by Minter Dial | Oct 22, 2008 | Marketing, Travel
Airline Ads — the good, the bad and the luxury In these trying economic times, one of the industries that will inevitably be hit hard (again), will be the airline industry. Whether for personal or business travel, there is likely to be a good amount of seat-belt...
by Minter Dial | Oct 8, 2008 | Branding, Business, Marketing, Travel
Airline competition and inflight entertainment are you on board? As the competition for airline passenger dollars is only going to get worse — between higher oil costs, personnel issues & union negotiations, terrorism threats, ecological considerations [not...
by Minter Dial | Sep 12, 2008 | Travel
This conveyor belt at Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle (CDG) airport is an example of how to make tired passengers go crazy. Aside from the usual challenges of getting bags quickly and that priority tags seem to be strictly ignored by the baggage handlers at CDG, the airport...
by Minter Dial | Jul 22, 2008 | Travel
Kenya – A Recap of our 6 days in the Great Wild Bush We arrived in Kenya at Nairobi International airport on our holidays in May and, somewhat predictably, spent the first 30 minutes in a highly disorganized line up to get through customs. We had already purchased our...
by Minter Dial | Jul 7, 2008 | Health, Travel
Boy, you’re going to carry that weight… With the rising cost of fuel on the tips of all our tongues, the chase to reduce fuel costs is in full tilt. I am fascinated (if not confounded) by the work done by the airlines in this regard. It seems that every...