Wyndham's Optimism, Southwest's Strong Bookings and Malaga's STR Crackdown

Tens of thousands of people marched in various Italian cities on Saturday calling for peace in Gaza and Ukraine. 

My wife and I have four young children who have traveled with us all over the country.

Southwest announced Thursday the appointment of six new directors to its board as part of a settlement with activist investor Elliott Investment Management. 

Southwest Airlines reported Thursday that it is seeing strong bookings for the holiday travel season and healthy demand as it deals with an activist investor. 

Hilton hit both an important loyalty milestone and a growth record in the third quarter — further signs the hotel giant is increasingly a formidable competitor against its rival and the world's largest hotel company, Marriott International.

Rail company Eurostar is making it easier to travel around Europe spontaneously by offering up to 50 percent off last-minute and flexible tickets.

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Oct 18, 2024 • 5 min read

“As far back as I can remember, I knew I was different,” says Alexander Smalls. Growing up in a Gullah Geechee household in Spartanburg, North Carolina, the chef says he recognized the implication of those differences—in appearance, history, and cuisine. “I discovered early that my friends did not eat any of the foods that I ate. My foods were more akin to West Africa, you know, and very much pronounced in that way,” he says. It wan't until he moved to New York as an adult, that he assimilated the value of that diasporic connective tissue. “Food was a big part of cultural expression and identity of the African diaspora,” he says.

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My dad is from a small town in Massachusetts and has never been much for travel, but his eyes lit up like a child’s when I told him I was headed to Stuttgart, the capital of the German state of Baden-Württemberg in the Swabian region of southwestern Germany. A lifelong car buff, pop knew Stuttgart as the headquarters of Mercedes-Benz and Porsche. Driving me to the airport, he gushed about the legendary car museums in his coarse Boston accent: “Christalmighty, Johnny Boy, you’ll see the most gawgeous Muhcedes and Pawsches evah made!” I could only imagine otherwise-polite Germans shuddering at his pronunciation of their cherished automobile brands (but I kept that to myself).