October 26, 2012
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Taking Voyeurism To A Whole New Percentage

Well I have heard of high grade perversion, dahrlings, but this next item puts Christian Grey to shame. Tripcentral.ca President Richard Vanderlubbe commissioned an Ipsos Reid poll to get full disclosure on the sex acts of 1,013 Canadian women…

October 24, 2012
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I've Got A Raging Case Of Debate

To GDS, or not to GDS. That is the question. To borrow from Romney’s colourful debating, when it comes to the GDS, Pumpkins, the airlines are like a bunch of bindered women. They are tied up in legacies -…

October 19, 2012
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These Boys Can Hunt!

Those Hunter boys sure aren’t gun-shy, are they Pumpkins? The men who brought the packaged vacation to Bagotville (departures dahrlings, not arrivals) are fast becoming a tour de force in the resort biz. To use a golf analogy, these…

October 16, 2012
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If It's Tuesday This Must Be Vegas

Spare a thought for the suppliers dahrlings, for they have many miles to travel before they sleep. The ragged road warriors who promote their products to Pumpkins are in overdrive this time of year, launching, training, conferencing, presenting, awarding and…

October 12, 2012
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I Didn't See That One Coming

I will admit I did not see Encore coming. WesJet’s naming of the regional by employees could have been a disaster. (It’s a wonder it didn’t end up being called Tweetums or Captain Underpants.) Encore is a sensible, if slightly…

October 10, 2012
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Birds Of A Feather Flock Together

“It takes all kinds,” Mama Gabbalot always said. A good thing too Pumpkins, because her daughter (aka moi) has never been what most people would call normal. In fact, my French teacher frequently referred to me as “bébête.” I thought…

October 04, 2012
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Why Don't We Do It On The Beach?

That Frisky Fabrizio Richard Vanderlubbe has learned something we Jaw-boners have known for a while now. No one cares about industry regulations, agency associations or why airlines and tour ops don’t want to show agents and consumers the total price…

October 02, 2012
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Is That Thing Loaded?

We keep hearing that Brand USA is about to launch its big fat American tourism campaign. (If you have to explain that it’s a brand, you might want to consider a new ad agency… just a thought.) So I had…

September 27, 2012
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Jaw. Jaw. Ooh La La-Ah - This Is A Bad Finance

The more I experience this so-called business, Pumpkins, the louder I want to shout, “My implants for some logic!!” Take the sun suppliers. They’re heavily into trafficking beds for bodies. Shipping out thousands of frozen head of Canadian grade…

September 24, 2012
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I Yam What I Yam

I do enjoy the old “I am what I am” comeback, Pumpkins. It’s a little lame, but very useful when caught with your pants down. My exes would wail, “It can’t be helped, Ivanna! You know what I am!” Poor…