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Profile: Julie Sturgeon is an Indiana-based writer with more than 20 years of professional writing experience. Her résumé covers everything from lifestyle reporter to sports writer. Currently, you’ll find her byline in Fast Casual, QSR, Instore Shopper, and Bankrate.com. Her awards include first place in the Writer’s Digest magazine national feature contest and a regional award from the American Society of Business Publication Editors for best special section. When she’s not researching and writing, you’ll likely find her on the road — she thinks nothing of driving her Miata from Hollywood, Florida, to Indianapolis in one day by herself. So it was a natural for Sturgeon and her husband to start a travel agency as a second business – Curing Cold Feet is a home-based venture with Montrose Travel.
Posts by: Julie Sturgeon
Avis Budget Group Announces Fees for No-Show Rentals
Nov 05, 2009; 1 CommentAvis now tries harder to get a commitment Rental car company Avis Budget Group has found a way to make money off deadbeats in North America, South America, Australia and New Zealand. By December 15, 2009, it should be all systems go to begin charging... Read more »
Oasis of the Seas Sees Slow Booking Trends
Nov 03, 2009; 2 CommentsRichard Fain, chairman and CEO, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. officially takes ownership of Oasis of the Seas . The hype has been enormous — seminars touting the retractable roofs, interior balconies, ziplining, aqua theater, an elevator bar and a promenade... Read more »
TSA Video Exonerates Agency in Blog Post Accusing It of Taking Baby
Oct 19, 2009; 2 CommentsWhen Nic posted her My Bottle’s Up rant on October 16, allegedly detailing how TSA agents separated her from her child at Atlanta’s security checkpoint, the tale garnered plenty of sympathy and outrage, mainly from mothers who know what it’s... Read more »
Airlines Center Attention on Bathroom in 2009
Oct 19, 2009; No CommentThis year has been in the crapper for the airlines. Every few months, the hot story making its way around the blogs and online news media commentary tends to be about that closet bathroom in the back of airplanes. In February, the uproar centered on Ryanair’s... Read more »
Holiday Travel Budgets Expected to Decline
Oct 15, 2009; 3 CommentsThanksgiving travel to decrease When it comes to going over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house for Thanksgiving, roughly 19 percent of last year’s travelers are rethinking that journey this November 24. But that’s... Read more »
Airlines Eye Free Wi-Fi for Travelers
Oct 12, 2009; No CommentWi-fi around the world It should serve as the death knell for Internet connection charges in upscale hotels. The pressure started with budget hotels tossing in free wi-fi connections along with their breakfast buffets. Then restaurants followed until... Read more »
Who Replaces Clear Airport Security Service Remains Unclear
Oct 08, 2009; No CommentFuture of registered travelers is unclear Want to know whether the idea of paying to pre-clear frequent travelers’ trips through airport security is a great business idea? Launch it, file for bankruptcy, and watch the feeding frenzy for your company.... Read more »
American Airlines Teams Up with The Next Iron Chef
Oct 05, 2009; 1 CommentFrom borscht to travel bucks As recession conditions linger, the travel industry continues to seek out ways to reach, and excite, its audience into parting with discretionary dollars. American Airlines thinks food could be that special ingredient. Through... Read more »
Can Restaurants Save New York City or Las Vegas Economies?
Oct 01, 2009; No CommentThe Old Guard is in trouble when it comes to making a living on the New York City restaurant scene. Tavern on the Green declared bankruptcy in September, not even two weeks after Café des Artistes closed its doors. The owners said after 92 years in the... Read more »
Helena, Montana Finds Airport Security Efficiency
Sep 28, 2009; No CommentPhilip Bowman, chief executive of Smiths Group in London, has begun publicly complaining about the long security lines at European airports he frequents. In a speech in Brussels last week, he told his audience, “Sometimes I wonder whether the same energy... Read more »
