Travel Tattler

Travel Writer Michael Patrick Shiels has journeyed to more than 35 countries and countless tourist destinations studying travel industry methods and trends. At TravelTattler.com, he reveals tourism's successes...and failures. Shiels, a widely published author, has collaborated on titles with Larry King, Donald Trump, Emmy Award-winning golf commentator Ben Wright, golf architect Arthur Hills, and wrote a "For Dummies" book.

Dome in Detroit: Legislative Laughs and Insider Tales from the Legislative Leadership Conference

I met the most important man in the city of Detroit last week…and his name is Curtis.

Curtis wasn’t elected to office or appointed to a board or hired to run a big corporation. He is, rather, a self-appointed, very effective ambassador for Michigan’s biggest city. Curtis is a parking valet/bellhop at the Atheneum Suite Hotel in the city’s Greektown area.

A Delta pilot uses Flight Weather Viewer turbulence app. (Photo Courtesy by Delta News Hub)

“Magical.” Travel on the Roads and in the Skies Unveiled in Recent Expo Shows

Imagine, in your travels, driving through a grimy industrial area and, with a voice command, your video-enabled windshield puts you, visually, in a more pleasing mountainside setting. Automotive journalist Paul Eisenstein, of TheDetroitBureau.com, learned of that technology, and more, at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Cars, electric or otherwise, have more gadgets than gears these days.