This Week in Travel #74 – Chester A. Arthur’s Pants

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This week’s guest are:

David Farley, author of An Irreverent Curiosity

Robert Reid of the BBC (Lonely Planet) and ReidOnTravel.com

This week’s news

• BBC to buy out Lonely Planet
• Color-coded threat system to be replaced in April
• Delta Offers Owner of Dead Kitten $50
• Egyptian Baby Girl Named ‘Facebook’ After Revolution
• Nile cruises to resume
• Qantas CEO blames Twitter for share price collapse, forgets own errors
• More hotels go completely smoke-free
• Lightning Strikes Two Jet Blue Planes

Picks of the week

• Gary – AAdvantage Elite Status Challenge
• Chris – CabCorner.com
• Jen – Virgin America is opening in Chicago
• David – NYT Travel Show Panel Discussion on Blogging and Social MediaRestless Legs reading series, Lolita Bar
• Robert – Chester A Arthur Statue, Madison Square, New York – (76-Second Travel Show: ‘President’s pants-shaped sandwich’)