Donnerstag, 9. Dezember 2004

Couture Chunks. Apparently a row has broken out between BA and Virgin now that Virgin has begun flights to Sydney with a promise to undercut BA's fares. Virgin took off on its inaugural flight with a stock of specially designed "ethnic" airsick bags, mocking the disasterous BA plane branding exercise of 1997. Virgin seems to have taken a rather disturbing interest lately in the regurgitation of its passengers; the airline recently agreed to print the best 20 designs of the annual Design for Chunks airsick bags competition on its in-flight sickbags. A gallery of the winners is online. [Wanda Lust] 12:10:43 AM    comment []

The Portofino Club. The Portofino Club, is a private luxury residence club, which offer access to a collection of million-dollar homes in 17 vacation destinations from Venice, Italy to Vail, Colorado.  The homes have amenities such as daily housekeeping and state-of-the art electronics.  Members pay a deposit and annual fees and are entitled t o 42 days of use each year without additional charge.  In advance of each visit, the member receives an information packet detailing local attractions and services and the member services staff makes arrangements for event reservations, and bar and kitchen stocking.  The Portofino Club is offering 500,000 airline miles as a bonus to new members who join before the end of the year. [Luxist] 12:05:43 AM    comment []