Eye on Travel

Eye on Travel — London Marriott Hotel Park Lane — November 16, 2019

Locations in this article:  London, England

This week’s broadcast of Eye on Travel broadcasts from the London Marriott Hotel Park Lane. Do you remember Peter’s prediction — made more than six months ago — that the Boeing 737 Max won’t be flying paying passengers before the second quarter of 2020? Listen in to find out what has happened. Peter is joined by The Independent’s Travel Editor Simon Calder, with a report on the world’s longest flight as well as the real impact on travel by the continuing confusion and concerns over Brexit. Costas Christ, Senior Advisor for Sustainable Tourism at National Geographic, with the latest report on the perils of overtourism and what it might mean to your travel plans. Then, in our series of extended conversations with newsmaker CEOs, Hawaiian Airlines President and CEO, Peter Ingram, on the airline’s remarkable on-time performance coming at a time that Hawaiian has had a major expansion of its route network. Plus, what’s that smell? Lance Patterson, CEO of British perfumery icon Penhaligons, speaks about creating scents the old fashioned way for royalty as well as individual hotel guests. There is all of this and more as Eye on Travel comes from the London Marriott Hotel Park Lane in London.

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