Grab Holdings cut its full-year earnings projections on Tuesday, citing uncertainties over pandemic-related movement restrictions as Southeast Asia continues to grapple with the virus. The ride-hailing and delivery giant also said that its $40 billion deal with a U.S. special purpose acquisition company is likely to be completed later this year. Grab expects to report
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Ferris wheels were once the center of the town fair. Now they are key parts of major metropolitan skylines. But none can top the heights of the Ain Dubai — meaning “Dubai Eye” in Arabic — which is scheduled to open on Oct. 21. With a height of 820 feet, it will be the tallest
Businesses at Malaysia’s prime holiday destination are gearing up to welcome the return of tourists this week, as the country takes an early step towards recovery from a devastating coronavirus crisis. Langkawi, a cluster of 99 islands in the Straits of Malacca, will reopen from September 16 to fully vaccinated travelers as part of a
(CNN) — Updated September 13, 2021: The Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows ski resort has announced it will change its name to Palisades Tahoe, effective immediately. “Today marks the first day of the next chapter of our resort’s storied history,” the resort wrote in a message posted to its website and social media accounts. “While the
Yum Brands YUM ’ CEO David Gibbs believes his company and its four brands–KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and The Habit Burger Grill–is in a better position than most of its restaurant peers to contend with the current labor crisis. That labor crisis, by the way, has yielded an all-time high quit rate for restaurant
(CNN) — It doesn’t seem like that long ago that private jets were considered completely out of reach for anyone who wasn’t obscenely rich or famous — both in some cases. But private aviation has become far more accessible over the years, and there’s been a particularly large shift since 2019. Not only has usage
These are unusual times, and the state of affairs can change quickly. Please check the latest travel guidance before making your journey. Our writers visited these hotels pre-pandemic. When Sir Henry Cotton designed the first golf course for Portugal’s Algarve in 1966, he probably never thought it would be the beginning of a movement that
Anheuser-Busch has joined forces with Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and Uber UBER to target impaired driving in a just-launched new campaign. This comes just weeks after spirits house Diageo unleashed new virtual tools to spread awareness about impaired driving. The brewing house’s new coalition will utilize all three group’s best assets—Uber’s fleet of safe
In this article BA Two workers walk under the wing of a 737 Max aircraft at the Boeing factory in Renton, Washington, March 27, 2019. Lindsey Wasson | Reuters Despite the Covid pandemic wiping out two years of growth for the commercial airplane market, Boeing expects demand for the industry to swell over the next
(CNN) — Despite his surname, Felix Rome never wanted to settle in an urban area. The Salisbury, England native trained as a photographer and eventually landed his dream job — staff shutterbug for a group of safari camps in East Africa. Although Rome was hired to travel between Governor’s Camp‘s properties, the coronavirus pandemic had
British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are among the 20 safest airlines on Earth, according to an annual ranking of the world’s biggest carriers. The website AirlineRatings.com assessed 385 major airlines this year before delivering its verdict, taking into account previous incidents, the average age of their fleets and audits from governments and the aviation industry’s
Last year, in the early months of 2020, right before the coronavirus pandemic hit New York City with everything it’s got, Beam Suntory announced that it was going to release a phenomenal expression in the middle of the year: A Yamazaki 55 at 46% ABV, which is the oldest Japanese whisky to ever hit the
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Five things we need from the October 1 travel review PCR tests for double-vaccinated travellers ‘to be dropped’ What the latest travel announcement means for your autumn and winter holiday Which countries are open to UK travellers? Sign up to the Telegraph Travel newsletter A law firm representing travellers affected by the UK’s quarantine hotel
As more states and municipalities start mandating proof of vaccination for indoor activities and employment, the already understaffed hospitality industry is hit with yet another burden. Hosts and baristas now double as vaccine bouncers, a task which goes above the job description, and can be both tedious and potentially dangerous. Add in the reliable staffing
A tourist boat passes cowboy statues along Oklahoma City’s Bricktown Canal. Western heritage is a big draw in Oklahoma’s capital. Oklahoma City Convention and Visitors Bureau Ready to head out on vacation after the long pandemic-era drought — but not looking to go broke in the process? Online airport parking platform ParkSleepFly has ranked the
(CNN) — In a city full of superlatives, the latest addition to Dubai‘s long list of “biggests” and “tallests” is about to take its place in the record books. Ain Dubai, the giant observation wheel that has been taking shape on the city’s Bluewaters Island development for more than six years, will open on October
Shares in Helens International Holdings rose by 22.9% on their debut at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange today, minting a new billionaire from the country’s growing pub business. Chairman and CEO Xu Bingzhong, 47, owns 861 million shares in Helens that were worth HK$20.9 billion, or $2.7 billion, at today’s closing price of HK$24.30.
Lonely Planet’s Cristian Bonetto bites into Tokyo’s rich food culture, from making old school noodles at Tsukiji Soba Academy (soba.specialist.co.jp), to tasting meticulously crafted contemporary dishes at Hoshinoya Ryokan (hoshinoresorts.com). Produced by Lonely Planet for Tokyo Convention Visitors Bureau. All editorial views are those of Lonely Planet alone and reflect our policy of editorial independence
Back in 1855 a group of Bordeaux merchants at an Exhibition in Paris decided to make some sense of the myriad estate vineyards by classifying them according to which wines consistently sold for the highest prices within the industry. That classification, which ranked wines from premier crus (first growths) to Cinquième crus (fifth growths). Sixty-two