March 27, 2013
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Flatus Me Not

Science has confirmed something we in travel know all too well, Pumpkins. (Besides the fact that a cheap client moves oxygen in reverse proportion to the size of their pants). The new news is that at certain altitudes, humans are…

March 25, 2013
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Who Are You People?

All I can say is it’s a bloody good thing consumers don’t read Open Jaw. If they saw the comments posted on the Red Tag Vacations articles they would never go near a travel agent. Even the dinkettes are…

March 21, 2013
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Painting The Thom Red

My goodness, dahrlings, I don’t know if it’s a sense of relief I feel today at finally knowing Sunquest’s fate – or if I’m just hung over. For the hundreds of Thomas Cook staff who have been sold to the…

March 19, 2013
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Horror At YUL

Fair warning, Pumpkins. A serious situation has developed at YUL. And thank goodness I was there to witness it so you can alert your clients. Rapidair pax at Pierre Elliot Trudeau now have to line up at the leisure…

March 13, 2013
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Blah Blah Blah

Oy. Charlie Brown’s school teacher’s tromboning blah blah blah voice has taken over travel, Pumpkins.  Some of the gobblegook being hatched as business plots seems carefully designed to put us to sleep, dahrlings. Beware. Case in point – Harriet Green…

March 11, 2013
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Have We Come A Long Way, Babies?

Friday was International Women’s Day and I feel just dreadful, Pumpkins, about not having marked the occasion with my scent. I was caught off guard with news of 4 TICO offenders (Everyone really has to stop offending TICO. It’s not…

March 06, 2013
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Calling 911 On The Sand Floor

I get very excited about the idea of an emergency meeting, Pumpkins. All adrenalin and urgency. I love urgency. The only so-called emergency meeting I’m ever asked to is when there are leftover cocktail party bottles: “Hey Ivanna! ‘Emergency’…

March 01, 2013
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Show Me The Pesos!

Hottie Mexican Prez Enrique Peña Nieto (just pronouncing Peña makes my lips do the Mexican Hat Dance) has earmarked almost $300 million for tourism promotion around the world. The announcement came on February 25th. I imagine, dahrlings, that…

February 27, 2013
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Members Have Their Privileges

I’ve never met a member I didn’t like, Pumpkins. Even though Senate members are portrayed as limp picks, the endless Canada wide search for their homes does wonders for travel. Those swollen air bills are probably just enough to cover…

February 22, 2013
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Am I On Drugs?

Somebody should be. Now when your clients fill out their Viagra prescription, dahrlings, they can pick up some travel insurance in the shampoo aisle. Well, that’s not fair — it’s actually sold in the travel section, alongside the Dukoral. In…