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- Inside the world's top airline headquarters
- Bangkok's Batcat Museum: 50,000 pieces of toy history
- People on planes do the weirdest things
- Insider Guide: Best of Toronto
| Inside the world's top airline headquarters Posted: 14 Oct 2012 08:18 PM PDT The best airline headquarters aren't just a place to go to work, they are microcosms for everyone that's involved in the nitty-gritty of air travel, from the CEO to the guy who holds those paddle boards on the runway. Here are some of the world's most complete airline-headquarters-slash-mini-cities. Cathay Pacific City: Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong
The 72,000-square-meter mini city, which includes a hotel, health club, museum, flight training center and three office towers, as well as retail shops and a food court, opened in 1998. Among the exhibits in the small history museum, which is tucked above the food court and not open to the public, are vintage arrival and departure boards, newspaper clippings from the airline's early days and flight attendant uniforms from past decades. read more     |
| Bangkok's Batcat Museum: 50,000 pieces of toy history Posted: 14 Oct 2012 02:05 PM PDT For anyone over 30, it's a bit of a disappointment to head into any big chain toy store nowadays. Cheaply manufactured gizmos, designed to appeal to the broadest demographic, line the shelves and you have to search high and low for anything unique or special. What happened to the cool toys of our youth? Well, it turns out a lot of them have ended up in Bangkok's Batcat Toy Museum. What began as a hobby for 39-year old Somchay Nitimongkolchai has morphed into an epic display of toys, figurines, costumes, masks, collectibles and life-sized maquettes covering two floors. read more    |
| People on planes do the weirdest things Posted: 14 Oct 2012 11:00 AM PDT Stick a sane person in a padded room for long enough and he or she will eventually go a little mad. The same appears to hold for air travel. Put someone on a plane and the strange sensation of flying through the sky seems to make us behave oddly -- suddenly the normal rules of acceptable behavior are sucked down the pan, along with all that startling blue liquid. Witness the recent event in the United States when a pilot had a breakdown mid-flight. But it's not just crew that can be affected -- passengers crammed into a claustrophobic metal tube with two or three hundred others are also vulnerable to odd deeds. read more    |
| Insider Guide: Best of Toronto Posted: 14 Oct 2012 09:20 AM PDT Toronto would be just another dot on the map of the United States had Canadian, British and First Nations warriors not banded together to beat the Americans and win the War of 1812. Two centuries later, the city once known as York is the biggest in Canada and one of the most multicultural in North America, home to 2.5 million people (5.5 million in the Greater Toronto Area, or GTA) of more than 200 distinct ethnic origins. Other Canadians often mock Torontonians for their center-of-the-universe attitude, but top dogs are always targets for those with bones to pick. This city is the country's economic and social powerhouse. Once ruled by Victorian and Protestant morality, it has matured over the past few decades into a truly international destination, with a vibrant bar, restaurant and club scene, not to mention world-class sports teams and arts institutions. Toronto the Good, as it was once called (and sometimes is still called in jest), isn't afraid to show its bad side -- or any of its sides. read more    |
Sitting at the gates of Cathay Pacific City is a replica of the airline's historical second aircraft.This multi-million dollar complex, housing Cathay Pacific's 3,000-plus staff, is a free shuttle bus ride away from Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok International Airport.| You are subscribed to email updates from CNNGo.com To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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