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BY ROBERT FINE, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTRAL OKANAGAN REGIONAL DISTRICT
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rior to travelling, many a passenger will hit the web to search for hotels, places to go in their destination city and how to get from their destination airport to their selected hotel. But dig a little deeper and one can find lists…and plenty of them as they relate to the total travel experience.
Want to find the best and worst airports to sleep in try
www.sleepinginairports. net. For sixteen years, the group has surveyed travellers on the hot spots to sleep overnight. Based on Comfort (seats without armrest and non- metallic), Cleanliness (we’re talking bathrooms) and Customer Service (Wi-Fi). Some 18,190 survey respondents put Vancouver and Toronto into the top 10 in the world (YVR, Vancouver was cited for its “armrest free seating free Wi-Fi, and admiring the airside aboriginal art and 30,000-gallon aquarium… (with) quiet spots existing in both airside and landside.”
Singapore Changi Airport (SIN) was cited as best in the World location with one traveller quoted as saying “I slept for 12 hours without realizing that I am
in the airport. I woke up with a blanket around me.” The worst – Rome’s Fiumicino (FCO) where dirty toilets, “run-down atmosphere”, uncomfortable seating and expensive food options as reasons they would not want to spend a lot of time in this airport. For the overnight sleeper, you will have to find comfort on the floor.”
And speaking of dirty, researchers at MIT have identified the US airports most responsible for the spread of pandemics. The study used a mathematical model to understand how the top airports around the country influence how contagious diseases move around the country. The model used factors such as individual travel patterns, waiting times at airports and the location of the airport geographically. The worst spots to get sick: New York City’s JFK, and Honolulu International Airport (HNL) - which are said to be the primary culprits in spreading disease.
Have a layover and seeking the best airport to hang around in? Why not try Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) sited as on the best. The second- busiest passenger terminal has the usual collection of luxury and duty-free
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shopping, but most impressive Sky City Nine Eagles Golf Course, a full 9-hole regulation golf course that’s even open for nighttime golfing. There’s iSports, a sports simulator, where you can play basketball, soccer and auto racing and how about a 3D IMAX movie theatre. And finally what about a list of the best airlines seats based on width and legroom. World Business Traveller published their annual survey and found Air Canada as the second best in the world for width (they did drop to 16th for legroom) only surpassed by Emirates Airlines. The worst seats? Iberia and Ryan Air.
So before you travel know you have lots of research options on where to fly, where to kill time, where to sleep, where to get more legroom. The lists go on and they do.
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