Way out: Quarantine policies are changing quickly (Simon Calder) Another leading online travel agent has quit Abta, the travel association, in a row over refunds for customers affected by government travel changes. Love Holidays has followed On the Beach in resigning from the leading travel trade association. Both are unhappy […]
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It’s hard to find an industry that hasn’t been majorly affected by the coronavirus pandemic, but arguably travel, hospitality, and retail have been hit hardest. As businesses across the country grapple with the painful reality of the COVID retail landscape, many are being forced to make difficult changes. Recently, iconic […]
Photo credit: Getty Images From Esquire Chances are you have a mate who carries a vintage camera at all times. Spends each weekend wandering aimlessly around the Barbican, photographing leaves and balconies. Would defend their Instagram ‘aesthetic’ with their lives, if it came down to it. Still, what an Instagram […]
New-build homes at a Redrow housing development in Arborfield near Reading, England. Photo: Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images Here are the top business, market, and economic stories you should be watching today in the UK, Europe, and abroad: House builder’s profit slumps House builder Redrow (RDW.L) saw its profits slump […]
The company is currently only selling holidays to beach resort destinations with no quarantine or FCO restrictions – Getty Thomas Cook has risen from the ashes of its collapse last year, and recommenced selling holidays as an online-only travel company. Relaunching today, Thomas Cook will sell holidays via its website […]
Amazon is making a foray into the luxury shopping segment with the rollout of its new exclusive Luxury Stores app in a move to attract more shoppers. Amazon’s (AMZN) Luxury Stores will offer established and emerging luxury fashion and beauty brands. The e-commerce giant said that the new luxury fashion […]
Learning a new business skill is an excellent way to break into an industry, make yourself more attractive to employers or earn more money and responsibility in your current career. But between work, family and life, the thought of spending years in a classroom can be overwhelming. Fortunately, you don’t […]
BEIJING (Reuters) – The chairman of cash-strapped HNA Group has been barred from taking flights and high-speed trains and going on vacations due to the Chinese conglomerate’s failure to pay a court-ordered $5,300 in a lawsuit, a court document showed. The once high-flying company, which owns Hainan Airlines <600221.SS>, is […]
This has been anything but a normal year, but when I first saw the lightning strikes, I thought, even for 2020, this is crazy. Waking me from sleep in my San Francisco home, forks of lightning lit up the pitch-black sky at a terrifying frequency and with deafening roars. It was beautiful. […]
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Getty Images Boris Johnson will face a grilling from senior MPs amid a warning that the “failure” of the test and trace system is placing “huge pressure” on the health service. As the system struggles to cope with soaring demand, people have been turning up to accident and emergency to […]
Prince William and Kate took part in their first joint engagements since their summer break, donning masks and practicing social distancing in East London. The couple visited an iconic East London bagel shop at the end of a day of engagements in the capital, where they dropped into a job […]
We all have our methods of coping with stressful times: confiding in our closest friends and family members, going on a five-mile run, wine. For lots of folks, yoga might also rank high on the list of first-line defenses. As we continue to spend more time at home, taking time […]
By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) – Travel restrictions and a shift to online learning has dramatically cut the number of international students expected to attend Canadian universities and colleges this fall, and the decline will ripple through Canada’s labor market. New study permits for foreign students issued by Canada fell […]
Stein Mart is closing at the Brookfield Fashion Center mall at 16720 W. Blue Mound Road in Brookfield, where several businesses are in the process of closing their doors or have closed. Department stores and many mall-based specialty retailers have closed stores, laid off workers and declared bankruptcy since the […]
Mom, entrepreneur, author, philanthropist, host and Real Housewives of Potomac star Monique Samuels is an absolute delight. I mean, I only spoke with her on the phone for about fifteen minutes but it was enough to tell that she’s whip-smart, witty, wise and open — so open, in fact, that […]
Venice at sunrise (istock) The list of countries that Britons can travel to without having to quarantine for 14 days on return is sadly diminishing week by week. The latest to go is the Portuguese mainland. As of 12 September, England and Northern Ireland followed Scotland and Wales in removing […]
TipRanks Oppenheimer: 3 Stocks That Could Surge Over 100% From Current Levels So far, September has been a wild ride of ups and downs. Following the recent bout of volatility, stocks have ticked higher again. But as uncertainty regarding another rescue program and the presidential election continues to linger, where […]
Photo credit: Stephane Cardinale From ELLE Giorgio Armani has always had a singular vision. Back in late February when cases of COVID-19 were beginning to rise in Italy, the designer made a snap decision to stage a virtual presentation. Here, as part of ELLE’s look at the future of fashion, […]
On March 26, as South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that he was closing the country’s borders and shutting down tourism to help curb the spread of COVID-19, Kayla Wilkens thought of only one thing: How was she going to feed the elephants? Wilkens, the general manager of the privately-owned […]
Coronavirus There is considerable debate about the long-term impact of Covid-19 on the economy. Many people have argued that the coronavirus will dramatically accelerate ongoing shifts in the economy (such as the shift from bricks-and-mortar retail to e-commerce), or that it will create new trends entirely (such as permanent shifts […]
Wuhan – HECTOR RETAMAL /AFP China’s economic recovery reached new heights as retail sales rose above 2019 levels last month for the first time this year. Shoppers’ enthusiasm pushed sales up by 0.5pc compared with August of last year, though this is not yet enough to make up for lost […]