Recently I organized a small employee caravan of about 20 employees to join me on a magical journey to the enchanted land of the pharaohs.

We arrived in Cairo about midday and were welcomed by the locals with delightful smiles and friendly salutations. Our hotel was about an hour away from the airport, but right across the street from the pyramids (Sofitel Le Sphinx, check it out!).

The sight-seeing itinerary included a tour of the Pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx, Egyptian Antiquities Museum and Bazaar, and a Nile dinner cruise (plus some local party spots, oohhh, and let me not forget an unexpected visit to THE Papyrus Musuem, lol).

My favorite site was the Antiquities Museum; talk about awe and wonder! My favorite exhibit was the royal regalia of King Tut. Umm, if you think BLING is a recent trend in fashion, think again, it’s been around for a couple thousand years atleast!

King Tut had some amazing solid gold belts, bracelets, necklaces, head pieces, and even finger and toe sleeves, speckled with semi-precious stones.

If you have an adventurous spirit or an appetite for some fascinating history, definitely mark Egypt as your next, must-see location.

Jacob

P.S. And if you’re a party-goer, check out the Nile Hilton. They have an amazing, open roof-top club that makes for a surreal party scene.

It’s summer, and when I am traveling on those long, hot days, a margarita sure would hit the spot! Luckily for me, starting this month, Delta is now featuring Herradura tequila onboard!

Today Tequila Herradura, one of the oldest and most storied tequila brands since 1870, announced its partnership with Delta Air Lines to offer the signature Herradura Silver Margarita to passengers traveling on all Delta flights worldwide.

Recently, my coworker Jonathan and I visited Mexico City, and had several occasions to try some tasty Tequila Herradura in its native land, sometimes in margaritas, and sometimes on its own. Also while we were there, we visited a local silver shop, Alameda park, the Pyramids at Teotihuacan, the Zocalo, and the Palacio de Bellas Artes. And of course, we stopped into the bars at the Hotel Maria Cristina and at the top of the Torre Latinoamericana for refreshing breaks (read: tequila) from sightseeing.

We’ve captured all this and more on our travel guide. Take a look!

Mexico City is a fun place with lots of great food to taste and sights to see. Of course, there are also beverages to imbibe! And when you go, now you can give your taste buds a little tequila practice before you land.

Frank
Manager
Customer Insights & Analytics

Viva la France! It was a great day for Salt Lake City and Delta when the first transatlantic flight to Paris launched last week. It was over 2 years in the planning but state, city and county officials along with the business community came together to bring Europe a little closer to Utah.

The festivities started with the arrival flight from Paris. The airport officials graciously offered to meet the flight with a water cannon salute and a police escort to the Delta gate – it was quite a site for the media to cover this historic event from the tarmac. Upon arrival at the gate, the customers were greeted by Utah volunteers who provided them with a gift bag commemorating the inaugural flight. The customers were completely shocked by the enormous crowd outside the customs area when they arrived!

On the other side of the gate, the activities for the departing flight were in full swing. The Paris Restaurant in SLC provided yummy French cuisine including chocolate truffles that were to die for!!! The local Delta airport staff served the crowd of several hundred people. Janet Todd, a local musician, serenaded the crowd with her French accordion music.

All the local politicians were in attendance for the ribbon cutting ceremony – a last minute change to a meeting allowed Governor Jon Huntsman, SLC Mayor Ralph Becker and Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Caroon to be present at the gate to help cut the inaugural ribbon along with the Delta flight crew.

The customers were interviewed by the local media and some of the great stories included a gentleman who was traveling to Paris to meet his internet girlfriend, winners of radio promotions who had never been out of the country and a local SLC resident was traveling to Bristol, England via Paris which reduced his normal travel time by 5 hours.

It was a great day for the airport as well. Brett Rydault, Delta’s station manager, organized pizza parties for the Delta employees to celebrate. I was fortunate enough to be on the inaugural flight to Paris. It was one of the more memorable experiences I’ve had in my 17 years with Delta. As the Delta airport staff gathered on the tarmac to wave goodbye, the water cannon salute bid the flight “bon voyage”!

Julie

Marketing Manager

Delta Air Lines