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Two iconic travel brands have teamed up to help travelers get to their happy place.Travelers can now search and book Southwest Airlines’ inventory directly on Priceline, unlocking more ways to compare, customize and save on flights. Through the partnership, Southwest flights are also now bookable across the Booking Holdings portfolio of brands, including Booking.com and Agoda.”Our goal is to be the best travel dealmaker in the world. Collaborating with Southwest, one of the most trusted names in air travel, is a natural next step in our mission to do so,” said Brigit Zimmerman, Chief Commercial Officer at Priceline. “Adding their…
After a second-quarter earnings beat, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky shared his thoughts on the company’s AI strategy, cautioning investors that AI chatbots can’t yet be thought of as the “new Google.” That is, AI chatbots, while potentially driving new leads to the travel and services business, aren’t entirely a replacement for the referrals that the dominant search engine brings. At least not at this time. “I think we’re still kind of feeling out the space,” the exec told investors on the Q2 earnings call. “The thing I want to caution is I don’t think that AI agents — I don’t…
Facebook Tweet Email Link Island getaways have long captured our imagination. South Pacific landfalls with coral reefs and tropical beaches, European isles bristling with medieval castles, a remote cabin in the woods on a lake island — the choices seem almost unlimited. But we’re not alone in our attraction to these idyllic escapes. Many of the more famous names have become expensive and overcrowded. But it doesn’t have to be that way. These 11 magical American island destinations aren’t on every “best islands” list, and they’re better for it. Apostle Islands (Wisconsin) This Lake Superior archipelago is split between the…
An American Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner lands at the Miami International Airport on December 10, 2021 in Miami, Florida.Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesAmerican Airlines is reviving some of its pre-pandemic destinations like Prague and Budapest, Hungary, as international travel continues to hold up better than domestic demand.Other additions include its first-ever Dallas Fort Worth International flights to Athens, Greece, and year-round nonstop service between Miami and Milan.American is also extending service for next year’s World Cup, from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Dallas and between Dallas and Zurich, where soccer’s governing body, FIFA, is based,. Those flights will run from May…
Last updated: 2:45 PM ET, Wed August 6, 2025 Collecting passports stamps from countries around the world has long been part of the thrill for avid globetrotters.But that cherished element of travel is about to become a thing of the past across many European locations. Nearly 30 countries in the European Union are set to switch to a biometric and electronic border entry system this fall, meaning passport stamps will no longer be issued.The European Union website outlines the latest details of the new Entry/Exit System (EES), including noting that the current plan is to begin a gradual phase-in of…
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian authorities have banned 25 books in Kashmir that they say propagate “false narratives” and “secessionism” in the disputed region, where strict controls on the media have escalated in recent years.The ban threatens people with prison time for selling or owning these works by authors such as Booker Prize-winning novelist and activist Arundhati Roy, constitutional expert A.G. Noorani, and noted academicians and historians like Sumantra Bose, Christopher Snedden and Victoria Schofield. Threat of prison timeThe order was issued on Tuesday by the region’s Home Department, which is under the direct control of Lt. Gov. Manoj Sinha,…
Beaches Resorts unveiled the “Beaches Splash Sale,” along with lucrative incentives for travel advisors.The sale offers guests instant $400 credits and a complimentary catamaran sailing on stays of five or more nights. Guests staying seven or more nights will also receive $150 in spa credits. The sale applies to bookings made by Sept. 1, 2025, for travel from Nov. 1, 2025, to Dec. 20, 2027.Meanwhile, travel advisors who book stays six-plus nights will be rewarded with $100 booking bonus – in addition to four percent in commission for travel through March 31, 2026, “when booked directly with Unique Vacations, Inc.…
Ron Deibert, the director of Citizen Lab, one of the most prominent organizations investigating government spyware abuses, is sounding the alarm to the cybersecurity community and asking them to step up and join the fight against authoritarianism. On Wednesday, Deibert will deliver a keynote at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas, one of the largest gatherings of information security professionals of the year. Ahead of his talk, Deibert told TechCrunch that he plans to speak about what he describes as a “descent into a kind of fusion of tech and fascism,” and the role that the Big Tech…
Facebook Tweet Email Link A British holidaymaker has been charged with attempted murder after he allegedly tried to drown his daughter-in-law in a Florida swimming pool, authorities have said. Mark Raymond Gibbon, 62, was on vacation at the Solterra Resort in Davenport, Florida, with his family when deputies from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office were called to a disturbance in a backyard swimming pool on Sunday evening, the sheriff’s office said in a post on X. According to the victim and witnesses, Gibbon was in the swimming pool with his 33-year-old daughter-in-law when the pair started arguing about his grandchildren,…
A sign with the company logo sits outside of the headquarters of Eli Lilly in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 17, 2024.Scott Olson | Getty ImagesEli Lilly on Thursday said the highest dose of its daily obesity pill helped patients lose almost 12% of their body weight, or roughly 27 pounds, at 72 weeks in a late-stage trial, paving the way for its entrance into the market.The pill’s weight loss was 11.2% when analyzing all patients regardless of discontinuations.Shares of the company fell more than 7% in premarket trading on Thursday. Meanwhile, shares of rival Novo Nordisk, which is also working to…