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☆ Atlantis The Royal, Dubai: Inside the Middle East’s ‘best’ hotel
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Rebecca Cairns | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Atlantis, The Royal Atlantis, The Royal: The double-height bar is perfect for sunset cocktails — although you won't be making your own drinks, as there's a 24-hour bartender ready to make your favorites. Atlantis, The Royal Atlantis, The Royal: The triple-height library provides a secluded space to work, read or relax. Atlantis, The Royal Atlantis, The Royal: The entertainment room is kitted out with a 98-inch LED screen for a home cinema experience. Atlantis, The Royal Atlantis, The Royal: Every room has stunning views — including the marble-clad bathrooms. Atlantis, The Royal Atlantis, The Royal: Guests can enjoy designer amenities made by French fashion house Hermès, as well as bespoke gold toothbrushes, combs and brushes.

Persons: Swedish House Mafia —, there’s, ”, Tom Roelens, There’s, Cabana, Rebecca Cairns, Kendall Jenner, “ We’ve, we’ve, Graff, bathrobes, Jay Z, Louis, Valentino —, “, it’s, Estiatorio Milos, Costas Spiliadis, — Organizations: CNN, Swedish House Mafia, Royal, Atlantis Resorts, Dolce, Gabbana, cabanas, Atlantis, “ Royal, Nobu, —, Chefs, Sky Locations: Dubai, Beyoncé, isn’t, Arabian, Atlantis Royal Dubai

☆ Surge pricing is coming to theme parks
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Camilo Fonseca | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Theme parks are the latest industry to implement a form of surge pricing. Merlin Entertainments, which owns Legoland and Madame Tussauds, plans to start "dynamic pricing" at its top attractions. Wendy's drew backlash and quickly walked back its announcement about exploring dynamic pricing. Visitors to certain Legoland locations will soon start experiencing surge pricing — or "dynamic pricing," as the CEO of the company that owns the parks calls it — based on fluctuating demand. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: Madame Tussauds, Wendy's, — Organizations: Merlin Entertainments, Service, Business, Merlin, Financial Times Locations: Legoland

☆ Chinese fishing vessels are going scorched earth and pumping cyanide into contested waters, Philippine fishing authority says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The bureau on Saturday accused Chinese vessels of pumping cyanide into the shoal's waters. AdvertisementThe Philippines' fishing bureau has accused Chinese fishing vessels of using cyanide to destroy the Scarborough Shoal, a fish-rich atoll in the South China Sea contested by both Manila and Beijing. Cyanide fishing is a controversial fishing method that typically involves dumping the highly toxic chemical near coral reefs or in fishing grounds to stun or kill fish so they can be easily captured. Notably, the Philippines' fishing industry was known to use cyanide fishing back in the 1960s to capture live fish for aquariums and restaurants, though the practice has become less common. The Scarborough Shoal is contested by The Philippines, China, and Taiwan.

Persons: —, Nazario Briguera, Brigeura, Briguera, hadn't, Jay Tarriela, Guo Shoujing, Hague Organizations: Service, Bureau of Fisheries, Aquatic Resources, The Philippine, Philippine, Scarborough, Philippine Star, ROSA, GMA, Philippine Coast Guard, Conservation, Education Foundation, Global Times, The, TED, Getty, Google, Fisheries, Business Locations: Philippines, China, Scarborough, South, Manila, Beijing, Masinloc, Spanish, Scarborough Shoal, AFP, Bajo de, Cebu, South China, Taiwan, The Philippines, Quezon City, Philippine

☆ I love going indoor snorkeling in my landlocked state. It's only $125 and wildlife sightings are guaranteed.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Zanny Merullo Steffgen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Strange as it sounds, I always recommend going snorkeling or scuba diving when visiting Denver. The Denver Downtown Aquarium offers indoor cage diving, scuba diving, and snorkeling. But I think one of the best things to do is snorkeling in the Denver Downtown Aquarium. AdvertisementPlus, in the aquarium tank, you don't have to worry about harming a fragile coral reef as you dive or snorkel. Zanny Merullo SteffgenIf you're a certified scuba diver, the Denver Downtown Aquarium offers fish ($225) and shark ($235) diving experiences.

Persons: who's, —, I've, gawking, you've Organizations: Denver, Denver Downtown Aquarium, Service, The Downtown Denver Aquarium Locations: Colorado, Denver

The San Diego Zoo sent its pandas home in 2019 and the last bear at the Memphis, Tennessee, zoo went home earlier this year. Whatever the reason, San Diego Zoo officials were hopeful. "It is a moment with some heartbreak in it,” National Zoo Director Brandie Smith said at the time. The San Diego Zoo has been panda-less for four years and may need to upgrade or refurbish its facilities. The National Zoo had announced plans to renovate its panda house and outdoor enclosure, but the timing on those plans is unclear.

Persons: —, Xi Jinping, Xi, Mei Xiang, Tian Tian, Xiao Qi Ji —, ”, Daniel Ashe, ” Dennis Wilder, ” Wilder, Wilder, Gavin Newsom's, Xi’s, Paul A, Baribault, Ling, Hsing, Brandie Smith, Le Le, Didi Tang, Amy Taxin Organizations: WASHINGTON, San Diego Zoo, National Zoo, Atlanta Zoo, Veteran, Economic Cooperation, Association of Zoos, Aquariums, Georgetown University’s Initiative, U.S, California Gov, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, “, Zoo, Associated Press Locations: America, California, San Diego, U.S, Memphis , Tennessee, China, Veteran China, People's Republic, Asia, San Francisco, United States, Washington, Memphis, Santa Ana , California

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has partnered with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) to launch last week a pilot Wildlife Confiscations Network in Southern California. Southern California is considered an epicenter for trafficked wildlife, much of it from Asian countries. Criminal networks and syndicates have built illegal wildlife trade into a multi-billion dollar a year criminal enterprise, Ashe said. [1/5]A critically endangered radiated tortoise, who was confiscated in 1998 and named Ninja, is shown eating at the Los Angeles zoo as the U.S. Back at the FWS Office of Law Enforcement, a room holds taxidermied trafficked animals and birds, horns and ivory.

Persons: Dan Ashe, AZA, Ashe, Moka, San Diego . Speed, Jake Owens, Owens, Braxton, Rene Galindo, Ray Hernandez, Mary Milliken, Jorge Garcia, Sandra Maler Organizations: Los Angeles Zoo, U.S . Fish, Wildlife Service, Association of Zoos, Aquariums, Wildlife Confiscations Network, El Paso , Texas ., Lions, Tigers, Bears, Wildlife Confiscations, LA Zoo, Los Angeles International Airport, LAX, CITES, FWS, Law, Thomson Locations: Bali, U.S, Southern California, Miami, El Paso , Texas, El Paso , Texas . Southern California, Bengal, Mexico, California, San Diego ., Los Angeles, Los, LAX

The Tacoma-based Point Defiance Zoo is conducting dental exams and teeth-cleaning in its managed care program. The fittingly named vet is helping bolster a population of only 270 red wolves known to exist, mostly in managed care or zoos. The animals in managed care tend to live longer than free-ranging red wolves, in part because they have annual exams and dental hygiene. The rare red wolves once ranged from New York to Texas, but by the late 1960s to 1970s a once thriving population was decimated. Three of those released came from the Point Defiance Zoo program, including a pup born April 13.

Persons: Karen Wolf, Wolf, Natalie Davis, Matt McKnight, Daniel Trotta, Diane Craft Organizations: U.S, Fish & Wildlife Service, Association of Zoos, Aquariums, Defiance, Thomson Locations: Washington, United States, Tacoma, Defiance, North Carolina, Seattle, New York, Texas, U.S

BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors in Berlin said Tuesday they have closed their investigation into the spectacular collapse of a huge aquarium last December after an expert report failed to pin down a reason why the tank burst. The AquaDom aquarium, which stood in a hotel lobby in the center of the German capital, burst in the early hours of Dec. 16, sending 1 million liters (264,000 gallons) of water gushing into the building and the street outside. Prosecutors said they have closed an investigation of persons unknown on suspicion of causing bodily harm by negligence after evaluating the export report, commissioned by the building's owners, which they received on Oct. 6. Its author, engineer Christian Bonten, has presented three theories but said there was no clear evidence to prove any of them. About 400 to 500 mostly small fish from a separate set of aquariums housed under the hotel lobby were evacuated to other tanks in a neighboring aquarium that was unaffected.

Persons: Prosecutors, Christian Bonten Organizations: BERLIN, — Prosecutors, Prosecutors Locations: Berlin

☆ An earthquake destroyed their California home days before Christmas. They still have to pay the mortgage
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( Nouran Salahieh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake had just struck Rio Dell, California, upending homes and lives for the community of 3,400 people near Oregon. “It’s a gamble to not have it,” Rio Dell City Manager Kyle Knopp said. A whopping 90% of homes in California aren’t covered by earthquake insurance, according to Glenn Pomeroy, CEO of the California Earthquake Authority, a nonprofit quake insurer established by the state. Gavin Newsom proclaimed an emergency for Humboldt County, where Rio Dell is located, in part to help local governments access services. Despite seeing how costly earthquake damage can be, she doubts she’ll buy earthquake insurance for her next home.

Persons: CNN —, Jacqui McIntosh, Rio, McIntosh, ”, unlivable, “ It’s, Fred Greaves, “, Kyle Knopp, Glenn Pomeroy, ” Brian Ferguson, Knopp, ” Knopp, Randy Jensen, ” Jensen, Jensen, Jane Tyska, ” Pomeroy, that’s, Pomeroy, Gavin Newsom, Michelle Bushnell, Bushnell, it’s, Keith Porter, Kent Porter, Bolt, Porter, ” Porter, ‘, Alyssa Jorgensen, Jorgensen, didn’t, ” McIntosh Organizations: CNN, Dell, California Earthquake Authority, California Governor’s, Emergency Services, Mendocino Triple Junction, FEMA, Rio Dell, Reuters, Rio Dell Water, Media, East Bay Times, San, Small Business Administration, Institute, The Press Democrat, Mitigation, retrofits, Earthquake, California Earthquake Locations: Rio Dell , California, Oregon, Rio Dell, California, It’s, Mendocino, Cape Mendocino, Northern California, Montecito, Beverly Hills, Malibu, Rio, Humboldt County

☆ Orca attacks on boats aren't out of revenge, killer whale experts say. They're just having fun.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Erin Heger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

"I certainly think orcas are capable of complex emotions," Monika Wieland Shields, director of the Orca Behavior Institute told Insider. And yet, these situations haven't resulted in wild orcas attacking boats, Shields said. Orcas in captivity have attacked and killed humans, but there are no records of orcas killing humans in the wild. The orcas are trying to playAccording to Shields, orcas' natural curiosity and playfulness are likely the cause for these encounters and not revenge. According to Trites, orcas might simply enjoy the sensation of ramming into boats.

Persons: —, they've, Andrew Trites, Sailor Werner Schaufelberger, orcas, Trites, White, Monika Wieland Shields, Suzanne Allee, Magnolia Pictures Shields, Shields, Orcas, that's, Hanne Strager, Strager Organizations: Service, Marine Mammal Research, University of British, Orca Behavior Institute, Magnolia Pictures Locations: Spain, Portugal, University of British Columbia, Canada, Blackfish, Washington

☆ ‘Elemental’ Review: Sparks Fly
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Amy Nicholson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“Elemental” is the latest Pixar premise to feel like someone laced the cafeteria’s kombucha keg with ayahuasca. This story is simpler (elemental, even). Yet, the four classical elements are one of civilization’s great unifiers, a cosmological theory shared by the Hindu Vedas, the Buddhist Mahabhuta, the Kongo cosmogram, the Indigenous medicine wheel and the zodiac. We’ve long interpreted life through water, earth, air and fire. Now, the trick is to see the life in them, once we squint past the visually overwhelming chaos of Element City, a smelting pot of puns and allusions.

Persons: Coco ”, It’s, Empedocles, Ember Lumen, Leah Lewis, Wade Ripple Organizations: Pixar Locations: Element City, Manhattan, Kongo

☆ Danny McBride Keeps It Righteous
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Austin Considine | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The party started early. Like, 10:30 a.m., still-drinking-lousy-hotel-coffee early. I did not expect him to arrive in a fully stocked party bus with several of his closest associates, including his longtime collaborator David Gordon Green, though in retrospect perhaps I should have. On cue, his wife, Gia, an art director, furnished a bottle of Código 1530. “This is George Strait’s tequila!” McBride beamed, and a look ping-ponged around the bus that asked, “Too early?”It was not too early.

Persons: Danny McBride, David Gordon Green, Walton Goggins, Baby Billy, McBride, Goggins, “, Gia, George Strait’s Organizations: South Carolina Lowcountry Locations: South Carolina, Charleston, Los Angeles

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☆ If You’re a Foodie, You’ll Want This Cash Back Card
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +6 min

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☆ Photographer Nicolas Remy captures image of the rare spotted handfish
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( Nell Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

There are fewer than 3,000 spotted handfish remaining in the wild. Of the red handfish, only 100 adults are thought to remain, while the Ziebell’s hasn’t been spotted in the wild since 2007. The red handfish is currently only found on two small patches of reef in south-eastern Tasmania. In the Derwent River, the team has planted artificial habitat to encourage spotted handfish spawning, which has already shown promising results in stabilizing populations, says Stuart-Smith. The Ziebell's handfish is the most elusive of the three pecies, with no confirmed sightings since 2007.

Persons: Nicolas Remy, Remy, Nicolas REMY Eventually, ”, Ziebell’s, Tyson Bessell, Jemina Stuart, Smith, Stuart, Andrew Green, Mark Strickland Organizations: CNN, Andrew Locations: Derwent, Sydney, Australia, Tasmania, American

☆ See bizarre photos of dead Hollister stores turned into aquariums, haunted houses, escape rooms, and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Bethany Biron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

An aquariumIn April 2021, the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge opened its doors to "Blue Zoo," an aquarium built inside an abandoned Hollister. The 16,000-square-foot space features wildlife such as sharks, jellyfish, stingrays, seahorses, and even toucans, according to The Advocate. Despite its transformation, the aquarium managed to maintain some of the original Hollister vibe, including its iconic entryway. "People in our generation and younger aren't interested in stuff, they want experiences they can show on social media," Wes Haws, founder and CEO of Blue Zoo, told The Advocate.

☆ Capital One SavorOne Student Cash Rewards card review: $100 welcome bonus, 3% back for everyday spending, and a free Uber One membership
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( David Mcmillin | Joseph Hostetler | Read More | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +34 min

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☆ Bank of America Travel Rewards card review: A bonus worth $250, straightforward 1.5x earning, and broad travel categories for redeeming make this card a good choice for beginners
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-10 | by ( Holly Johnson | Jasmin Baron | Freelance Writer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +26 min

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▼ + stars: | 2022-07-01 | by ( David Mcmillin | Read More | Read Less | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +24 min

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▼ + stars: | 2022-06-09 | by ( David Mcmillin | Read More | Read Less | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +26 min

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