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Exciting 2026 Additions to Fine Hotels + Resorts® and The Hotel Collection | American Express Travel®
30 Sep 2026
Amex Travel™ has expanded its global hotel programs, adding more than 350 premium hotels with benefits for Platinum Card® Members.
Stay like Royalty at These Castle and Palace Hotels | American Express Travel®
30 Sep 2026
When staying at a luxury hotel, you tend to expect the royal treatment. When that hotel is a centuries-old palace or turreted medieval castle, you can count on it.
American Express Travel FAQ | Travel Planning & More
29 Sep 2026
Travel questions and answers to popular questions asked by card members.
Don’t Sleep on These 17 Hotel Breakfasts | American Express Travel®
31 Aug 2026
At these Fine Hotels + Resorts®* properties, Platinum Card® Members who book through Amex Travel™ can wake up to a memorable meal while taking advantage of complimentary daily breakfast for two.
Great Places to See Fall Foliage in the US | American Express Travel®
27 Aug 2026
Pack for sweater weather and enjoy all the fall things with a rewarding stay at these countryside properties, and enjoy a hotel stay with elevated benefits when booking through American Express Travel® with an eligible Card.
These Private Villas Offer Unique Group Stays For Any Occasion | American Express Travel®
27 Aug 2026
Enjoy rewarding hotel benefits along with plenty of space to socialize, celebrate, or relax when you book these private villas and residences through Amex Travel™ with your Platinum Card®.
College Town Getaways That Make the Grade | American Express Travel®
27 Aug 2026
Discover nine vibrant college towns across the U.S. and explore standout stays, local dining, and cultural attractions. Eligible Card Members enjoy valuable benefits when booking Fine Hotels + Resorts
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Typewriters, the office machines that preceded computers
By Kiron Kasbekar | 10 Apr 2025
You see office tables today equipped with desktop computers or laptops. But think of the 1970s, and what would you have been seeing?
Wishful thinking about cars
By Kiron Kasbekar | 05 Apr 2025
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The history of safety glass
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Mar 2025
You probably already knew that the world’s VIPs move around in cars with bullet-proof glass windscreen and windows. But did you know that ‘bulletproof glass’ is not really bulletproof?
German silver: used in cutlery, music, electricals - but it’s not silver
By Kiron Kasbekar | 20 Mar 2025
This material, which was first developed in China, not Germany, and is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, has lost its sheen in home uses, but finds favor in electrical engineering.
Pioneers – the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss launched the aircraft industry
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
First Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their plane, the ‘Wright Flyer’, from near a small town called Kitty Hawk. Then Glenn Curtiss built planes with a very different system of controls, which has lasted until now.
What do aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
From chains and sprockets to direct drives—If someone asked you what aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles, how would you respond?
Radar’s ancestors: From sound mirrors to modern detection technology
By Kiron Kasbekar | 11 Mar 2025
Radar has become a well-settled technology today, especially in the field of navigation.
Nokia Bell Labs: innovations in communication, computing, technology
By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
Bell Laboratories, or Bell labs, which has now become Nokia Bell Labs, is one of the most renowned research and development organizations in the history of science and technology.
Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
