Thank you for returning to Executive Nomad. Wondering why don't we feature reviews of the sites we recommend? Find Out.. If you haven't already, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feedYou are rushing through SFO on your way to catch a flight back east or perhaps farther west to the Far East and you...

I have to admit to being a pioneer in the field of virtual wine tastings, having held one about three years ago. It was mostly an excuse to drink wine but I still like to give it the label of “noble experiment.” That was a Webinar but things have evolved. Tonight at 8, Elizabeth Eisenbeis...

Here’s a great site we found by way of Johnny Jet’s Travel Blog: Wakerupper. It’s a Web-based service through which you can place a (free) wake up call to any phone in North America. Say goodbye to kludgy hotel clock radios (that only seem to get more complicated over time) or the front...

On of my favorite alternatives to the hotel gym when I’m on a business trip is renting a bicycle. I’ve ridden along the lakefront in Chicago, through the busy streets of Amsterdam and Munich and, most recently, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco to Sausalito. I shot the photo...

Three Hyatt hotels in Boston have fired all of their housekeepers and have outsourced the duties to a Georgia firm. Unconfirmed reports reported by the Boston Globe suggest that the new housekeepers will be paid about half the hourly rate and will receive none of the benefits received by the current...

We don’t often run memorial tributes on Executive Nomad but the song Leaving on a Jet Plane is about as close as we get to a business travel anthem. With that, we mark the passing of singer Mary Travers (who certainly did her share of “business trips” while on tour) with sadness, gratitude,...

I was in San Francisco on business earlier this week. It is truly one of my favorite destinations and I’m always happy whether in the city for business or pleasure. I was facilitating the BeDo Intra 09 conference held at the Fort Mason Center so I found myself staying in the Fisherman’s...