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Apple CEO Tim Cook is in Europe and he’s having a wonderful time. We know this because Cook has been publicly sharing updates about his travels with his 4.1 million Twitter followers, posting a stream of new photos with the zeal of a work colleague flooding their friends’ timelines with vacation photos. While it looks …
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With a net worth topping $3 billion, Mark Cuban has money to spend. Cuban became a billionaire in 1999 when he sold his second company, Broadcast.com, to Yahoo for $5.9 billion. Since then, the business magnate has made several pricey purchases, including buying the NBA franchise the Dallas Mavericks a year later. However, in a …
We recently published a list of the 25 best Caribbean islands — no easy task, considering the beauty and appeal of each island. For this ranking, we used four criteria: accessibility, average cost of a hotel room, number of attractions, and a beach density index score, which we’ll explain below. We weighted these criteria equally, …
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The Caribbean islands are beloved for their adventurous activities, clear waters, and stunning natural sites. Though each island has its own unique appeal, some have advantages over the others. We’ve ranked the best islands in the Caribbean, based on the costs of hotel bookings, their accessibility, and the range of activities they offer. To rank …
Flexible work is definitely having a moment. More and more people no longer want to be tethered to an office. In fact, a 2016 study from FlexJobs found that 65% of respondents believe remote work would boost their productivity. That being said, not all companies will let you telecommute. You’ve got to find a role …
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Up nearly $8,000 from 10 years ago, the average American wedding now costs $35,329 — the highest it’s ever been. That’s according to new data from wedding planning site The Knot, which conducted its tenth annual Real Weddings Study to uncover how much brides and grooms across the country are paying to get hitched. For …
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Savvy travelers are taking advantage of global political events to get a good deal, and leaders in the hospitality world are already noticing an impact. “Brexit is a notable geopolitical event that has driven big changes,” Johan Svanstrom, president of Hotels.com, recently told Business Insider in an email interview. “The British pound weakening has caused …
We all have annoying habits, and travel tends to bring out the worst in people. If you have any sympathy for your flight attendants, who, day in and day out, are privy to some of the most extreme human behavior, you’d make an effort to do better. The first step is knowing just what you’re …
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In the early 1900s, Ellis Island served as the United States’ largest immigration station, processing up to 12 million immigrants between the years 1892 and 1954. One amateur photographer by the name of Augustus Sherman, who served as Ellis Island’s chief registry clerk sometime between 1906 and 1917, photographed a handful of immigrants who passed …
While some of Facebook’s top executives have already spoken out against President Trump’s immigration moratorium, other company employees are protesting the ban by boycotting flying. A handful of Facebook employees have committed to either fly less or completely boycott flying for the next 90 days in protest of Trump’s order, which bars people from seven …
In January, Donald Trump became the president of the United States. But since he has taken office, he has garnered the lowest approval and favorability ratings of any incoming president in recent American history: 45%, according to a recent Gallup poll. Many Americans are thinking about jumping ship to neighboring Canada. The Canadian immigration site …
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Nothing truly comes to a halt when the president of the United States goes on vacation. Heavy security, White House aides, military advisers, and various experts (totaling around 200 people) travel with them in case anything happens, and the work doesn’t come to a stop. It’s hardly a real break. While he greatly favored his …
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Selecting the right hotel can make all of the difference to a successful vacation. And if you’re taking the time to travel to a new place, you’ll likely want only the best out of your accommodations. US News & World Report recently compiled a ranking of the best hotels in America, combining guest ratings from …
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In the 1920s, British officer Percy Fawcett led an expedition deep into the forests of the Amazon to find an indigenous lost city where a civilization once flourished in the mid 1700s. The city was thought to have contained large statues and a temple with hieroglyphics. Fawcett called it the Lost City of Z. His …
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These cities are young at heart, so to speak. CareerBuilder‘s recent study looked into the population size of workers ages 22 to 34 in 100 of the most populous cities in the US, from 2001 to 2016. Some urban areas showed a marked increase in the number of younger workers during that 15-year span. Business …
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The Mar-a-Lago Club is Trump’s Florida resort and home base outside of Manhattan. The former home to the heiress of Post Cereal, Marjorie Merriweather Post, Trump turned it into a luxury resort in the ’80s. Trump frequently visits the compound, and will continue to do so throughout his presidency. White House press secretary Sean Spicer …
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Frigid temperatures in early January froze over a giant portion of Lake Balaton — the largest lake in central Europe. Instead of staying inside, locals braved the cold and ventures out onto the ice. And it was just a few — people flocked to the frozen lake by the thousands. Here’s some epic footage of …
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Sometimes vacations are more trouble than they’re worth. You spend a lot of money, travel far, and leave stressed. Getaway, a hospitality startup launched out of the Harvard Innovation Lab in 2015, shakes up that routine by offering tiny houses for rent. It’s like camping, but with the creature comforts of home. The company maintains …
Joe and Ali Olson are living their dream. After just eight years in the workforce, the couple, both in their early 30s, were able to quit their jobs as public school teachers in August 2015, retire, and begin traveling the world — now with their 1-year-old daughter, Annabelle, in tow. By living frugally and finding …
If you travel often for work or for leisure, making use of a hotel company’s rewards program can be a great way to have that travel work for you. In that spirit, Hilton today announces major changes to its loyalty program, previously called Hilton HHonors and now rebranded to the “more authentic, less marketing-centric” Hilton …
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Worried that over time his work would lose significance, the sculptor behind Mount Rushmore proposed a secret room behind Abraham Lincoln’s hairline, that would contain details of the work done on the mountain and of the society that created it. Follow BI Video: On Twitter Join the conversation about this story » read more >>> …
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Joe and Ali Olson are living their dream. After just eight years in the workforce, the couple, both in their early 30s, were able to quit their jobs as public school teachers in August 2015, retire, and begin traveling the world — now with their one-year-old daughter, Annabelle, in tow. By living frugally and finding …
The old adage that “travel broadens the mind” may be cliché, but it still rings true. It’s also the thinking behind one of Stockholm-based digital play studio Toca Boca‘s unique perks. Employees are given $2,300 and seven days to go on an “inspiration trip” anywhere in the world. That week doesn’t count toward their vacation …
Just before he turned 35, Chris Guillebeau visited his 193rd country, completing his quest to visit every nation around the world. But Guillebeau, now 39, wasn’t able to afford it because of a particularly high-paying job, or a windfall of family money, but rather through earnings from freelance gigs and entrepreneurial endeavors he’d managed from …