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Tag Archives: Journeys
NYT Still Can’t Find 50 People for Its $135K Worldwind Tour
As the hardworking staff noted several months ago, the New York Times Journeys travel agency has faced an uphill battle selling out its Around the World by Private Jet: Cultures in Transformation. Full-page from yesterday’s Times. The 26-day, $135,000 … Continue reading
Rarer Than the Eclipse! Wall Street Journal Runs Ad in NYT!
Here’s something else you’ll see about once every hundreds years: The Wall Street Journal taking out a full-page ad in the Sunday New York Times. The hardsipping staff has no idea how many Times readers will discover the WSJwine … Continue reading
Louis Vuitton’s World Cup Coup
The Most Overpriced Bag in the World is currently running a newspaper ad featuring the Most Overhyped Soccer Players in the World: Excellent! Except Pele is the quintessential has-been, Zinadine Zidane disgraced himself in the 2006 World Cup, and Maradona … Continue reading