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Aviation and Airport Transformation Through Technology
A few months ago, I listened in on a Stanford-IATA Aviation Strategy Program webcast of the future of airport from a operations and business model perspective, as well as the airport transformation through technology – Strategy Execution for the Air Transport Industry. If you’re not already signed up to receive webcast offerings from Stanford’s Continuing Education Program, you…
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Talking Airports with Aviation Queen Benét
Today tripchi is honored to speak with the Aviation Queen herself, Benét J. Wilson Benét J. Wilson is an aviation/travel freelance journalist who currently serves as the Air Travel Expert for About.com. She has also written for publications and blogs including Cranky Flier, ACI-NA Centerlines, Aviation International News,Airport World and the Airline Passenger Experience magazine.…
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Airport Easter 2014
Happy airport Easter! We at tripchi hope that all of our readers had a great Easter. We sincerely hope you didn’t have to spend some or all of it stuck at an airport. But, in the case you did, we heard that there were some pretty cool airport Easter happenings going on.
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Passport Kiosks Employed by US Airports to Decrease Wait Times
Have you ever returned from a long business trip or gone on holiday to a tropical paradise and been greeted with a massive line at customs? All you want to do is grab your bags and be on your way. We all wish it could be that simple but in the US and many other…
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Denver International Airport Experience, Direct to Boston Logan
Background/Tickets A few days ago (April 11, 2014), I traveled back to Boston Logan (BOS) from Denver International Airport (DEN) after two successful weeks with my product team in Denver. Besides spending time in Denver, I escaped to Colorado Springs for the weekend to attend the Broadmoor Jazz Festival, hosted by legendary guitarist Earl Klugh.…
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My Favorite Airport, with Sonar Travel
For today’s blog on favorite airports, tripchi caught up with Sonar Travel’s owner, Sonia Frieder. Sonia Frieder is the owner of Sonar Travel and writer of The Sonar Ping blog. She believes we should stop planning and start enjoying our precious vacation time…and airports! Are you thinking about traveling but dread the travel planning process?…
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Dubai International Airport Review
In this blog Seth Bailey aka the BackRowFlier reviews his recent trip through Dubai International Airport. His primary observation is how DXB incorporates the Airports 2.0 mentality. The diversity of restaurants and shopping outlets illustrate Dubai’s intense focus on consumerism. The layout of the terminal increase the shopping mall feel with shops and restaurants centrally…
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Limping & Wheeling Through Denver, and Back to Boston
As I mentioned in my last blog, I arrived in Denver a few weeks ago, just a few days fresh from ankle surgery in Boston. After a pleasant journey and flight with United Airlines, and gate to taxi wheelchair service from the kind folks at Denver International Airport, and after a pleasant ride with an…
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Limping & Wheeling Through Boston Logan and Denver International Airports
The sad truth is that, even in this day and age, it’s hard for disabled people to travel. I recently had ankle surgery to stimulate tissue regrowth in an 8mm “hole” in my ankle (talus chondroplasty), where bone and cartilage should have been. The surgery went fine – the challenge began once the surgery was…