Podcast #26 - Business Travel Among Vacationers; Explosion of Elites

December 20th, 2005

Recorded in the bathroom of the Philadelphia Marriott, this week’s podcast comes at the end of my last flight of the year — a triangulation across Boston, Providence, RI, and Philadelphia. A light schedule let me catch a good lunch and dinner in Philadelphia. A weekend ski trip to Denver prompts thoughts on the disconnect between business travelers and resort hotels, and the increased number of non-frequent elite status travelers. Here’s a direct link to the podcast file.

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Here are the show notes from TravelCommons podcast #26:

Intro music — Warmth by Makkina

Recorded in the bathroom of the Philadelphia Marriott

Quick 3-day triangulation through the northeast — Boston, Providence, and Philadelphia — before settling in back home for the Christmas holidays

Get a great Hertz rental car — an Infiniti G35 — and smoke the drive from Boston to Providence

Had time for a couple of great solo meals in Philadelphia — lunch at a counter in the Reading Terminal Market and dinner at the sushi bar in Morimoto

Direct Link to a picture of Tommy Dinic’s lunch counter at the Reading Terminal Market

Bridge music — iTunes link to Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes by Jimmy Buffett

The challenges of staying in a resort location while on business travel

Bridge Music — iTunes link to Brass in Pocket by The Pretenders

Predictions of growth in the numbers of elite status travelers

Many of these new elites are qualifying through non-flying programs

Closing music —
iTunes link to Ramblin’ Man by the Allman Brothers Band

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2 Responses

1. Udayan Says:
   May 21st, 2006 at 2:01 pm

   This is messed up! I reviewed the show in iTunes on the 11th of December, all praises of course but the bone I have to pick it with iTunes, they took down my review. That makes no sense to me whatsoever. Anyway, loved 26, hope your Christmas was wonderful! Udayan.

2. Anonymous Says:
   May 21st, 2006 at 2:02 pm

   … the bone I have to pick IS (not it) with iTunes …
   Ironic that the next sentence says Makes no sense to me whatsoever.