Subject:
Mainstream Media coverage - Conde Nast Traveller
Date:
24 Jul 1998 20:02:54 EDT
From:
mcm.no-spam@dont-junk-mail-to.inorbit.com (Mark Mercer)
Organization:
personal
Newsgroups:
comp.software.year-2000
I get this glossy travel mag, so that I can think about vacations I don't have
the time or money to take! Well, it looks like they are now including coverage
of Club Dead package tours:
August 1998 edition (just got to subscribers today, newstands soon)
On their "Stop Press" section in the front of the book. This is where they have
often strong reporting on the "dark side" of travel, including safety issues.
Lead story in the section - the cover section:
"Ghost in the Machine - Big plans for New Year's Eve 1999? Cross your fingers:
The 'millennium bug' may keep you grounded."
Pretty good discussion, in a "balanced" sort of style (flame-on, Paul) about how
the FAA says they'll make it - but how the FAA is often late on their projects.
Also information on how the UK's modernization program won't be ready by 1-1-
2000, and how Latin America, Africa, and the former USSR are paying little
attention to Y2k issues since their ATC is already messed up.
Nothing we don't already know here in csy2k. But another, very visible
mainstream media article. Mostly travel-oriented, of course, but a sidebar
mentions ATMs, credit cards, building elevators, etc.
Definitely enough to get the leisure class "thinking".
Not on their web page yet, and I don't think they post full text online,
but it may show up shortly. Their site:
travel.epicurious.com
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