Hong Kong has become a flashpoint in what some see as an emerging cold war between the U.S. and China. Exhibit A is Beijing’s decision to bypass Hong Kong’s legislature and impose new national-security legislation on the city on July 1 to stamp out a yearlong protest movement. Hong Kong’s […]
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Q. My family plans to travel by air for the holidays. COVID considerations make planning much more complex. What advice may BBB provide for travel? A. Thinking about traveling by air for the holiday season? According to data from Airlines for America, airlines in the United States were serving only […]
Share Tweet Share Share Share Print Email Twelve years after the housing and mortgage markets’ collapse threw the United States into financial distress not seen since the Great Depression, market watchers are again on the lookout for a possible new banking crisis spawned by upheaval in the U.S. commercial real […]
Hank Milius Published 11:46 a.m. ET Nov. 12, 2020 Hank Milius (Photo: Photo by Sarah Rudy / Provided) Just recently, I was living in a hotel for a week because my wife, Terri, kicked me out of the house after 40+ years of marriage. Articles don’t usually start this way, but […]
Father is with his young son, it’s Christmas and they enjoy in time together. For many retailers, Black Friday 2020 has already started. There’s no longer a need to fight your way through discount-hungry crowds or wait in overnight lines. Deals have been extended throughout the holiday season — most […]
John Choi, opinion contributor Published 6:01 a.m. MT Nov. 12, 2020 CLOSE Opinion: Large parties at vacation rentals can compromise public health. Here’s what Airbnb is doing to stop them. A new report from Airbnb said guests traveling to Tempe paid $53 a night on average while attending football games at Arizona State […]
CINCINNATI — They’re holding cardboard signs at intersections, making camp under bridge approaches and curling up in doorways to sleep. A growing number of people are homeless and unsheltered in Greater Cincinnati, and advocates and service providers are worried the coronavirus pandemic could make this winter the most difficult in […]
File photo of a tourist resort in Koh Chang, Thailand TripAdvisor has warned about a Thai hotel that made a legal complaint against a customer for negative reviews, resulting in his arrest. Wesley Barnes, who is a US citizen, had posted several reviews which allegedly accused the Sea View Resort […]
This prestigious property for sale is geographically positioned near Poppi’s historic center, one of the most attractive places of the whole Casentino, Tuscany.The property, formerly an old farm estate, recently subject to a total renovation, led by the current owners, has been transformed into a luxury real estate complex.It is […]
Four Seasons Total Landscaping, the Philadelphia business that gained fame after serving as the backdrop of a Trump campaign press conference Saturday, has launched a line of T-shirts and other products with puns based on phrases used by the president. On Sunday, the company released a series of T-shirts, hoodies […]
Mint House CEO Will Lucas. Courtesy Will Lucas Text size Like most of the lodging industry, Mint House—an upscale, tech-driven aparthotel concept with properties in nine U.S. cities including Philadelphia and Miami—was hard hit by 2020’s Covid-19 pandemic. Travel restrictions and lockdowns saw occupancy rates plummet and cancelations rise. During […]
Loaning money to shopkeepers, landlords and hoteliers in places such as Times Square or SoHo used to be considered almost a sure thing. But that was before the contagion emptied New York City’s skyscrapers, hotels, apartment buildings and stores, leading the president of the United States to call it “a […]
On a recent Thursday in Hartford, Conn., Toronto FC goalkeeper Quentin Westberg pondered the dichotomy of wanting to reach MLS Cup on Dec. 12, but also desiring to see his family again. Meanwhile, Jim Liston, the team’s director of sports science, was planning a trip to Lowe’s to buy 15 […]
Tripadvisor is warning potential visitors to a Thai hotel that they could face dire consequences for complaining too harshly about their experience — just like one guest who was thrown in jail over his negative reviews. The travel-review platform slapped a special notice on its listing for the Sea View […]
Make sure to play along with “The Bachelorette” with Kesslers and SportClub’s Bachelorette Fantasy League! A strange sensation fell over me while watching Tayshia’s official start on “The Bachelorette” – one I haven’t felt in a long time and certainly haven’t experienced this season thus far. I felt – and I want […]
Experts predict a mass exodus to the slopes if restrictions in March and April if restrictions allow News that leading tour operators Inghams, Esprit Ski, Ski Total and Flexiski have suspended all December trips came as a harsh reminder of the inevitable impact the coronavirus pandemic will have on the upcoming […]
A blogger who traveled with American Airlines has found the airline’s wheelchair policies confusing and restrictive, but his story has inspired American to take another look at its rules. John Morris, a triple amputee, has traveled to 46 countries in a wheelchair and started the blog Wheelchair Travel, where he shares […]
What a lucky fellow is the Leader of the Opposition, Sir Keir Starmer. The appalling saga of the American presidential election and the twists and turns of the scientific advice on the coronavirus pandemic have taken attention away from the matter of anti-Semitism within the Labour Party during the leadership of […]
TAMPA BAY, FL —Tropical storm warning and storm surge watches have been issued for portions of the west coast of Florida including coastal Citrus, coastal Hernando, coastal Hillsborough, coastal Levy, coastal Manatee, coastal Pasco, coastal Sarasota and Pinellas counties. At 10 p.m., a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration hurricane hunter […]
BANGKOK — The resort hotel in Thailand got its public apology. The unhappy American guest who spent two nights in jail for criticizing the hotel online got his criminal charges dropped. But it was Tripadvisor, the giant online travel review platform, that got the last word. Wesley Barnes, the American […]
It was January 2020 and our 140+ team had just gathered in a large hotel conference room for another one of our bi-annual offsites. Ahead lay the whole day and night of strategic team alignment and most importantly — relationship building. Today, several months and hundreds of Zoom calls later, […]
Just days after soon-to-be-former President Trump seemingly bungled the name of a press conference location in Philadelphia, the company at the center of the controversy is cashing in on its newfound notoriety. Four Seasons Total Landscaping, the groundskeeping company that hosted Trump’s event in its parking lot, has quickly sold […]