Travel & Leisure
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Uber wants to answer the hotel industry’s most asked question. Now it’s integrating into 15,000 hotels globally
Every hotel front desk in the world hears it, multiple times a day, in every language. “Can you call me a cab,” said Mike Coscetta, president of the hospitality property management service Mews. It’s “one of the most common sentences when you run hotel operations.” And so begins a long process that puts a substantial…
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The U.S. campaigned to host the World Cup. Now soccer fans will trade their countries’ train system for the U.S.’s ‘D’ rated infrastructure
The hit 1999 HBO show The Sopranos is still heralded today for it’s great storytelling, depicting immigrants and their American-born children and what the American Dream actually looked like once you strip away that mythology. Show-runner David Chase won multiple Emmys for the series, but it might be the small, blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moments that people resonate…
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The travel industry has been taking body blows. Here comes an airport ‘sanctuary city’ crackdown
The travel industry is on edge after Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin reiterated his threat to withdraw U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers from airports in so-called “sanctuary cities” in a move that could jeopardize international flights. The U.S. Travel Association said that Mullin confirmed he is considering withdrawing CBP officers in a meeting where…
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Your ‘flexible hot girl summer’ is going to cost you
Megan Thee Stallion is more than a rapper, Broadway star and multi-brand entrepreneur: she’s a one-woman economic prognosticator. Since 2019, people have been welcoming the warmer months as “hot girl summer,” a phrase that went viral before Megan even released the track with the iconic moniker. The summer anthem sparked an association with a carefree…
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TSA’s new ‘straight to gate’ pilot lets Delta and JetBlue flyers clear security 25 miles before they reach the airport
What if you could skip the security lines at the airport by getting a pat-down and bag check at a remote location? That’s what some travelers flying out of Logan Airport in Boston will be able to do starting on June 1 as the TSA attempts to relieve congestion inside the terminal and at drop-off…
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The American airline industry is so untrustworthy that 89% of travelers are bracing for delay or cancellation
You’ve been planning the perfect trip for months: that gorgeous, sun-filled apartment overlooking the Seine on one end and crystal clear views of the Eiffel Tower on the other; a slow breakfast filled with coffee and croissants galore; pre-booked tickets to the Louvre and d’Orsay; and three impossible-to-get reservations at Paris’ finest restaurants. That sounds…
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Spirit Airlines apologizes to all the Americans who can’t afford any summer vacation flights as it shuts down
Days after Spirit Airlines shut down in the middle of the night, a lawyer for the defunct budget carrier stood before a bankruptcy judge and apologized to the price-conscious customers who might struggle to find affordable flights in its absence. “We apologize most specifically for those Americans who may now be priced entirely out,” Spirit…
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‘It’s so good’: Jensen Huang enjoys Beijing delicacies on trip with Trump
Jensen Huang is trying some of Beijing’s delicacies — the good, and others which may be more of an acquired taste. The Nvidia CEO was spotted by the public and local media at No. 69 Fangzhuanchang Noodles, for a bowl of “zhajiangmian” — a Beijing specialty that features noodles covered in a thick soybean-paste sauce…
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Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents have to find a new power source after their energy source looks to redirect lines to data centers
Lake Tahoe doesn’t know where its power will come from after next ski season—and it’s a major problem for the 49,000 residents who call the region home. The Sierra Nevada tourist hub—home to ski resorts, lakeside casinos, and roughly 25 to 28 million annual visitors—is facing an energy crisis with a familiar culprit: the data…
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Asia’s ultra-luxury Capella Hotels brand plans to double its portfolio by 2030, starting with Florence and Riyadh
Capella Hotel Group, the ultra-luxury hotel group that once played host to the leaders of two nuclear powers, is pursuing more aggressive growth with plans to double its portfolio by 2030 with new ventures in Europe and the Middle East. “Capella is at an inflection point,” Roland Fasel, the firm’s new CEO, tells Fortune. “We’ve…