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Although Uber gets most of the headlines, there is a giant bear that dominates the car sharing business in China called Didi Chuxing.  Apple recently invested a billion dollars into the company and now Uber has bought a share of the competitor too. Their president is a woman named Jean […]

One of the joys of publishing is to look back on stories from long ago that still resonate with me as a traveler, and bring me back memories of the writer who wrote the story. One of my fondest friends I met along my GoNOMAD road was our Senior Travel […]

After my duties were completed at the 2016 World Travel Market in London, I boarded a high-speed train at Statford International to join some friends in Sussex, directly south of London.  I learned that in the small village where Cindy-Lou and Jonathan live, Lydd,  a particularly famous musician makes frequent […]

In China, there are more than 300 million smokers. Even with smoking in the US and most other countries down dramatically, China remains a bastion of ashtray users. Or not. These Sino-smokers consume a staggering 2.5 trillion cigarettes every year. That’s with a “T” not a “B!” An article in last […]

Another busy day of World Travel Market and I chatted up many Americans, Canadians and Brits as well as representatives from dozens of countries around the world.  I am trying NOT to think about what just happened in the US last night, as I bet many of my friends here […]

I flew to London on Sunday night and made my way via numerous trains, tubes and busses to 75 Sark Walk, my Airbnb home for the next few nights as I tackle the impressive World Travel Market here, held every year at the Excel Center in London’s Docklands. I’ve seen […]

I’m in a pumped up mood today, as the clock ticks down until my departure for JFK airport for a night flight to London for World Travel Market at the Excel Center.  Every time I am about to fly I get that little nervous tick, and as I secure my […]

I’ve discovered Malcolm Gladwell’s fine new podcast, called Revisionist History, and have been enjoying his prescient observations and occasional outrage.  The first episode I listened to was about a radical approach to shooting foul shots in basketball that actually increased the percentage of successful baskets, but that most players shunned. […]

I see my cancer doc, Sean Mullally, every six months.  Ever since October 2014, when I felt a lump in my groin, I’ve had to become familiar with the lingo and procedures of cancer.  Something nobody wants to do.   But at the time I got my diagnosis, which is […]

Sometimes I feel like a grouchy old man.  I guess I have to admit at some point that I’m old….hey I just celebrated my 58th birthday last weekend. So today, like the true old grouch that I am, I felt terrific when I heard a tow truck across the street […]