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Public Will Pay For Checked Bags Over The Airline Industry's Cold, Dead Body
One night last week I found myself watching the NBC Nightly News—a rare occurrence, because I am not yet old. The lead story was about how American Airlines was going to start charging a $15 fee for each checked bag. Grumbling! Populist outrage! What will these dang companies do next?! It became clear at that early moment that despite the economic necessity of the move, American was going to get absolutely slammed in the court of public opinion. And now the verdict is in: they did! More »
video
Here is a Plane Crashing into a Crowd of Germans
Seriously, don't go to air shows. What good ever comes of it? More »
advertising
Cheap Ads For Cheap Airline Lure Cheapskates
Ryanair, the cheap European airline that you used that one time you got drunk on vacation in London and said "Dude, let's just go to fucking Dublin RIGHT NOW," is in a spat with regulators over the quality of its ads [NYT]. Well, not exactly the quality—they suck, obviously. The ad pictured got Ryanair in trouble with the UK advertising authorities because it "appeared to link teenage girls with sexually provocative behavior." Maybe true, but it also appears to link Ryanair's advertising department with one guy who has only a pair of scissors, a book of clip art, and a Xerox machine. And when the regulators tried to crack down, the company responded: hell, all these newspapers are dens of iniquity themselves! Our ad fits right in! More »
entrepreneurs
Kanye West Will Book You A Rental Car
Going on a trip any time soon? Why not ask Kanye West? What? Why of course he has his own travel website! It's called KanyeTravel.com, and it just launched after a year of preparation. Why the fuck does Kanye West have a travel website, why would anybody use such a thing, and how in the world could it take a year to set it up? There are so many questions in this crazy world! [Ad Age]
destinations
Hot Wet Den Of Sex And Drugs Redundantly Opens In Vegas
The MGM Grand is rushing to fill in what Las Vegas has been lacking: a massive poolside nightclub that is a thinly veiled destination for celebrities to do coke and have semi-public sex. More specifically, it's "WET REPUBLIC," and it's Vegas' first "ULTRA POOL," and "water is the leitmotif." "Swanky"! Enjoy its "sultry lounge" and "sensuous South Beach ambiance" and "delicious atmosphere" and "massages by skilled therapists" and "seductively modern vibe" and "illusion of a never-ending flow of water." And while you're doing that, the VIPs will be upstairs getting naked in their cabanas with six groupies and a big pile of blow, without having to physically swivel their chairs. More »
magazines
Joe Dolce, Moral Compass
Former Star editor and Jessica Coen enemy Joe Dolce is apparently knee-deep in some freelance Journalismism, writing a piece in Culture & Travel about a trip to Myanmar. There's not even any dead celebrities there! But there are some dead citizens once in a while, which has Joe "contemplating the ethics of traveling to a country with an oppressive regime." We can think of no one better to judge. [WWD]
So everyone at Food and Wine was just called in for a "great news!" meeting; they were told that the mag's publisher is becoming the Travel and Leisure publisher, and that the associate publisher is being promoted. But! Despite that framing, the American Express Publishing mag staffers are still in a tizzy. They think the assumption is the two mags can be blended; lots think one might fold.
Stunning news: Airline workers at JFK smuggle drugs across international borders! Following a two-year federal investigation, ten airport employees, including seven Delta workers, appeared in court yesterday on charges of trafficking and distribution. Until they replace those dudes, loitering by the luggage carousel will only net you your actual bags, if you're lucky. [CNN]
"Fatal Airplane Crashes Drop 65%," says the Times. Yeah, the airline industry now prefers to kill you slowly, via cabin fever and pure, white-hot frustration. (Still bitter over missing baggage, lost seven weeks ago. In Hamburg. By BMI. In case anyone's asking.)
memos
No More First Class Flights At The 'Times' Magazine
This afternoon, a memo went out from New York Times Magazine head Gerald Marzorati. It seems that staffers and freelancers have been flying business and first class while on assignment. Clearly this cannot stand! Although, why not? The magazine and those money-minters T, Play, and Key are raking it in for the business. (Seriously. The issue of T: Women coming out this Sunday is the biggest issue of a Times magazine since 1984. 183.3 pages of ads! Surely that can pay for a flight or two to Milan!) No matter! They have to find some way to pay those juicy word count rates. Approval to fly business class will only be granted after being run past Times Managing Editor John Geddes or Assistant Managing Editor Bill Schmidt. Got that? The full memo follows. More »
american express publishing
American Express Publishing: No Way Out
American Express Publishing—the owner of rich-people mags Travel + Leisure and Food & Wine, plus really rich person travel mag Departures—has a diabolical plan to keep all of its employees safely within its corporate confines. When employees in-house go to the Conde Nast website and click on "careers," they don't end up here. Instead, says a staffer, "Amex Publishing goes all China on your ass and just redirects you to Amex Pub's own career page. It took us all a while of playing with it to realize that it wasn't a glitch on Conde's website, but rather the fact that our own company was fucking with us." You are so owned.
party crash
Team Party Crash: 'Culture + Travel' Launch
LTB Media honcho James Truman, his billionairess boss Louise MacBain, Culture + Travel EIC Michael Boodro, and LTB marketing mandarin Lawrence Kaplan. More »
conde nast
Please God, Give Us 'CondeHawk Down'
There's something fucktarded in the air! Courtesy of Glamour magazine and DKNY Jeans, it's the Conde Nast chopper, a jet-setting helicopter rented by the companies to make the privileged folks' trek to Fashion Week seem all the more, uh, privileged. In the days leading up to the self-important ecstasy of Bryant Park, passengers have included Mandy Moore, Sheryl Crowe, and new eyeliner advocate Jared Leto. The flight plan is as follows: More »
anderson cooper
Breaking: New Orleans Weather Changes Anderson Cooper's Life Again!
The Coop was scheduled to speak at the 92nd Street Y tonight. But his talk has now been cancelled, because bad weather has prevented him from flying back from his most recent reporting assignment, in New Orleans. We're tempted compliment the FAA on the impressive work its officials are no doubt doing to keep planes and passengers safe, and to get them to their destinations as soon as possible, but we won't. Becauase we realize that to listen to people thanking each other and complimenting each other, you know, we got to tell you, there are a lot of people there who are very upset, and very angry, and very frustrated. And we get the anger that's there. More »
greg lindsay
'Atlantic' Borrows Its Story Ideas From Greg Lindsay
Alas, an uncredited and stripped-down borrowing — Greg spent three weeks in airports, far more impressive that Wayne Curtis' measly six days — doesn't make it onto the Greg Lindsay Career Trajectory. Poor guy. More »
michael's
Santa Monica Michael's Is No New York Michael's
Half of us was on vacation in Los Angeles last week — oh, that's sweet; we missed you, too — and so you can imagine our excitement when, walking back to the car in Santa Monica, we found ourselves passing the original Michael's. More »
'Times' Covers Exciting Escapes!
Second prize, of course, is 72 hours in Syracuse. (Thanks. We'll be here all week. Be sure to tip your waitress.) 36 Hours in Syracuse [NYT]
Second prize, of course, is 72 hours in Syracuse. (Thanks. We'll be here all week. Be sure to tip your waitress.) 36 Hours in Syracuse [NYT]
