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Dancemob Takes Over Lisbon’s Airport
To end 2009 with a festive heart, here’s a wonderful little video of what can happen in the most utilitarian of spaces if creative people want it bad enough.
Employees of Portugal’s national carrier, TAP Portugal and the Portuguese Airport Authority gave a little back to their customers this Christmas holiday in the way of irreverent and lighthearted entertainment.
Not every multi-stop itinerary can be as smooth as a peanut butter sandwich. With airlines having uncompromising schedules and the world simply being an imperfect place, your weary butt sometimes will get caught in the middle of a long layover. It’s a fact of travel life. Since airports are not always known for their scintillating entertainment, what you do can turn that shockingly long wait from excruciating to exceptional.
Here are some suggestions on how to make the most of your itinerary hiccup:
It’s official: People don’t like Heathrow. In a poll of nearly 15,000 subscribers to Priority Pass, the leading independent airport lounge program, London’s Heathrow Airport came in at the bottom of their Sept 2009 survey of world airports.
The unmitigated hate is likely stemming from last year’s T5 opening, commonly known as a debacle, where people missed flights, lost luggage and simply sat around complaining about everything.
Commenting on the survey results, Jonathan French, the head of Priority Pass said: “The travelers who took part in this survey took almost 250,000 flights between them over the last year, and that means they know a thing or two about airports.
“Sadly, Heathrow remains firmly entrenched as the airport the world loves to hate.”
Back in June, Skytrax, the web’s most noted airline rating service, released their list of the top 10 best airports in the world. Since every round-the-world or multi-stop trip could at least come close to landing at or departing from one of these places, it may be worth your while to take a gander at the list. It way even be worth a small detour on your itinerary to check them out! You never know, a sweet spa treatment or shopping find may be in the cards before your next flight.
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