Should hotels charge for swimming pools?

And what can airlines learn from the latest hospitality pricing trend?

Konichiwa! I went big in Japan and just got back from taking my Mum on a sake-sippin’, bullet-train-zippin’ tour of the Asian powerhouse. Which is why you have not heard from me for a few weeks. Normal service now resumes, with more mind-stretching original airline analysis flying into your Inbox soon.

The mysterious islands of Japan lie at the opposite …