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In this article DAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Delta Airlines pilots picket for a new contract at Terminal 4 in JFK International Airport on September 01, 2022 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty Images Delta Air Lines pilots on Wednesday approved a new contract that includes

In this article NCLH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A view of the Norwegian Encore cruise ship during its inaugural sailing from PortMiami, which took place from Nov. 21-24, 2019. Orlando Sentinel | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Norwegian Cruise Line shares fell more than 10% on Tuesday after the company posted wider

Some people love travel planning. But I am not one of those people. So the idea that artificial intelligence chatbots, such as ChatGPT and Bing, can research travel destinations and create itineraries is intriguing. But I’m skeptical too. Do recommendations just scratch the surface — for example, suggesting that I see the Eiffel Tower in

In this article IQ Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Human players appear as avatars in iQiyi’s immersive Luoyang VR experience, which opened to the public in Shanghai in February 2023. iQiyi BEIJING — Chinese video streaming platform iQiyi announced Monday the opening of its immersive virtual reality experience in Shanghai. The project combines immersive

Shakeemah Smith has visited more countries — by herself — than most people have visited in their lifetimes. She’s visited 63 countries alone, she said, and now coaches others on how to go solo. Smith — who goes by the name of Keem — said she started traveling alone after a disagreement with a friend

Most people have a travel bucket list, perhaps with 10 to 15 countries. For this couple, it’s all 195 — and they’re more than halfway there. Hudson and Emily Crider have visited 112 countries, but their journey together began long before that. Both are from the “same small town” of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They met in

Credit card providers are benefitting from post-pandemic travel and increasing card usage in general, with balances way up in recent months. Valentinrussanov | E+ | Getty Images Financial stocks were so out of favor for most of 2022 that perhaps their tickers should have been appended with a Nathaniel Hawthorne-esque “U” — for “unloved.” Yet

A sign for hire is posted on the window of a Chipotle restaurant in New York, April 29, 2022. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Job cuts are rising at some of the biggest U.S. companies, but others are still scrambling to hire workers, the result of wild swings in consumer priorities since the Covid pandemic began

People gather on a beach in Miami, Florida, U.S., on Saturday, March 5, 2021. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images Spring break travel demand is picking up, driving up airfare and hotel rates. Travel app Hopper said in a report last week that domestic airfare is averaging $264 a round trip for March

In this article UAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A United Airlines plane departs the Newark International Airport, in Newark, New Jersey, on January 11 2023. Kena Betancur | Afp | Getty Images United Airlines said Monday that new technology will open up more seats on its flights so children can sit with an

In this article 9961-HK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT In a survey last year, Chinese travelers said that they were most interested in visiting Europe, Australia, Canada, Japan and South Korea. But that’s not where they’re going — at least not yet. Flight restrictions, visa issues and entrance rules aimed only at them are

National Geographic announced the winning photographs from its first “Pictures of the Year” photo competition. The contest, which opened to U.S. residents in early December, invited readers to submit a digital photograph in one of four categories: nature, people, places and animals. The contest required that photographs be largely unaltered. According to the rules, “only

When I travel, I like to try to experience a city in a local way. So when I stayed in Downtown Vegas — more traditional and less flashy than “The Strip” — I went to yoga classes and coffee shops in residential areas. And when I went to Kerala, India, I chose a homestay in

An American Airlines Airbus A319 airplane takes off past the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, January 11, 2023 Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Federal Aviation Administration acting Administrator Billy Nolen told a Senate panel Wednesday that new procedures will avoid a repeat of events that

In this article BA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Boeing 737 MAX 10 airliner pauses while taxiing on the flight line before its first flight at Renton Municipal Airport on June 18, 2021 in Renton, Washington. Stephen Brashear | Getty Images Boeing‘s aircraft orders and deliveries slipped in January from a month earlier.

People gather outside the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore on January 17, 2023. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP) (Photo by ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP via Getty Images) Roslan Rahman | Afp | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Singapore is set to allow non-fully vaccinated travelers to enter the country without a negative pre-departure test

The U.S. News & World Report released its 13th annual ranking of the best hotels for travelers this week. The rankings, published Tuesday, are based on three factors: the number of awards received from the travel industry, a hotel’s star rating, and guest reviews from the travel website Tripadvisor. More weight was given to recipients

In this article LUV Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Andrew Watterson, chief operating officer of Southwest Airlines Co., arrives to a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images WASHINGTON – Southwest Airlines Chief Operations Officer Andrew Watterson apologized

In this article MS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Consumers in China plan to pay up when it comes to hotels, a Morgan Stanley survey found in late January. The research points to growing demand for high-end and luxury hotels in China now that the country has ended domestic travel restrictions — and a

In this article BA UAL AAL RKLB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The SpaceX launch pad is seen from the window of Air Force One at Kennedy Space Center, Wednesday, May 27, 2020, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Evan Vucci | AP WASHINGTON — Space companies are launching more rockets than ever, ratcheting up competition