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October

Corporate Social Responsibility by Mario Hardy

n recent week's South East Asia and the Pacific has experienced a series of natural disasters which has resulted in so many lives lost; damages to home and impacted local economies of many communities.

The Cross Time Zone Conference Call Headache by Mario Hardy

Are you like me; having to have cross time zone conference call all the time? What a headache it is trying to figure out if everyone will be awake for the call.

Airport News Briefs

Airlines will be adding a $10 surcharge on ticket prices for the busiest travel days of the winter

The Name's the Same - by Laura Jackson

Often I like to take a relatively simple subject – airport codes – and look at it from a new and unique perspective.

AirGuide - Travel Technology News

The latest business travel technology can make business trips a little less hectic. Business technology on the market is made to help business travelers succeed while on the go. These top ten business travel tech necessities can help you work anywhere in the world.

Blue Skies by Laura Jackson

The phrase blue skies refers to a cloudless, clear sky that is most often an indication of good weather for flying. This led me to wonder how many airlines around the world include the word ‘blue’ in their name.

Global airline capacity up 1.04% but growth slowing Reports OAG, as October figures are released

Global airline capacity for October 2009 is showing positive growth of 1.04% compared to October 2008, down slightly from September’s growth of 1.4%, reports OAG, (www.oagaviation.com), the world’s leading aviation data business

Boutique Hotels Where have you been? by Mario Hardy

For many years I had the habit of staying in branded hotels when I travelled on business and as many others did, joined several hotel reward programs.