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Coming Soon to Cardiff: Airport Photo Shoots

Cardiff International Airport is looking to sex up its name. After all, when Liverpool changed its old name ("Speke") to something more flashy ("John Lennon"), it saw a jump in passenger numbers. (Though we've gotta wonder if it's really due to the name--or an expansion finished in 2002 that drew a number of new LCCs.)

High in the running at Cardiff, it seems, is "Gavin & Stacey," after the title of a BBC cult comedy shot in Wales. Other names under consideration are Dame Shirley Bassey, who did three James Bond theme songs, and Catherine Zeta-Jones, who was born in Swansea, Wales.

But not everyone at the airport thinks slapping a celeb's name on the terminal is a good idea. Says one local:

I would like to see the late Richard Burton or Roald Dahl be considered. I hope they don't succumb to the current celebrity-craved popcorn culture and choose someone like Zeta-Jones or Shirley Bassey.

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· Gavin & Stacey Airport on the Way? [Metro UK, via]
· Toursim Board Travel: Happy Birthday Liverpool [Jaunted]
· Liverpool's Big Year of Culture [Jaunted]

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