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Voting is open for the 2025 Travvy Awards, TravelPulse and AGENTatHOME’s awards voted upon by you, the travel advisor community! The Travvys recognize the best hotels and resorts, the best destinations, the best cruise lines and ships and much more. The eleventh annual Travvy Awards will be held at Greater Fort Lauderdale’s Broward County Convention Center on November 6.  The nominees for the best destinations in their categories are listed below. Vote for your favorites before September 5 to make your voice heard!Best Tourism Board—Australia/New Zealand/South PacificTourism AustraliaTourism FijiTourism New ZealandTahiti TourismeBest Tourism Board—CaribbeanAruba Tourism AuthorityBarbados Tourism Marketing Inc.Discover Puerto RicoDominican…

A small-town grandmother who disappeared on her way to work. A beloved director of a Texas summer camp for girls. An Alabama elementary student away from home. These are a few of the dozens of victims lost in devastating flooding in Texas. The flooding in central Texas originated from the fast-moving waters on the Guadalupe River on Friday, killing at least 82 people. Authorities say search and rescue efforts are still underway, including for campers missing from a summer camp for girls. Tanya Burwick The last time Tanya Burwick’s family heard from her was a frantic phone call about the…

CNN  —  Former Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit died by suicide on Monday, just hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin fired him from the job, officials said. Starovoit was dismissed by Putin on Monday morning. The decree announcing his dismissal was published on the official Kremlin website, with his deputy Andrey Nikitin appointed acting minister. Asked by reporters for the reasons behind Starovoit’s dismissal, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov denied this was due to a “lack of trust,” but he did not give any alternative reason. The Investigative Committee of Russia said in a statement that Starovoit’s body was found inside…

PARIS (AP) — For years, Dutch wunderkind and celebrity-favorite Iris Van Herpen has occupied fashion’s edge, conjuring couture from unexpected sources — banana leaves, cocoa beans and even 3D-printed polymers — while exploring the intersection of biology, art and design.Monday’s collection at Paris Couture Week, “Sympoiesis,” felt like the culmination of her restless experimentation: A show that dared to imagine clothing as both organism and artifact.In a shadowy Paris venue, Van Herpen sent out a series of gossamer gowns spun from alternative fibers so fine and insubstantial that they seemed conjured from air itself. At the collection’s heart, a luminous…

Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 13-19:July 13: Game show announcer Johnny Gilbert is 97. Actor Patrick Stewart is 85. Actor Harrison Ford is 83. Singer-guitarist Roger McGuinn of The Byrds is 83. Actor-comedian Cheech Marin is 79. Actor Daphne Maxwell Reid (“Eve,” ″The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”) is 77. Actor Didi Conn is 74. Actor Gil Birmingham (“Twilight” films) is 72. Country singer Louise Mandrell is 71. Bassist Mark “The Animal” Mendoza of Twisted Sister is 67. Actor-director Cameron Crowe is 68. Actor Michael Jace (“The Shield”) is 63. Actor Tom Kenny (“SpongeBob SquarePants”) is 63. Country singer-songwriter…

Voting is officially open for the 2025 Travvy Awards, TravelPulse and AGENTatHome’s own travel awards voted upon by you, our travel advisor experts.The Travvy Awards recognize the best destinations, cruise lines and cruise ships, hotels and resorts, tourism boards, vacation packagers and much more. This year marks the 11th annual awards ceremony, which will be held on November 6, 2025, in Greater Fort Lauderdale’s Broward County Convention Center.Below, we take a look at the nominees for the best honeymoon and wedding destinations of the year. Don’t forget to vote for your favorites by September 5!Best Honeymoon Destination – Australia/New Zealand/South PacificAustraliaBora BoraCook…

Apple on Monday filed an appeal against the EU’s decision to fine the company €500 million (about $580 million) for not complying with rules that mandate companies to let developers steer users outside the App Store for making purchases, according to multiple reports. The European Commission issued the fine in April, saying that Apple failed to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) rules to allow developers to accept payments for their apps outside Apple’s ecosystem. Apple revised its fee structure for app distribution in the EU in late June with a more complicated framework that includes an initial acquisition…

PARIS (AP) — Paris couture week opened not with sequins or red carpet pageantry, but with a black-feathered omen. Cardi B, wrapped in a custom Schiaparelli gown of graphic fringe, stood beneath the gilded columns of the Petit Palais, holding a live crow on her arm. The bird squawked, glared, and nearly lunged — setting the tone for a show that soared straight into the surreal.It was a fitting image for Schiaparelli. Elsa Schiaparelli, the house’s founder, built her legend in the 1930s by weaving the unexpected —l obster dresses, shoe hats, and, yes, animals — into the heart of…

Film directors Rian Johnson (L), Greta Gerwig (C), and Guillermo Del Toro (R)Getty ImagesNetflix isn’t interested in bringing movies to theaters.The company’s leaders have said they see theatrical movie releases as an “outdated” model. Yet for more than a decade, the streamer has lured in some of Hollywood’s biggest directors to make content exclusively for its platform.Martin Scorsese, Alfonso Cuarón, Bong Joon-ho, Spike Lee and Guillermo del Toro, darlings of the big screen, have all directed films for the streaming service without the promise of a wide theatrical release.More recently, Netflix has wooed Greta Gerwig into the director’s seat after acquiring…

Ingram Micro, a U.S. technology distributing giant and managed services provider, said on Monday a ransomware attack is the cause of an ongoing outage at the company. The hack began on Thursday, after which the company’s website and much of its network went down. Late on Saturday, the company said in a brief statement that it was working to restore systems so it can begin processing orders again.  Ingram Micro on Monday alerted shareholders to the breach before markets opened in the United States. California-based Ingram Micro is one of the world’s largest technology distributors, shipping tech and hardware to…