Eye on Travel – Hampton Inn Old Street in London – November 16, 2024 – Peter Greenberg Travel Detective

This week’s broadcast of Eye on Travel is from London and the Hampton Inn, on Old Street. I have the very latest, as Spirit Airlines prepares to file for bankruptcy protection. The sad situation in Haiti, as three U.S. airline flights take gunfire over Port Au Prince, the airport shuts down and the FAA bans all US flights to the island nation — and where airspace around the world is also closed. National Geographic’s Annie Fitzsimmons on her new book, 100 Hotels of a Lifetime. Then, Hilton’s Jess Petitt on some fascinating travel trends — from how people prefer to sleep in hotels to the Taylor Swift Effect to “hurkle-durkling.” Nicola Butler, Founder of Noteworthy and all things UK, on the hot new travel experiences in 2025. A conversation with Mike Gathright, Senior Vice President of Customer Excellence and Innovation at Hilton, about Hilton’s new app designed to help visually impaired guests. And finally, a discussion about hotel breakfasts, with Chris Smith, the Hampton’s “Waffle Boss,” with a few surprises. There’s all this and more on this week’s Eye on Travel from the Hampton Inn on Old Street in London.