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Travel Cookbook: August 15th, 2012

Good mid-week morning: Some light items, some heavy, so prepare for a mixed digestion. MAIN COURSE Time Travel New York to Geneva in 45 min? No, this is not a commercialized version of Dan Brown’s...

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Travel Cookbook: August 16th, 2012

Good Thursday morning and happy birthday to the professor (http://t2impact.blogspot.com)   Universities and colleges open up a new position, CMO, to boost marketing efforts. http://on.wsj.com/RYOm5V...

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Travel Cookbook: August 20th, 2012

Hello world and greetings from Singapore! No, I didn’t get lazy, just travel and jet lag a bit have precluded me from sending you my usual updates. Apple hits $648Bn Market Cap on rumors of mini iPad,...

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Travel Cookbook: August 21st, 2012

A good, albeit kind of dry  and JetBlue-oriented round up from yesterday (I think this is because of the time zone, really, things will settle). MAIN COURSE Not a Short-Haul Virgin For Long Virgin...

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Travel Cookbook: August 22nd, 2012

Good fresh morning:   Yesterday I got schooled on cause-effect for the Virgin Atlantic LHR – MAN flights, getting a look behind the curtain that in essence, VS is looking to substitute the bmi feed to...

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Travel Cookbook: August 23rd, 2012

Good Thursday morning: Heavy stuff today, so read on. To lighten up, here’s your piece of trivia: IKEA will print 208 million catalogues this year, a total of 62 different versions in 43 languages....

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Travel Cookbook: August 24th, 2012

Good day: In the last day of the week, we turn to our beautiful trivia and some solid material on airline news: IKEA, which we mentioned yesterday, is set to open its hotel chain – good quality at...

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Travel Cookbook: August 27th, 2012

Good morning:   “One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind” – Neil Armstrong, the first to the moon, dies at 82.   Light and easy for your week start:   MAIN COURSE Going A-la-Carte Airlines...

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Travel Cookbook: August 28th, 2012

Good morning: A brief around the non-travel related news: Tiffany’s numbers down, yet the outlook is quite positive as the jewelry leader moves into Asia Apple is headed for $700Bn Mrkt cap on news of...

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Travel Cookbook: August 29th, 2012

Good mid-week morning: Fresh, light, and easy today for your pleasure: UNITED!!! System is down, so if you are flying with the carrier, go to departures early. http://bit.ly/OoHP0t SNACKS After Boeing...

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Travel Cookbook: August 31st, 2012

Good Friday morning: We missed a beat yesterday, as I entered into my first case study (believe it or not, it was on Sabena from the early 1990s covering their catering division). So, pre-weekend...

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Travel Cookbook: September 3rd, 2012

Good morning: Non-travel stuff that caught my eye: Wal-Mart is testing an iPhone app for self-checkout, currently in beta with employees. The experience is supposed to mimic Apple Stores and it adds...

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Travel Cookbook: September 10th, 2012

Good fresh Monday morning: We missed a few beats (one full week to be exact), but back to school means my brain needs to rewire on homework and readings, something I behind as the deliveries of 787s....

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Travel Cookbook: September 11th, 2012

Good morning: 11 years later we hope we live in a better world. MAIN COURSE Airlines vs. Airports Continuing our conversation from yesterday, we seek to explore how the Qantas-Emirates pact affects the...

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Travel Cookbook: September 12th, 2012

Good day: Zuck kept his composure during TC Disrupt and quite honestly, I am bullish on Facebook getting back where it started at the IPO. MAIN COURSE China As the Civil Aviation Administration in...

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Travel Cookbook: September 13th, 2012

Good day and happy post-Apple announcement Thursday: iPhone 5 is bigger and faster and it looks great. Design now rides on software, so with iOS 6 it is a perfect combination. I will watch the keynote...

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Travel Cookbook: September 17th, 2012

Good fresh Monday afternoon: The news continues flowing in, as usual a fall pickup volume makes for a good read. MAIN COURSE Open-Source GDS Amadeus is claiming first push into OSS, which will make...

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Travel Cookbook: September 18th, 2012

Good day: Two cool and largely no-stock-moving news today: Happy birthday to my mom! Johnny Ive from Apple to create a unique Leica camera, which will be auctioned for charity. Apple is amazing....

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Travel Cookbook: September 20th, 2012

Good Thursday morning: Cutting to the chase. MAIN COURSE BioFlights. BioFights.  French project ProBio3 raises $32.1M to develop jet fuel from non-food biomass, or more specifically, from farm and...

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Travel Cookbook: September 25th, 2012

Good morning: A couple of notable things that are coming up: Web In Travel: Unplugged is happening in a few days. The line-up is amazing and the conference will rock APAC again. Purchase your tickets...

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