What Caused a Plane to Fall From the Sky in Brazil?

When my husband and I decided to retire, we devised a plan. We wanted to rent out our home in California and visit the UNESCO World Heritage city of Guanajuato.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Tuesday, August 13, and now here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

UPDATE: August 10, 2024, at 7:30 a.m. ET

D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event being held in Anaheim, California announced several new Disney projects, from four new Disney Cruise Line ships to news about Hong Kong Disneyland Resort’s extended Marvel-themed area, which will soon feature a new story surrounding Spider-Man and Stark Industries. 

What was arguably the most shocking announcement of the night at the Walt Disney Company's D23 fan event last night in Anaheim, California, wasn't about a theme park (although there were tons of those, too).

When Disney announced last year that it planned to spend $60 billion over the next decade to expand its theme park and cruise businesses, double the amount spent over the previous decade, the company’s stock price instantly dropped.

At the age of 63, I was bankrupt and in foreclosure. I had less than nothing because I owed money to a friend. All I had were my pensions. I knew I could never afford to retire in the US.

I've traveled to Cabo — both San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas — more times than I can count to attend weddings, bachelorette parties, birthdays, and personal trips.

Alaska Airlines was the most on-time carrier in North America in July in a month that saw mass flight delays due to the fallout from the CrowdStrike IT outage.

Tropical Storm Debby made landfall in Florida as a Category 1 hurricane early Monday morning—causing wide-scale power outages, catastrophic flooding, and dangerous storm surges throughout the Big Bend region on the Gulf Coast. It has since been downgraded to a tropical storm.

On a particularly relaxed Friday in August, I spent the morning with my two best friends in the Tulum jungle, splashing around what I'm quite sure is the world's most entertaining pool. We were at the Conrad Tulum Riviera Maya Resort's spa pool, which comes tricked out with mystery buttons around the perimeter, each setting off a variety of jets, waterfalls, and even a surge of bubbles bursting out from a lounger submerged a foot below the water's surface. 

At the urging of labor activists in the late 19th century, Congress declared a national holiday on the first Monday in September to celebrate the hard workers of the United States. Now, 130 years later, Labor Day has become more widely known as a three-day weekend celebration that officially ends summer. And it's often seen as travelers' last chance to hit the open road, hop on a plane or book a staycation at a nearby hotel to grab one last dose of sunny R&R before the kids go back to school, the days grow shorter and pumpkin spice season begins.