It may have slipped under the radar with all the GameStop mishigas this week, but a member of Congress also offered up a concise look at the Republican Party’s present and future. It was not Marjorie Taylor Greene, who it turns out is not just QAnon-curious but also espoused the […]
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If you had to pick any place in America to own a condo, you could do much worse than Breckenridge, Colo. The ski resort town at the base of the Rockies has a population under 5,000 and a median income of around $86,500. A four-bedroom condo in this snowy aerie […]
(Courtesy of J Camps, LLC ) We may still be in the middle of winter, but it’s not too early for parents to start planning for their children’s’ summer break, and where or even if to send them for a camp program. And while few would call 2020’s summer camp […]
Netflix, Amazon, Spotify and Barbie – just some of the brands that witnessed a Covid-19 boost in 2020. Though the 62-year-old doll might appear out of place on a list dominated by tech giants, sales of the figure surged 29% in the most recent quarter according to parent firm Mattel, […]
Every January, huge crowds descend on Las Vegas for the CES gadget show, an extravaganza of tech and glitz intended to set the tone for the coming year in consumer technology. CES kicks off this week, but thanks to the pandemic, it will be in a radical new format — […]
Among the company’s notable accomplishments, Tesla extended the range of this year’s Model Y to more than 400 miles per charge — that’s a 20-percent improvement over the 2019 model — as well as increasing its acceleration and lowering its price. Tesla also began delivering its new Model Y in […]
(Bloomberg) — Global merger and acquisition activity clawed its way back from near-decade lows in 2020, facing down the Covid-19 pandemic with a string of large transactions in the second half of the year that dealmakers hope will continue. Deal volumes are now down about 6% for the year to […]
By Michelle Conlin PHOENIX, Ariz. (Reuters) – Nadeen Bender stood outside her home, a tattered two-man tent, surrounded by the re-purposed Amazon Prime boxes she uses to store her life’s belongings. One by one, she checked the cartons to make sure nothing had been stolen in the night. When asked […]
Digital gift cards make shopping easy and can be personalized with holiday themes SEATTLE, Dec. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — This holiday season, cruise fans can buy their favorite traveler the perfect gift of future cruise travel with a Holland America Line gift card. Cruising will return in 2021, and gift cards can be […]
Will you be able to celebrate the holidays while enjoying a margarita on a cruise? It looks unlikely. Many cruise companies, including Florida-based Carnival Corp., Royal Caribbean Group, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings and Disney Cruise Line, have continued to cancel trips as they work toward the Centers for Disease Control […]
Los Angeles — After LeBron James emerged from the longest season in NBA history with a fourth championship ring, he returned home and planned the first Christmas family vacation of his adult life. That’s when James learned that his 17th NBA offseason would be unprecedentedly short. After LeBron James emerged […]
Will you get a good deal? Perhaps. Screenshot by ZDNet On the more turgid days, I practice booking flights. I go through all the motions of booking a trip to Lisbon in April, only to stop myself just in time. Who knows what the world will look like then? Who […]
In a two-part series, KPBS reporter John Carroll examines how some of the park’s cherished institutions are holding up during the pandemic. Photo by John Carroll Above: The International Lawn at Balboa Park’s International Cottages is shown on Dec. 1, 2020. Balboa Park is many things. Among them, the jewel […]
Archaeologists from the future have sent a backpack of clues back to present-day New Haven. They need our help solving an outdoor puzzle. If you solve the challenges laid out below by the end of this article, it will reveal to you the secrets behind a new brain-crunching, pandemic-safe way […]
In a year marked by COVID-19, renewed calls for racial justice, a contentious presidential election, and an active wildfire and hurricane season, Penn experts share what’s needed to make urban areas more resilient to future crises. Credit: Eric Sucar When COVID-19 brought cities across the world to a halt this […]
What can travel companies and destinations do to ensure a more sustainable future for the tourism industry? John Pagano CEO, The Red Sea Development Company The travel industry is a critically important part of the world’s economy. The sector provides jobs for nearly 300 million people, supports well over a […]
Mytheresa is going public. Or at least that seems to be its intention after its Netherlands-based parent company said this week that it had filed paperwork for a proposed initial public offering with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. According to market reports, Mytheresa aims to IPO in early 2021 […]
About 2,000 Miami students participate in study abroad programs every year, according to Miami’s Education Abroad website. But, given the current circumstances, traveling to other countries has all but halted. This fall semester, Miami students were only able to travel to Miami’s sister campus in Luxembourg, and in the spring, […]
A LUXURY yacht has been given an all over solar panel design to make it eco-friendly. The 60 Sunreef Power Eco yacht also has an electric engine and could be the future of environmentally friendly sea travel for those willing to splash out on a catamaran. 6 The design looks […]
CLOSE Autoplay Show Thumbnails Show Captions Last SlideNext Slide Fort Myers officials want to study whether City of Palm Parks could be turned into an amateur multi-sports complex. Lee County, which owns the the former spring training home of the Boston Red Sox, is set to demolish the 27-year-old park before turning […]
Thought 2020 had run out of surprises? Try this contender for the least likely news to finish the year in travel: a new airline. As the aviation industry struggles to remain afloat, with airlines hemorrhaging money left right and center, it came as a surprise to see the “launch” of […]
Although it may be a while before travelers experience the world as freely as they did pre-Coronavirus (COVID-19), our recent research shows that there is still a big appetite for traveling with 65% of global travelers excited about the possibilities that traveling presents once all restrictions are lifted and it […]