Showing posts with label Heathrow Airport. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Heathrow Airport. Show all posts

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Thank you British Airways!

I'll end the chronicle of this adventure with a toast to British Airways for making it all possible. Going home meant two more 11-hour flights, from Male to London Gatwick, then a bus transfer and overnight hotel before catching another long flight from Heathrow to Los Angeles. Both times I had a very civilized flight in World Traveler Plus. A kind manager even let me use the club lounge and the nice folks at the Sheraton Heathrow credited me for the prepaid night that I missed. BA's Terminal 5 is a city unto itself, and filled with random touches like a full-size horse lamp!I'm living proof that being face-to-face can seal a deal that wouldn't happen otherwise. Thank you British Airways!

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Welcome to London

The Face to Face group got the royal welcome at Heathrow Airport, the celebrity treatment through immigration and customs, and a buffet breakfast at the Radisson Edwardian while waiting a few hours for our rooms to be ready. There's free wifi in the drawing room! My room is finally ready, but the networking continues tonight at a Business Opportunity dinner forum... then it's on to the city to see if I can make a few new contacts.