If you think the best you can do to alleviate the stress of a cross-country flight is a drink at the Polo Lounge, think again. Hotels are going out of their way to make your airport experience smoother, instead of waiting to coddle you once you arrive on their premises. “We try to be a concierge at the airport and make their lives a bit easier whether they’re coming off an hour flight or a 14-hour flight,” James Bardolf of the Peninsula Beverly Hills told the New York Times. His role as “airport concierge” means he’ll greet you at LAX with anything you need, and for a $100 fee, he and his staff will speed your departure by getting you through security fast, securing your access to airport lounges, and getting your seats upgraded. Other hotels are offering similar services, so read on for the full list:

CNN had the experts weigh in on the body scanning debate over the weekend. No, we're not talking about privacy advocates, airport security personnel, or half-naked German pirates. We're talking about those that really know and understand safety and exposure. We are talking, of course, about porn stars.

Airport food isn't up to par on many levels. A recent report by USA Today shows that airport foodstuffs are not just bad in the "tasting good" department, they're not good for you either. With the airlines cutting everything but peanuts and cokes in-flight, and airports cutting the transportation of liquids past security, it's tough to bypass the food vendors in the terminals. However, you just might want to.

Travelocity is sending task forces to airports around the country armed with cell phones and computers to live tweet the hell out of Thanksgiving travels, delays and updates from the front lines. The Travelocity Thanksgiving Task Force is already on the ground, sending tweets from the gates with real time updates and giveaways specific to each airport, and sometimes, terminal. Since it's only Tuesday, and the real mess of a travel day is tomorrow, the tweets are expected to get more fast and furious as the days go on.

It may be satire, but this clip from The Onion about the world's most alienating airport reminds me of a few real life airports (JFK anyone? How about Mexico City?). My favorite part? The guy who gets "liar" written on his hand.

JetBlue has resorted to baseball jerseys to find their latest marketing campaigns. Currently you can take advantage of the "Manny Ramirez" sale which celebrates the baseball star's triumphant acquisition by the Los Angeles Dodgers. Manny, who was wooed with a $45 million two-year contract, is coming to play with the Dodgers fresh from an eight-year stint with the Boston Red Sox. Manny sports the number 99, which is what JetBlue is charging for one-way tickets between Los Angeles the airline's home base of JFK (or LA and Manny's former hometown of Boston). Coincidentally, turns out it's not such a great idea to pack crack cocaine on your flight to Tulsa.

You think you've seen a nice airport you could maybe kill a few hours in? Think again. Budget Travel's Sean O'Neill ended up passing through the Samui, Thailand airport and seeing what looks like the most vacation-oriented travel hub ever.

The folks over at Cathay Pacific are sending out a mea culpa for filming and then posting the hilarious video of the woman having a tantrum after missing her flight. Apparently, she's not too happy that her antics were on display for everyone to see; her YouTube video got over five million hits in the last three weeks. I guess they should have seen that one coming. According to the AP, "the Hong Kong airline said ... the worker who filmed the video has been disciplined but that another person posted the footage on YouTube."

The Stockholm airport is about to launch the first-ever "hostel in a jet" later this week. It's called the Jumbo Hostel. The story goes like this: Rich businessman + airplane fetish = accommodations for 72 just outside the entrance to Swedish hub Arlanda Airport. For around $300 a night, you too can enjoy sleeping inside the renovated Boeing 747; if you're lucky you might score one of the four rooms located in the original engines hanging off the wings.