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The Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) released its 2025 Adventure Travel Market Sizing Report, which surveyed nearly 5,000 travelers in 13 countries.ATTA, which said the report is its “most comprehensive analysis of the global outbound international traveler landscape since 2018,’ noted that the market has broadened over the last 10 years. “Today’s adventurers are curious and intentional, seeking immersive experiences that forge meaningful connections with nature, culture and place,” ATTA said. “While hiking, biking or kayaking remain popular, travelers are equally drawn to authentic cuisine, local traditions and the stories of the people they meet along the way.”The report also…
Acqui-hires feel like they’re here to stay: The team behind Alex, a popular tool that lets developers use AI models within Apple’s development suite Xcode, is joining OpenAI. In a post on X, Alex’s founder Daniel Edrisian said the startup’s team is joining OpenAI’s Codex division, which is building the company’s AI coding agent. Y Combinator-backed Alex was founded in 2024 and sought to integrate AI models into Xcode. Apple, however, earlier this year updated Xcode to let users tap ChatGPT and other AI models without needing external tools. Edrisian didn’t mention if this was a reason his startup’s team…
Kenvue Inc. Tylenol brand pain reliever for sale at a pharmacy in New York, US, on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesShares of Kenvue fell more than 10% on Friday after a report that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will likely link autism to the use of the company’s pain medication Tylenol in pregnant women. HHS will release the report that could draw that link this month, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.That report will also suggest a medicine derived from folate – a water-soluble vitamin – can be used to treat symptoms of…
Last updated: 10:00 PM ET, Thu September 4, 2025 WHY IT RATES: Oceanwide Expeditions appointed Rémi Bouysset as CEO effective June 16, 2025, bringing over 30 years of experience in travel and hospitality. —Janeen Christoff, TravelPulse Managing EditorOceanwide Expeditions, an award-winning, industry-leading expedition cruise operator specializing in activity-focused polar itineraries in the Arctic and Antarctica, appointed Rémi Bouysset to the role of CEO. This appointment took effect June 16, 2025.A strategic appointment for business developmentBouysset brings a wealth of industry experience to Oceanwide Expeditions, with a career spanning over 30 years in the travel, hospitality, and luxury sectors. In past leadership and…
Isotopes AI came out of stealth on Thursday with a healthy $20 million seed round. It offers an AI agent to solve a problem that data analytics products have struggled with for decades: The people who know how to run the big data infrastructure are not the ones who actually need to use the data. With LLMs, business managers can ask questions of their data in natural language. Isotopes’ agent, Aidnn, can provide answers and draft complex planning documents, gathering data from wherever it’s stored, like finance apps, ERP, CRM, and cloud storage. There are countless agentic business analytics offerings…
MILAN (AP) — For Giorgio Armani, it was always the clothes. And his clothes all started with the fabrics.While other fashion empires make their money on handbags and footwear, Armani’s appeal has always been in the apparel, the core of his $10 billion empire.After his death Thursday at the age of 91, Armani has been remembered for softening the 1980s power suit, decades of fruitful Hollywood collaborations and as a defining figure of Italian luxury ready-to-wear.But he was also a keen business owner who maintained his independence in an era of consolidation, an innovative communicator and a boss who was…
Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Andy Reid’s Kansas City Chiefs face Justin Herbert and Jim Harbaugh’s Los Angeles Chargers in the most accessible game to viewers on Friday night in Brazil.It’s the first NFL game streamed on YouTube and there will be plenty of unique elements surrounding the broadcast.The league and YouTube have assembled a lineup of content creators to enhance the viewing experience.Cam Newton, Brandon Marshall, Derek Carr and Tyrann Mathieu will be part of a pre-game and post-game shows hosted by Kay Adams.Donald De La Haye, known as “Deestroying” to millions of social media followers, will serve as…
X, formerly Twitter, has started rolling out its new encrypted messaging feature called “Chat” or “XChat.” The company claims the new communication feature is end-to-end encrypted, meaning messages exchanged on it can only be read by the sender and their receiver, and — in theory — no one else, including X, can access them. Cryptography experts, however, are warning that X’s current implementation of encryption in XChat should not be trusted. They’re saying it’s far worse than Signal, a technology widely considered the state of the art when it comes to end-to-end encrypted chat. In XChat, once a user clicks…
Budrul Chukrut | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesPowerball fever is spreading as the jackpot hits $1.8 billion, making it the second-largest prize in U.S. lottery history.The enthusiasm for the gargantuan pot is fueling business on Jackpocket, a lottery courier owned by DraftKings and available in 16 states.DraftKings said 15 million Powerball tickets have been ordered using Jackpocket during this Powerball run. Powerball ticket sales on the platform increased 130% day over day from Wednesday to Thursday this week. Sales on Wednesday alone increased 200% from the previous week.Lotto.com and Jackpot.com also offer online lottery sales.As of the most…
by Mia Taylor Last updated: 2:40 PM ET, Thu September 4, 2025 They may earn less than their Millennial counterparts, but Gen Z isn’t letting that hold them back, at least when it comes to exploring the world.Gen Z traveler searches are up 26 percent this fall, according to Airbnb’s fall travel trends report and they’re planning longer international trips compared to millennials. This surge in Gen Z travel is likely fueled by more affordable travel during the shoulder season, making international travel more approachable for younger travelers, suggests the report. Underscoring that point, a recent Focaldata survey found that…