Ultimate airport souvenir: $200,000 bottle of gin

I don't know about you, but I'm pretty sure this would take MY martinis up a notch....

A unique bottle of gin that was unveiled for sale at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) last week. The bottle is Bacardi’s Bombay Sapphire Revelation, a remarkable $200,000 decanter of super premium gin.

Read all about it in Harriet Baskas' Stuck at the Airport blog:

http://stuckattheairport.com/2010/10/26/ultimate-airport-souvenir-200000-bottle-of-gin/

Airport's school tour is a soaring success

Richmond students among the first to get look behind the scenes

by Alan Campbell

The Future Lands Here

Vancouver International Airport's 2010 School Tour Program - The Future Lands Here - has launched.

Visit the YVR Connections blog to meet Elettra Communications' Siva Sivarajan, Heather Chang, and Emily Williamson, who will be guiding more than 2,700 Lower Mainland school children through tours of the airport this autumn.

Collector Takes Home $34,000 Souvenir from YVR

Last week a rare bottle of Rémy Martin Louis XIII Black Pearl cognac was sold at the Aldeasa Duty Free store in the International Terminal of Vancouver International Airport (YVR). The bottle of Remy Martin cognac sold for $34,000 to a couple who were on their return home to Mainland China.

Anthony Gismondi writes about the significance of the sale in the Vancouver Sun.

WE ASKED YOU: What’s your favourite Olympic memory?

The Province
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Susan Lazaruk, Staff Reporter


MR. MOOSE, Canada:
“The closing ceremony, where I was the star. And it was nice to see so many moose antlers in the crowd.”

Vancouver's airport in midst of mass exodus

The Westwind Choir entertains travellers at YVR on March 1. They even serenaded John Furlong with a spirited version of O Canada.

The Big Olympic Goodbye

Our Living Statues and fabulous face painter, Fanny Starchild, and put smiles on departing passengers' faces at YVR this week.

Quatchi & Miga visit YVR

Elettra Event Coordinator, Desiree Mamisao, hangs out with Quatchi and Miga at YVR.

YVR Arrivals

Elettra's Kelly Aldinger and Kelly Farrell work with Canadian media hoping to get shots of Canada's Luge Team.

YVR Gets Its Game Face On

Elettra's in-terminal entertainment program gets a shout-out in this MSNBC roundup of how YVR is getting ready to welcome the world to Vancouver.

2010 Hour Olympic Countdown

Elettra's Stephanie Miles (far right) & Kelly Aldinger (second from left) celebrate the 2010 Hour Olympic Countdown at YVR with Trevor Linden and the YVR Communications team.

Airport plans - CBC

Kirk Williams reports on Vancouver International Airport's plans for the Olympics.