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Bin Laden death potentially has ripple effect on business travel
(Portfolio.com)

What should business travelers expect in the near term now that U.S. forces have killed Osama bin Laden? At least for now, proceed with extreme caution.

My 10 to see in Los Angeles
(Delta Sky Magazine)

When I travel, I like to explore, study and experience. I want to eat at the mom and pop pizza joint. I want to belly up to the bar at a legendary dive. I want to see a local band play right before its big break. This is my case study of life. As I mentioned in my last entry (did you read it? If not, you should. It’s funny), my job is not all work and no play. Our April cover shoot required that I be in LA for nearly a week, which gave me ample time to explore—don’t tell my boss. So, I employed a few friends and my Google maps a la iPhone, and we went exploring, LA style. Here’s my top 10…

Richard Simmons pledges to ‘get you fit to fly’
(MSNBC)

Air New Zealand is enlisting the help of fitness celebrity Richard Simmons to get air travelers to pay attention to the in-flight safety briefing.  Read more…

Lessons from luxury travel
(Chief Executive magazine)

There’s really only one word to describe Machu Picchu, and Ingram Chodorow uses it as he steps off a bus having just toured the Inca empire’s ruins. “Spectacular,” he says. “Just spectacular.” But that’s not the only thing he had on his mind that day. He was also thinking about distribution. Chodorow is the chairman, president and CEO of Placontrol Inc. of San Diego, Calif., a private company he founded to promote his invention, the Plackers tooth flosser-the horseshoe- shaped device with a string for flossing one’s teeth that has been widely imitated.  Read more…