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If waves of coronavirus infections ebb and flow until a vaccine arrives and if — as some have posited — we’re all likely to get it at some point, should we be preparing for a possible infection? The coronavirus is fatal for some, while others — between 25% to 50% according to the latest estimates — have no symptoms

Thomas Madden of Leyland Private Asset Management says Richard Branson’s offer to mortgage his private island for collateral to bail out Virgin Australia will likely be inadequate. However, he anticipates a lot of interest from private equity, and says if Branson or another airline were to team up with a player who has the cash,

miodrag ignjatovic Younger Americans are eager to eat and drink out in public again. They will, however, likely shy away in large numbers from festivals, sports venues and international trips for a while once conoravirus lockdowns are lifted across the U.S., perhaps preferring to shop online from home while waiting to see how vaccine trials

Book now or wait it out that’s the question for summer travel in 2020. halock Maybe a few weeks ago the performing arts camp for your kids and the guided white-river rafting trip for you and your spouse seemed like the perfect summer plan. But if you’re among the growing number of workers who’ve been

With rooms sitting empty, smaller hotel operators are weighing options to defer debt payments and in some cases, close properties. While the pain caused by disruptions from the coronavirus pandemic is being felt across the travel industry, it is particularly acute for the Indian diaspora in the U.S. Nearly 50% of U.S. hotels are owned

Jonathan Nackstrand | Getty Images For Americans sheltering at home, life, as they once knew it, is on hold. Because of the global pandemic, weddings and graduations are postponed, while upcoming conferences, concerts, sporting events and vacations are all canceled. That has left nearly 4 in 10 adults — or 59 million people —  with out-of-pocket costs,

Tiny cocktails, really? If the notion of miniature mixed drinks gives you pause, you’re not alone. For all those times you peered into the spirits swirling in your martini glass and thought “if only this drink were … smaller,” enter tiny cocktails to solve a problem you never knew you had. So why are mixologists

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky at The New York Times Dealbook event on November 6, 2019. Credit: Mike Cohen/ The New York Times A week after reeling in $1 billion in fresh capital, Airbnb is raising another $1 billion in debt as it seeks to pad its balance sheet to get through the COVID-19 crisis, according to

As people self-isolate to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, virtual tours are the only way most of us have to explore the world’s greatest places. But many of those tours are underwhelming. They don’t work, or it’s simply too hard to locate the 360-degree imagery. To remedy that, here are five easy-to-navigate tours

Angeles messengers, a religious association, performs at the Santa Fe international bridge in Juarez, Mexico, with posters trying to give a message of hope against COVID-19. David Peinado | Pacific Press | Getty Images Millions are celebrating Easter weekend and Passover separated from their families, friends and religious communities as the coronavirus lays siege on

Overseas students attend a long-table feast marking the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year in China on Jan. 4, 2020, as the coronavirus in China was just becoming known to the world. Xinhua | Huang Zongzhi | Getty Images With the coronavirus initiating international travel bans and campuses shut down, colleges and universities are seeking alternative ways to

File photo of an almost-empty passenger plane. Laurel Chor | Getty Images The country’s largest airlines will have to compensate taxpayers for billions in payroll grants to weather coronavirus, the Treasury Department said Friday, leaving the door open to an aid structure that sparked criticism from labor unions, some lawmakers and industry members. The Treasury

American Airlines passenger planes crowd a runway where they are parked due to flight reductions to slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Tulsa International Airport in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. March 23, 2020. Nick Oxford | REUTERS Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday that he hopes to begin offering “preliminary information” to airlines about

It’s been called one of the most alien places on earth — a “gateway to hell” and, in the words of British explorer Wilfred Thesiger, a veritable “land of death.” The sulfurous hot springs, acid pools, steaming fissures and salt mountains of the Danakil Depression resemble scenes from a science fiction movie. But the area

An OYO Rooms logo seen displayed on a smartphone. SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Indian budget hotel chain Oyo has pledged to do “the right thing” by offering free accommodation to coronavirus frontline workers and foreigners who are stranded overseas, even as the $10 billion start-up continues to battle criticism over its treatment

In this Feb. 1, 2019, file photo, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum stands in Cooperstown, N.Y. On Saturday, March 14, 2020, the hall said it will close to the public beginning Sunday at 5 p.m. due to the coronavirus outbreak. Hans Pennink | AP COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Heading northwest out of New

An American Airlines passenger jet (Boeing 737) lands at LaGuardia Airport in New York, New York. Robert Alexander | Archive Photos | Getty Images American Airlines on Sunday slashed service to the main airports serving New York City, as the region, a coronavirus hotspot, becomes more isolated. The Fort Worth, Texas-based airline said it will

A message on a sign placed in front of the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, where tourists often line up to take photos, displays a message about social distancing due to the continuing spread of the coronavirus across the United States on March 22, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller | Getty Images

American Airlines passenger planes crowd a runway where they are parked due to flight reductions to slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Tulsa International Airport in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. March 23, 2020. Nick Oxford | REUTERS U.S. airline executives face a test to see which sacrifices they are willing to make in exchange