August 12, 2015
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Is There A Face On Board?

Emirates just announced that Jennifer Aniston is to be their ‘face’. I would have picked a better body part, Pumpkins. Airlines have had many mascots over the years, but never a chin. (Apparently Reese Witherspoon’s was unavailable for a mere…

August 06, 2015
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I'm Banning Together

Goodness, Pumpkins. I just read that in memory of a dear old lion the airlines have decided to ban together and ban trophy wives! Hear! Hear! Those women have caused more trouble than a camcorder at a hospitality suite and…

July 30, 2015
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Maybe There’s Something To All This Dreary Data

In the time it takes for a corporate air travel RFP to grind its way through the machine, a human life can be conceived (34 seconds), gestated (40 weeks) and delivered! That’s way too freakin’ long pumpkins. But, that’s what…

July 27, 2015
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I’m Having Sober 2nd Thoughts

As a travel industry doyenne for more years than my fake ID would suggest, I’m no stranger to the distilled essence of the grape, the cactus or the humble potato. I’ve boarded planes vibrating on vodka, wobbling from Wabo and…

July 20, 2015
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The a, b, c’s Of Little Letter Branding

Lower case is so hot right now, dahrlings. i love it. It’s so … alphabet. Whether it’s CARNIVAL CORP’S fathom or AIR CANADA’s rouge, today’s branding is all about what your letters say about you.  We are meant to ask…

July 14, 2015
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It’s All About Selling Yourself

A man I much admire, and that I’ve never met in the flesh is rather unusual for me, Pumpkins, because it’s difficult to size up a man – I mean, his character – unless you’ve actually met his flesh. In…

July 07, 2015
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A Selfie Ban? I’m All A Twitter!

Kid me not, Pumpkins. Have the gods of narcissism looked upon this land and said “though shalt not selfie”? Am I to no longer be subjected to obscenely disfigured poses of self-indulgent twits showing the world what they ate, where…

July 02, 2015
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Prank Calls Are For Kids

My neighbour’s kids keep calling to ask if my fridge is running. I always fall for it, Pumpkins. Mostly because I hate warm vodka. They snort with giggles when they get to drop the ‘go catch it’ bombshell. Ah, good…

June 23, 2015
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It’s Unfathomable

We in travel will leave no stone unturned if there’s money hidden in the grime, dahrlings. The last frontier – altruism – is primed and pumped for dispensing cash. The new fathom cruise ship is being touted as a ‘social…

June 16, 2015
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Carry On! It’s OK. Really.

As all good citizens of the airline world, IATA could not resist the tug of the lug. The tow of the tote. The lure of luggage. The trap of the sack. You get my drift, dahrlings. Yes, Pumpkins, the baggage…