Musings from the tailor shop

Fire!

Travel tip: Request the seventh floor or lower in a hotel for fire safety. Unless you're obsessed with a view (and plan to spend enough time in your hotel room to enjoy it), ask for a room on a lower floor of your hotel. Fire truck ladders generally reach 100 feet,...

Fix the Wi-Fi – The Rally Cry for Better Hotel Internet

Hotel Wi-Fi has become a flash point with business travelers (and all guests, really). It’s expected to be free and it’s expected to work. The fact that this so often is not the case is puzzling...and frustrating. Marketing guru and entrepreneur Seth Godin posted this...

My Favorite Seat Innovation

Airplane seat design is finally getting some out-of-the-box thinking. I don’t mean flatter lie-flat seats; I mean completely re-imagining coach seats so they are more passenger-friendly, versatile and light-weight. Unfortunately, much of this is speculative thinking,...