Resorts World Sentosa will “be ready” when Singapore’s Gambling Regulatory Authority considers its casino license renewal in 2026, the company’s CEO Lee Shi Ruh told CNBC late last month. In November 2024, Singapore’s gambling agency announced it was renewing the integrated resort’s casino license for two years, instead of three, citing “unsatisfactory” tourism performance from…
Like many Americans, I had always dreamed up moving to Europe. And in 2015, at 35, I decided to leave Texas for Spain. Two years later, I founded She Hit Refresh, a community that helps women over 30 take the leap abroad. Since then, I’ve helped hundreds of women build new lives in countries like…
Ever dreamed of taking a sabbatical from your career and traveling the world? Jason Lee and his wife Katie did that when, in July 2024, they moved themselves and their son from Columbus, Ohio, to Taipei, Taiwan. Jason and Katie, both 34, came up with the idea after they brought Forrest, now 6, to visit…
Alina Rudya/bell Collective | Digitalvision | Getty Images I didn’t think much of my daily cell phone use during a vacation to Paris in May. But by the end of the five-day trip, I’d amassed almost $50 in extra charges — for fairly routine tasks like checking restaurant hours and menus, or researching neighborhood attractions…
A sample of Alaska Airlines’ new livery for its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. Source: Alaska Airlines: Alaska Airlines is starting flights from Seattle to London and Reykjavik, Iceland, next May, adding to its global expansion following its acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines last year. Alaska plans to fly daily between Seattle and London’s Heathrow Airport on its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, in…
The United States is launching a pilot program that could require some inbound travelers to pay bonds of up to $15,000 to enter. The 12-month program is aimed, in part, at visitors from countries with historically high visa overstay rates, according to an unpublished temporary final rule posted in the Federal Register on Tuesday….
A worker performs quality checks on a Boeing Co. F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter aircraft at the Boeing Defense, Space & Security facility in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S., on Monday, July 24, 2018. Alex Flynn | Bloomberg | Getty Images Some 3,200 Boeing defense unit workers went on strike early Monday hours after turning down a…
Artificial intelligence can lead to surprises in all sorts of places where a bill once would have been considered settled. The use of AI by Hertz (and European car rental company Sixt) to scan for damage on cars, which is then charged to the customer, is a new application of the technology that is creeping…
A record number of passengers flew in 2024. Izusek | E+ | Getty Images Southwest Airlines, once known for its first-come, first-served approach to boarding and seating, on Tuesday began selling its first tickets with assigned seats. That change — and with it, new boarding groups — goes into effect for flights in late January….
The future ticket counter at JFK’s new Terminal 1. Leslie Josephs/CNBC It’s far from finished but the new, $9.5 billion Terminal 1 at John F. Kennedy International Airport is taking shape. Its first phase is slated to open in mid-2026. It will replace the current terminal, which opened in 1998. The terminal, which will be…
