It’s the old story, Pumpkins: a man notices something amiss with his genitalia mid-flight and insists a flight attendant examine it. Like we haven’t seen that one before! Nice try, M. Cote. Passengers can be so demanding. The PVR-YUL…
How’s your moral turpitude, Pumpkins? Wait…don’t Google it, I already did. The U.S. coined this gem of a legal term for “conduct that is considered contrary to community standards of justice.â€Â Oh my nerves! And, that’s just one of…
TUI admits it is basing its latest pricing strategy on the oldest profession. And yes, this time I do mean prostitution. Managing Director Dermot Blastland has openly stated that he is impressed with the ability of flesh-floggers to charge what the…
The travel biz gets enough black eyes without us giving ourselves one. (I did that once – walked right into my fist. Never saw it coming. That Pedro mixes a mean martini.) This week, we in travel really messed ourselves.…
The gliding! The jumping! The swerving! No – I’m not talking about Virtue & Moir’s gold medal ice dancing – I’m referring to an even better performance: the phone call from RIU to Thomas Cook. “Honest, this hurts us more…
Chains and consortia are collecting more agencies than Tiger Woods’ has cocktail waitresses. [And BTW, he’s holding a private little conference today for select press at a Florida golf club to ‘apologize’. Did he have sex with them too?] …
Ooooh. Isn’t it thrilling! I never took us meek Canadians as the aggressive types – but boy, are we flexing our alpha muscle now. Lack of use my have left it a little limp, but make no mistake, the theme…
My weekly slag column has been discovered! Yes, Pumpkins, after years of helping the Canadian travel industry wrench its head out of its navel –Â god knows some folks would suffocate without me — I am being exported. American trade…
The rumour mill is grinding up kernels of innuendo into a fine powdery flour. Time for some fluff cake, Pumpkins. Water cooler chatter about Thomas Cook is taking over the titillation over Signature’s sex life. I’ve heard they’re buying…
Stevie, baby, it’s all wrong. You’re messing with travel here, Harpy boy. Nobody cancels March Break. I mean, cyclones, plagues, revolutions, monetary collapses, Lindsay Lohan, we get those. We’ve dealt with worse. But getting your jollies by playing chicken with…
