(Bloomberg) — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. kicks off the world’s biggest 24-hour shopping binge Wednesday, an annual frenzy of consumption for hundreds of millions that this year will also serve as the best barometer so far of China’s post-pandemic recovery. Singles’ Day debuted in 2009 and has grown over a […]
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In the midst of a massive third wave of coronavirus cases hitting every state in the country, Americans are weighing how to participate in a time-honored tradition: shopping on Black Friday. Last year, shoppers spent $11.6 billion across Thanksgiving Day and the day after. Shopping this year will definitely be […]
Staying in a hotel in Agra, the land of Taj Mahal, is one option but what do you do when you are on a fixed budget or have simply run out of options?! Homestays are the latest concept wherein hosts offer some part of their homes or their other properties […]
TAMPA BAY, FL — Tampa Bay is now under a tropical storm watch after Tropical Storm Eta’s track shifted significantly to the east. Tropical storm conditions, with sustained winds of 39 to 73 mph, are possible in the Tampa Bay area within 48 hours. No evacuations have been ordered at […]
November 10, 2020 | 9:00 a.m. In place of its usual fundraising event, Dream Foundation, this fall, is inviting people to bid, buy and give to help make the final Dreams of terminally ill adults and their families come true as part of Magical Moments, a celebration of Dreams. Magical […]
It’s now been three days since the Trump Four Seasons (no, not that one) news conference, and we’re still not over it. A refresher: On Saturday, when Joe Biden was projected the election winner and became president-elect, President Donald Trump tweeted that his team would be holding a “big” news […]
On a clear, hot September afternoon in West Philadelphia’s Mantua neighborhood, Omar Tate, a 34-year-old chef, is walking through a grassy, vacant lot a block from home, talking about planting seeds. Behind Tate, the fractured wooden frame of an abandoned house bulges from its backside like a broken spine. “I […]
Gleneagles is among the UK hotels launching ‘at home’ products (Gleneagles) Staycations have reigned supreme in 2020, with many of us finding comfort in precious holidays and mini breaks across the UK in a challenging year. With lockdown restrictions forcing hotels to close their doors once more, many properties are […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — These days, it seems like everyone is using some form of virtual meeting platform. The impression we make on video calls either enhances or negates our in-person chemistry and charm. So we’d better make our video image and brand memorable—in a good way! […]
For years, it was openly acknowledged that hospitality simply lagged behind all other industries when it came to technology. Yes, the Internet profoundly disrupted and changed the distribution system. But too often, these hospitality technology changes were forced on hoteliers as opposed to being championed from within. Recent evolution in […]
Welcome to the new new normal Good morning! With the presidential election more or less wrapped up, you would think news would be a little slower, but the opposite is true. Brands, for the most part, have awoken from their politics-induced naps. General Motors, Ford, Fiat Chrysler, Toyota and […]
I have always hankered after a four-poster bed: designer Matilda Goad has one in her new bedroom – a £150 eBay find that she customised by painting rings with leftover paint and adding handmade Volga linen curtains around the frame (volgalinen.co.uk). Without waiting for the perfect vintage find to crop […]
Books about Trump translated in Vietnamese on sale at a shop in Hanoi. Photo: Michael Tatarski While governments around the world have congratulated Joe Biden on his victory in the U.S. presidential election last week, Vietnam’s leaders have yet to even comment on the topic. The most recent tweet from […]
Bowyn Morgan will miss Christmas with his partner and three kids after fighting Tim Tszyu in Sydney due to New Zealand’s strict COVID-19 quarantine measures. Morgan, 31, will fight Tszyu on December 16, before flying home for a mandatory two-week hotel quarantine. If he leaves the day after the fight, the […]
Andrew Dalton, Ap Entertainment Writer Updated 1:11 am EST, Tuesday, November 10, 2020 FILE – In this Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, file photo, singer Britney Spears makes an appearance in front of the Park MGM hotel-casino in Las Vegas. Spears wants to be freed from her father. In a recent series […]
(Want to get this newsletter in your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. The Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, backed President Trump in his refusal to concede. In his first comments since Joe Biden was declared the winner, the top Republican in Congress declined to recognize […]
SIR David Attenborough was reportedly ‘furious’ to find out he’dbeen mixed up in a cannabis oil scam. The beloved Our Planet presenter, 94, was alerted to a fake ad using his name and image by a fan, who had bought CBD oil from its Facebook page and been overcharged. 2 […]
The garage-band-style event for Trump’s failed reelection campaign is, naturally, drawing mockery as a symbolic end — in a parking lot, between a sex shop and crematorium. By Natalie Daher Published on 11/9/2020 at 6:27 PM Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, speaks […]
James Randi James Randi Educational Foundation/Wikipedia James “the Amazing” Randi was a magician, an atheist, a showman, a skeptic, a mentor, a curmudgeon, a teacher, and a friend, and now he is dead. No one needs to wish him a peaceful rest. He’s not in heaven, or hell, or anywhere […]
According to the Inquirer, the neighborhood has become a tourist attraction, with people stopping by to take photo-ops outside the buildings and phone lines ringing off the hook. As of yet, the newspaper reported, there’s been little actual new business. A 78-year-old employee of the sex shop told one reporter […]
© choongky/shutterstock Enclosed outdoor dining structures are raising concerns for some health experts The rise of enclosed outdoor dining in a time of rising coronavirus cases is worrying health experts Across the city, enclosed structures are going up in front of restaurants, along sidewalks, or on streets that have been […]
A new tour soaks up the inextricably linked cultures of Oman and Zanzibar It’s a hot, sticky afternoon and I’m lost among Stone Town’s maze of narrow streets and tall, mildewed houses steeped in stories of the past. But this is a place where you should get lost, where you […]