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G. Rhodes
Mar 27, 20216 min read
My Best Boeing Afternoon
With a free afternoon after a series of business meetings in Seattle, I did what any self respecting aviation enthusiast would do. I...
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G. Rhodes
Mar 20, 20215 min read
More Billions in Bailouts but What Lies Ahead?
US airlines need help and the Federal Government has responded. Uncle Sam has stepped in on several occasions handing out barrels of cash...
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G. Rhodes
Mar 13, 20215 min read
The Emerald City Shines
Business took me to Seattle just a few years ago with a 2-day itinerary which included enough free time to enjoy the best the area had to...
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G. Rhodes
Mar 6, 20216 min read
Hotel Industry Recap
The hotel industry, like other travel sectors, has been hard hit by the pandemic with a 2020 survey by the American Hotel & Lodging...
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G. Rhodes
Feb 27, 20216 min read
Swayed by "The Windy City"
I’ve had the good fortune to visit Chicago for business on many occasions and have always been impressed by the city’s vitality and...
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G. Rhodes
Feb 20, 20215 min read
Will Vaccines be Required for Cruising?
Just about every travel sector has collapsed during this raging coronavirus pandemic and like air carriers, the cruise lines have been...
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G. Rhodes
Feb 13, 20216 min read
A Wonderful Week Abroad
Several years ago, my wife and I enjoyed an anniversary trip to London and Paris - two of the world’s greatest cities. I’m not going to...
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G. Rhodes
Feb 6, 20216 min read
The Future of Travel
What will the future of travel look like? I don’t mean a resumption of the status quo post-pandemic. I’m thinking about how we might...
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G. Rhodes
Jan 30, 20216 min read
Thumbs Up for Cathay Pacific First Class
Our father-son trip to Asia had to end sometime. So after busy and fun-filled visits to Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City and Hong Kong, it was...
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G. Rhodes
Jan 23, 20216 min read
Into the Sunset: The Story of Continental Airlines
Some of us can remember a time when any number of US airlines graced the skies, both near and far. Most dated back to the early days of...
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G. Rhodes
Jan 16, 20217 min read
Pearl of the Orient
After a great visit to Ho Chi Minh City, my son and I left the Sheraton Towers for yet another hair-raising taxi ride back to the Tan Son...
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G. Rhodes
Jan 9, 20215 min read
Will Proof of Vaccination be Needed to Travel?
With both the Pfizer-BioNtech and Moderna coronavirus vaccines granted FDA Emergency Use Authorization, the United States had initially...
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G. Rhodes
Jan 2, 20215 min read
Sights of Saigon
After a ride from the Ho Chi Minh Airport we wouldn’t soon forget, my son and I checked into the Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers. This...
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G. Rhodes
Dec 26, 20205 min read
Flight to Nowhere?
Several international carriers have come up with a novel approach to keep some planes in the sky while satisfying the wanderlust of...
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G. Rhodes
Dec 19, 20206 min read
Heading to Ho Chi Minh City
My son and I bid farewell to the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel after our three-night stay in Bangkok and took the hotel car to the...
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G. Rhodes
Dec 12, 20205 min read
Airlines Poised to Distribute Vaccine
The COVID-19 vaccine trial results have been promising and the United Kingdom became the first nation in the world to begin vaccinating...
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G. Rhodes
Dec 5, 20206 min read
Temples and Tuk Tuks
My son and I enjoyed a restful night’s sleep at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel in Bangkok after our 24-hour journey to the Thai capital....
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G. Rhodes
Nov 28, 20206 min read
The Max is Back
Last week, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) cleared Boeing’s troubled 737 Max to fly again. The approval came in a signed...
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G. Rhodes
Nov 21, 20206 min read
We're Off to Asia
One evening at dinner, my youngest son and I started discussing Southeast Asia and since he’d never traveled there before, an idea began...
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G. Rhodes
Nov 14, 20205 min read
Airlines Need Some Good News
The world welcomed good news from Pfizer and their German partner BioNTech earlier this week in the fight against the coronavirus. The...
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