American Way 'Rings the Dinner Bell' in Kansas City, Offering Samples of the City's Best BBQ for Area Travelers
16 May 2009 - 1:52AM
PR Newswire (US)
Local Restaurants Receive High Praise and Distinctions in Latest
Issue FORT WORTH, Texas, May 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American
Way, the award-winning inflight magazine of American Airlines,
celebrates the renowned barbecue that has made Kansas City, Mo.,
famous by bringing a taste of the city to travelers at Kansas City
International Airport (MCI). The publication today hosts an event
at MCI offering travelers samples of barbecue featured in the May
15 issue - hitting all American Airlines and American Eagle
seatback pockets today. "At American Way, we know you can't visit
Kansas City without sampling the food that the city is most
recognized for - outstanding barbecue," said Adam Pitluk, Executive
Editor - American Way magazine. "With our new issue, which
highlights so many of the great barbecue restaurants in the city,
we thought we should make sure that anyone traveling into or out of
Kansas City today has the opportunity to sample some of our
favorite barbecue from around town. And, we thought it was a good
idea to give our customers some free food." Some of the
publication's favorites featured at today's MCI barbecue event
include Gates Bar-B-Q, Arthur Bryant's Barbeque, Fiorella's Jack
Stack Barbecue, and Oklahoma Joe's Barbecue and Catering. Travelers
also have the chance to win 50,000 American Airlines AAdvantage
miles by visiting http://www.americanwaymag.com/ and sharing their
comments about the promotion. About American Way magazine American
Way magazine is published on the 1st and the 15th of each month by
Fort Worth-based American Airlines Publishing. The only inflight
magazine to be published twice a month, American Way magazine is on
board all American Airlines, American Eagle and
AmericanConnection(R) flights. For more information, visit
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in 40 countries with, on average, more than 3,400 daily flights.
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information and travel offers. American Airlines is a founding
member of the oneworld(R) Alliance, which brings together some of
the best and biggest names in the airline business, enabling them
to offer their customers more services and benefits than any
airline can provide on its own. Together, its members serve nearly
700 destinations in over 140 countries and territories. American
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