite 23 Things to do Salt Lake City, Utah – Understand Salt Lake City is a city you have likely been to unwittingly, as many flights from Europe to the US West Coast cross over Salt Lake City’s airspace. Nestled between the foothills of the Wasatch Range and the Great Salt Lake, this smallish […]
– Etihad’s equity investments are likely the airline industry’s worst in decades – Air Seychelles has given up on long-haul operations As of April 24, Air Seychelles will suspend all flights to Paris, the French capital and Antananarivo, Madagascar. The national carrier faces more international competition. British Airways is expected to start operating to Seychelles […]