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Amid an ongoing surge in demand for premium airline seats, Delta Air Lines’ CEO Ed Bastian implied the rest of the industry is playing catch up to his company’s years-long premium-first approach.Speaking at a financial conference on December 3, Bastian noted that the airline’s differentiated product, which includes plenty of premium options as well as regular and basic economy, helped carry it through the uncertainty in 2025, especially during the government shutdown, which cost the carrier $200 million. “I know the airline industry is struggling for differentiation across the broad landscape,” Bastian noted. “This is something we’ve been after for…
NEW YORK (AP) — The author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott revealed $7.1 billion in donations to nonprofits in 2025 Tuesday, marking a significant increase in her annual giving from recent years. Writing in an essay on her website, Scott said, “This dollar total will likely be reported in the news, but any dollar amount is a vanishingly tiny fraction of the personal expressions of care being shared into communities this year.”Scott acknowledged donating $2.6 billion in 2024 and $2.1 billion in 2023. The gifts this year bring her total giving since 2019 to $26.3 billion.Scott’s donations have captured the attention…
BEIRUT (AP) — Every evening as the sun drops behind Beirut’s concrete skyline, Loubna Hamdan steps onto her rooftop and whistles. A flutter of wings follows. Dozens of pigeons — white, speckled, chestnut, black — circle above her, catching the day’s last light. Here, the 36-year-old office worker has found an unexpected refuge. Pigeons circle above the rooftop of Loubna Hamdan and her husband Ibrahim Ammar, who leave food out for the birds in Chiyah, the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Lebanon, Thursday, July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) Pigeons circle above the rooftop of Loubna Hamdan and her husband…
ALG Vacations has unwrapped its December savings on last minute 2025 holiday travel and 2026 bookings.The travel advisor promotion features a commission bonus, pay-in-full savings, group incentives and added value across key regions to help advisors finish 2025 strong while meeting heightened seasonal travel demand. Exclusive savings are available for travelers who book now through January 8, 2026, for travel through December 15, 2026.Offers available through Apple Vacations, Funjet Vacations, Travel Impressions, United Vacations and Blue Sky Tours include:20% commission on Indo-Pacific bookings Up to $550 off when paying in full on qualifying vacations Special group offers at select resorts…
French AI startup Mistral today launched Devstral 2, a new generation of its AI model designed for coding, as the company seeks to catch up to bigger AI labs like Anthropic and other coding-focused LLMs. This announcement follows the recent launch of the Mistral 3 family of open-weight models and confirms Mistral’s intent to close in on its bigger and better-funded AI rivals. The unicorn is also jumping into the vibe-coding race, which has fueled the rise of companies like Cursor and Supabase, with Mistral Vibe, a new command-line interface (CLI) aimed at facilitating code automation through natural language, with…
by Mia Taylor Last updated: 2:35 PM ET, Mon December 8, 2025 Americans are far from satisfied with the current state of the U.S. travel system and they’re even less satisfied with how Congress is using money that should be paying for modernization of the country’s travel infrastructure.In particular, Americans fear the United States is falling behind other countries in delivering a modern, efficient travel experience, according to a new Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of the U.S. Travel Association. The poll found that two-thirds of Americans are concerned about the state of U.S. air traffic control. Moreover, the survey…
Spotify is launching music videos in the U.S., Canada, and a handful of other markets, following the feature’s launch in beta in overseas markets last year. The videos, which are provided by music labels under new agreements, will be available only to paying subscribers on Spotify’s Premium plan and can be streamed on its iOS, Android, desktop, and TV apps. Users will start seeing a new option to “Switch to video” Spotify when they’re listening to a song. The video will then begin playing from where the song is currently — a change from how the earlier beta worked. Users…
I’ve planted the potted mums in the garden and packed away the scarecrows — now it’s time to deck the halls.That means filling vacant pots with evergreen branches foraged from my trees and shrubs, hanging cedar swags on the porch and placing a wreath on the door.They’ll look great at first, of course, but that threatens to change as December marches on. And since nothing says “The Addams Family” like a house adorned with crispy spruce boughs, my challenge will be to keep them fresh for as long as possible.The best way to do that would be to treat them…
A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.The recovery in commercial real estate has been slow and bumpy, much like interest rate policy over the past few years. The two, of course, are deeply connected. After gaining significant momentum coming out of the pandemic, this year has been rough. October was the first month of negative year-over-year…
RUTHERFORD, NJ –– Editorial leadership at Northstar Travel Group’s industry-leading travel trade brand, Travel Weekly, will undergo several changes on January 1, 2026.After 25 years at the helm of Travel Weekly as Editor in Chief, Northstar Executive Vice President/Editorial Director Arnie Weissmann will step aside from overseeing the daily editorial operations but will continue traveling and contributing his column and other writing to the brand. Weissmann, who prior to taking on the editorship had co-founded Weissmann Travel Reports (now incorporated in the Northstar product travel42) and had served as a Group Publisher and Senior Advisor for Business Development for Northstar,…