Weekly Roundup, Friday 27 March 2015
Good morning This is (almost) a single topic newsletter this morning. The usual varied compilation will be offered again next week. It is amazing, isn’t it, how we can change our perspective on air travel […]
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Weekly Roundup, Friday 20 March 2015
Good morning A slightly shorter newsletter this morning. But, and in anticipation of the upcoming summer travel season that seems to be rushing towards us at an exciting rate, there’s an extra article added at
GPS Service When Out of the Country
A GPS has become an essential and everyday part of our driving experiences. The sometimes challenging art of map-reading is becoming a lost skill, and it is hard to imagine getting around without the help
Weekly Roundup, Friday 13 March 2015
Good morning Black Friday again today, I hope you don’t have to travel much. This is the second of what will be three Black Fridays this year. Apple’s big launch event on Monday for its
Apple’s Watch : Function or Fashion?
This is the second part of our series on smart watches, and records our impressions of the first Apple Watch when it came out in March 2015. Please also note the newer article reviewing the
Weekly Roundup, Friday 6 March 2015
Good morning For some of us, there’s a definite feeling of spring in the air already. For others of us, there’s an equally strong feeling of continued winter, following another week of daily delays and
Smart Watches – A Solution in Search of a Problem?
This is the first article in a series about Smart Watches – links to the other articles are in the box immediately adjacent. It was written in March 2015, immediately prior to Apple’s first Watch
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Weekly Roundup, Friday 27 February 2015
Good morning It has been another disgraceful week for the US air transport network, with weather related excuses erupting all over, yet again. How do you know the difference between a weather related excuse and
The Travel Insider – Now on Amazon, for Kindles
Amazon have added The Travel Insider as one of the blogs available through its Kindle publishing service. You can subscribe and have each new article sent automatically to your Kindle device. Amazon charge 99c a
Weekly Roundup, Friday 20 February 2015
Good morning Winter weather has been giving our airlines – and those of us forced to travel on them – a continued beating. When will we reach the stage of enlightenment where we no longer
The BTC Catches the Airlines in a Lie. What will DoT Do?
The Business Travel Coalition recently wrote to the Department of Transportation, urging them to investigate what the BTC describes as violations of DoT regulations to do with the imposition of fuel surcharges. It transpires the
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Weekly Roundup, Friday 13 February 2015
Good morning The first Black Friday of the year, to be followed by another one in March. Superstition suggests it to be a bad day to travel – be careful. Yamaha motorcycles. The Shinkansen ‘bullet
