Tech companies promising to automate old industries are still getting big investment deals in 2025. Klook, which is modernizing the historically low-tech sector of ticketed experiences, just landed its second large fundraise in the past 18 months. And RoomPriceGenie, despite having several notable competitors, raised $75 million to help hotels automate pricing — an area […]
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President Trump has started his term threatening tariffs on several key trading partners. A 25% duty on imports of aluminum and steel is due to come into effect March 12 and there’s a potential trade war looming with Canada, the top source of inbound travel to the U.S. The thinking is that tariffs will make
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Accor’s chief executive said on Thursday that the group scrapped plans to open two hotels on the Greek island of Mykonos because of water shortages and the risks from fire hazards . During the company’s earning’s call, CEO Sébastien Bazin said that the rising climate risks forced Accor to cancel the planned Raffles and Fairmont
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Travel companies have been using artificial intelligence for years, but the emergence of generative AI — which gives it the ability to create text, images, audio and video — opened the door wide open to a range of new possibilities. More than two years later after the public launch of ChatGPT, the vision is still
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Ed Martin, the acting U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, revealed he has opened inquiries into public statements of Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader in the U.S. Senate, according to an internal memo to federal prosecutors in Washington. The inquiry will also review a public statement made by Rep. Robert Garcia, a
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Seattle isn’t the first destination to come to mind when considering British Airways’ transatlantic network. For example, the carrier offers up to 10 flights a day from London to New York, and that’s before partner options with American Airlines are considered. BA’s more modest twice-daily service to Seattle might lack the near-hourly peak frequency of
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Washington — Dozens of lawsuits have been filed in the past month challenging executive actions President Trump has taken since the start of his second term in office, and federal courts from coast to coast have started scrutinizing the president’s plans. The challenges are aimed at unwinding many of the president’s policies, which they believe
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Last fall, before being named the senior U.S. health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the Trump administration would liberate Americans from the FDA’s “aggressive suppression” of vitamins, dietary supplements, and other substances — ending the federal agency’s “war on public health,” as he put it. In fact, the FDA can’t even require that supplements
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Good morning from Skift. It’s Friday, February 21 and here’s what you need to know today about the business of travel. Choice Hotels built its empire on roadside chains, but the company is increasingly turning to upscale and extended-stay properties as a part of a major strategy shift, writes Senior Hospitality Editor Sean O’Neill. O’Neill
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The anthem singer who performed the Canadian anthem prior to the 4 Nations Face-Off championship game Thursday night changed a lyric in “O Canada” as a rebuke to President Trump’s repeated remarks about making the country the 51st state. Publicist Adam Gonshor confirmed to CBS News that Chantal Kreviazuk changed the lyric from “in all
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