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 …
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Flight attendants share the 25 things they wish passengers would stop doing
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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Incredible colorized photographs show the immigrants who passed through Ellis Island 100 years ago
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 …
Facebook employees are protesting Trump’s immigration ban by boycotting flying (FB)
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 …
The 10 best places for Americans to live in Canada
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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Here’s where every US president since FDR has gone on vacation
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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The 10 best hotels in America, according to US News & World Report
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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Marriott’s CEO travels 200 days a year — these are his favorite travel hacks
The trailer for Amazon’s movie based on the true story of a lost city looks epic
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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5 cities attracting 20-somethings in droves
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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What it’s like to stay at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s ‘winter White House’
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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Watch thousands of people walk over the largest lake in central Europe
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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A pair of Harvard students have designed tiny houses that could be the future of weekend getaways
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 …
Two school teachers who quit their jobs to travel the world after just 8 years reveal the hardest part of retiring before 30
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 …
Hilton just revealed a game-changing update to its rewards program
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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There’s a secret room behind Mount Rushmore that is inaccessible to tourists
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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Two school teachers who retired before 30 with $1 million share their best advice for traveling on a budget
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 …
A CEO explains how giving employees $2,300 and an extra week off work creates a competitive advantage
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 …
A 30-something who spent 11 years traveling to 193 countries shares his favorite money trick to decide if something is worth buying
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 …
One of American, Delta, and United’s most feared rivals may be in trouble
Since its founding in 2003, Etihad Airways has managed to storm its way to the forefront of the airline industry. This week, the airline’s parent company — Etihad Aviation Group — announced that long-time CEO James Hogan will step down from his post later this year. Hogan, who became the airline’s CEO in 2006, is …
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Here’s the massive cargo jet Boeing uses to carry plane parts around the world
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is a massive plane. However, its parts come from different places around the world. That’s where the company’s massive Dreamlifter comes into play. The almost comically large aircraft is fit to transport the oversized pieces to their final assembly plant in Everett, Washington. Follow BI Video: On Twitter Join the conversation …
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NASA can’t explain these giant 8,000-year-old formations in Kazakhstan
Doritos were originally Disneyland trash
In the early days of Disneyland, a restaurant named Casa de Fritos invented Doritos by repurposing stale tortillas they bought from a local vendor. The chips proved to be so popular they were eventually rolled out nationally by Frito-Lay in 1966. Follow BI Video: On Twitter Join the conversation about this story » read more …
How a 30-something real estate investor who lives off passive income was able to move his family to Ecuador for a year
It’s not uncommon to dream of escaping work for a while to immerse yourself in the culture of a far-off country. For Chad Carson, a 37-year-old who lives entirely off passive rental income, that’s reality. On a recent episode of the Mad Fientist podcast, Carson, who recently moved to Ecuador with his wife and two …
This one room in Atlanta acts as a mission control for all of Delta’s planes
It may be reassuring to know that there are a ton of eyes watching your Delta flight, making sure that everything runs smoothly and safely. From the company’s Operations Control Center (commonly known as the “OCC”), located at their Atlanta headquarters, there are up to 350 employees focused on endless monitors like a NASA mission …
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Trump’s ‘buy American’ policy directly conflicts with how his own hotels operate
Making good on one of his key campaign promises, President Donald Trump wasted no time in pulling the US out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The North American Free Trade Agreement could be next. The moves align the new administration against “globalism” and free trade — a stance further emphasized by Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s recent …
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