When burnout hits, even the most robust business traveller needs an emergency pitstop. Frequent flyer Max Levene shares tips to his favourite city for beating the blues, Chicago.

Is Chennai the Miami of the future? After a hedonistic fortnight of combining business travel with birthday celebrations, frequent flyer Max Levene finds these distant cities aren't as disparate as they seem.

Sometimes your limo won't turn up, your favourite room may not be available and, horror of horrors, you might not get an aisle seat. Stop whingeing, says Max Levene. The secret to a happy life on the road is going with the flow

Conducting business in New York has sparked a love affair with the city for frequent flyer Max Levene. Could this be the business traveller's dream destination?

What happened to the glamour of transatlantic air travel?, asks frequent flyer Max Levene. And as budget airlines muscle in on longhaul routes, how long will it be before your boss demands that you fly Zoom or Ryanair to New York?

Poor you, just back from holiday and straight back to work. If that's your atitude you should count your blessings, says frequent flyer Max Levene. Get yourself a 'holiday strategy' - management speak for five breaks a year - and banish those post-holiday blues

Frequent flyer Max Levene grapples with being 'out of office' but not quite 'out of mind' and ponders the merits of a city ratings system. Should Lisbon be a tier one, two or three?

'Go to Asia,' says frequent flyer Max Levene. It might seem bewildering to a first time visitor but its business energy and excitement will leave you inspired.

In his latest installment, frequent flyer Max Levene takes time-out in Germany where he dispels po-faced stereotypes with a peek at what's chic, fashionable and fun.

In his latest dispatch, frequent flyer Max Levene opens his little black book to reveal the best hotels for discerning business travellers.

In the second instalment of a new fortnightly diary, frequent flyer Max Levene reflects on what home means to the serial business traveller.

In the first instalment of a new fortnightly diary, frequent flyer Max Levene reports on a high life of hedonism and heavy industry.