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  • #41 - Travel news and a whole lot of TBEX
    This week's guest is Kim Mance of Galavanting.TV and Travel Blog Exchange.

    This Week's News

        * And the world’s top airline is …
        * Ryanair Fined 3 Million Euros for Abandoning Passengers
        * Gun Taken From Suicidal JetBlue Pilot in Crew Lounge
        * Holiday Inn to test smartphone as hotel-room key; some guests prefer to skip front desk
        * TBEX Talk

          Picks of the Week

        * Jen - California parks have campsites available
        * Gary - MotionX-GPS HD
        * Chris - Foursquare
        * Kim - TBEX Lounge

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    1 hr 3 min
  • #40 - Bangkok is Burning
    Guests are Greg Jourgenson of Bangkok Podcast and Kevin May of Tnooz.com

    This Week's News

        * Violence in Bangkok @vaitor @legalnomads
        * High Court blocks strike by British Airways cabin crews
        * More Volcano News
        * Apple travel app in the future?
        * Google might buy ITA
        * Tnooz.com

          Picks of the Week
              o Chris - Tuscony augmented reality
              o Gary - legalnomads.com, iPad
              o Kevin - Social media in travel

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    1 hr 5 min
  • #39 - The Ugly Girl's Union
    This week's guests are Jessica Spiegel and Spud Hilton

    This Week's News

        * More Ash Clouds
        * British Airlines Strike
        * $10 Jet Blue Flights
        * Portland hosts the SATW Editors Council
        * Continental CEO apologizes for 'ugly girl' comment
        * Accountant becomes first person guilty of posting 'menacing' Twitter message after threat to blow up airport
        * T-Mobile and Orange team up to name company with same name as travel blog

    Picks of the Week

        * Spud - zipcar.com
        * Jessica - http://www.francetravelguide.com/
          http://www.lasvegaslogue.com/
          http://www.spaintravelguide.com/
          http://www.travelgearblog.com/
          http://www.australiablog.com/
          http://www.eyeonitaly.com/podcast/
        * Chris - Getty Museum
        * Jen - StayHip iPhone App
        * Gary - Basque Country

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    1 hr 12 min
  • #38 - "Worst Pick-up Line Ever"
    • This week's guest is Betty from Betty in The Sky With Suitcase.

       

      This Week's News

       

      Arizona Travel Boycott

      Hudson crash raises safety concerns

      Airline investigated after Times Square bomb suspect taken off Emirates plane

      Man sues airline for not looking at his scrotum

      Climbers may be banned from Uluru

      Airline merger between United/Continental

       

      Picks of the Week

       

      Chris - PixPal, QuickPod

      Betty - Airplanes flying on synthetic bio fuel

      Gary - El Prado, Renia Sophia

      Jen - hotel chatter wifi review

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      47 min
    • #36 - Eyjafjallajökull: sounds like its spelled
      show notes

      This Week's Guest Pauline Frommer from Frommers.com WOR710.com Frommers.com/Pauline Bing Travel
      @paulinefrommer

      This Week's News

          * Volcanos are blowing up all over
          * Media and Social Media Coverage
          * KLM Shows How to Use Social Media During Ash crisis, and Air France How Not to
          * Norway's Prime Minister runs country from an iPad
          * Johnny Jet's Volcano Info
          * Year Without a Summer
          * Alaska cuts fees on cruises

      Picks of the Week

          * Gary - Street Food in Bangkok
          * Chris - Blue Mickey Microphone
          * Jen - Google Mobile App
          * Pauline - Guatamala

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      Gary Arndt

      Everything-Everywhere.com - The Internet's most popular travel blog

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      1 hr 5 min
    • #35 - Jen Leo... you are the weakest link
      This Week's Guest is travel blogger Matt Kepnes, aka Nomadic Matt.

      This Week's News

          * Arthur Frommer says "Avoid Thailand"
          * The Jingle of Change in Europe
          * Man falls asleep on Air Canada flight, wakes up on empty plane in a hangar
          * TripAdvisor adds another paid-for service – tourist board pages
          * No lines at Walt Disney World? Theme park tests new 'queue-less' wait system

      Picks of the Week

          * Gary - Sea to Summit
          * Chris - Roku
          * Jen - Secret London
          * Matt - Momondo

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      45 min
    • #34 - Spirit Air and Ryanair compete to suck most

      With guest Sheila Scarborough - Thinking about tourism and the social Web at Sheila's Guide To The Good Stuff (http://www.sheilasguide.com/), BootsnAll Family Travel Guide (http://www.familytravellogue.com/) and Perceptive Travel Blog (http://perceptivetravel.com/)

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      1 hr 4 min
    • #33 - The Victory Lap
      With special guest Robert Reid of the 76 second travel show... oh yeah and he is also the USA Editor of the Lonely Planet

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      1 hr 2 min
    • #32 - This Week in Travel embraces life

      Our special guest Julie Schwietert. Julie is a bilingual writer and editor who's always interested in stories about overlooked people and places--especially when they're in Latin America. She is a contributing writer to Fodor's Puerto Rico and Fodor's Caribbean, and is a writer and the managing editor of MatadorNetwork, the world's largest online travel magazine.

       

      This Weeks News

       

      Google Testing Hotel Prices in Google Maps

      Hotel managers monitor online critiques to improve service

      Travelocity Secret Hotels

      UpTake heads down ultimate travel content aggregation route

      Uptake Travel Gems

      Lindsay Lohan banned from India ?

      Matador U

       

      Picks of the Week

       

      Gary - WP-Super Cache

      Jen - Live Life, Don George's LP Guide to Travel Writing

      Chris - Passport Day, March 28, 2010

      Julie - Flyebaby

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      1 hr 11 min

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