# **Amsterdam Airport: The Gateway to the World’s Best Vacation (and Chaos)** If you’ve been online recently, you’ve probably seen Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) trending for all the right—and sometimes wrong—reasons. Whether it’s viral videos of travelers navigating its labyrinthine design or stories of unexpected adventures, AMS has become more than just a transit hub;…
**Title: “Up in the Air: Why Airports Are the New Global Hotspots (And Not Just for Layovers)”** Alright, listen up, jet-setters and armchair travelers alike! Airports are having a moment, and no, it’s not just because your Aunt Karen finally figured out how to check in online. From viral dance challenges to unexpected romantic encounters,…
From the rooftop bar of the W in Bangkok, where the skyline looks like a hedge fund’s screensaver, an Italian fashion buyer swipes her American Express Platinum to settle a tab that could finance a small coup in the Sahel. Halfway across the planet, somewhere above Greenland, a Norwegian consultant uses the same card to…
Jets Gipson: One Man’s Layover in the Age of Perpetual Turbulence by Dave’s Foreign Correspondent at Large ZURICH—At 06:17 CET, somewhere between the espresso machine and the duty-free Toblerone, a traveler named Jets Gipson became an unwilling global metaphor. His name ping-ponged from Jakarta timelines to Lagos group chats, translated into Cyrillic hashtags and mangled…
