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☆ I worked on cruises for 3 years. Here are 6 things I'd never do on board.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Tammy Barr | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Here are six things I'd never do on a cruise after working on them for three years. So, even though I enjoy lobster, I stick with the items without the upcharges. Related storyI prefer to buy as I go and take advantage of happy hour and other drink specials that are available on certain cruise lines. AdvertisementSome cruise lines are better than others at wiping down commonly touched surfaces, but I don't take any chances. Wear my room key around my neckI never walk around the ship with my room key around my neck, and I especially never do this when on land.

Persons: —, it's, I've, norovirus, I'd, Tammy Barr Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Manhattan

☆ I've been to 35 all-inclusive resorts. Here are 10 mistakes I always see first-timers make.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Kelly Magyarics | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

I've stayed at all-inclusive resorts around the world and seen first-timers make the same mistakes. AdvertisementVacationing at an all-inclusive resort is very appealing for many travelers — and with good reason. As a travel writer, I've been to dozens of all-inclusive resorts in the Caribbean, Mexico, the Maldives, and more. Not tippingSpeaking of tipping, I'm well aware that some all-inclusive resorts invite guests to "leave their wallets at home." AdvertisementOrdering drinks wrongYou have access to lots of drinks at all-inclusive resorts, but not all of them are good.

Persons: I've, —, Kelly Magyarics, you've, Stanley Organizations: Service, tote Locations: Caribbean, Mexico, Maldives

☆ I celebrated 3 months of sobriety with an all-inclusive vacation. I fell off the wagon when I got home, but I'm trying again.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Jennifer Greenberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Three months into my sobriety, I took an all-inclusive vacation. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . But, unlike the previous times I had gone on the wagon, this time, I would be doing it for myself. As I had my challenges with binge drinking in my 20s, I had avoided all-inclusive resorts since a vacation in my teens, when my brother and I were accidentally given adult bracelets and our parents turned the other cheek.

Persons: —, Grandma Bevy, I'd, pina coladas poolside, sipping, curt, hesitantly, I'm, Beverly Mendel Organizations: Service, sipping White Locations: New York, Montreal, Cana

☆ I thought I'd hate all-inclusive resorts. Then I went to one.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Monica Humphries | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

I thought all-inclusive resorts didn't foster experiences unique to a destination. It was peaceful, quiet, and far from anything I envisioned when it came to staying at an all-inclusive resort. Between the picture-perfect accommodations and excursions, I was willing to challenge thoughts on all-inclusive resorts. We were told to meet at the outdoor dinner table at 7 p.m.Sure, Thatch Caye missed some elements of many all-inclusive resorts. And while I still plan to steer clear of many of the major all-inclusive resorts, I'll no longer shudder when I see those two little words.

Persons: —, Matteo Colombo, I've, you've, Justin Francis, Jobs, Monica Humphries, Katie, I'd, wasn't, Guy Organizations: Service, Getty, Quintana, Quintana Roo Tourism, US Travel Locations: Belize, Dangriga, Cancún, Mexico, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Quintana Roo

☆ CNBC Daily Open: Is the final leg of inflation fight the hardest?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Sumathi Bala | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Hong Kong ralliesHong Kong stocks rallied on Wednesday, while the wider region traded mixed. U.S. stocks tumbled overnight, dragged lower by a 4.4% drop in Nvidia shares ahead of the chipmaker's earnings report. Pros say that exposure can come from real estate investment trusts and picked 5 REITS that are in play.

Persons: Pina, Dow, Noel Quinn, Nikesh Arora, Andrew Amoils Organizations: CNBC, CSI, Nvidia, Nasdaq, HSBC, Palo, Palo Alto Networks, New Locations: Brooklyn, New York, Hong Kong, U.S, Vietnam

☆ I spent 2 nights in a luxury overwater bungalow in Belize. Take a look inside my $950-a-night room.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Monica Humphries | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

On a recent trip to Belize, a friend and I spent two nights at the all-inclusive Thatch Caye resort. The resort sits on its own private island, and we stayed in a premier overwater bungalow. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. My friend and I had just spent four nights in a budget hotel and three days hopping around Caye Caulker, Belize. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: — Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Belize, Caulker

☆ Chair hogs, dining divas and boorish boozers: Is cruising etiquette lost at sea?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Forrest Brown | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

When it comes to uncouth, uncultured and downright unacceptable behavior on ships, experts in travel etiquette and cruising have seen it all. Chair squattingNow this is a true prize on a cruise ship — empty lounge chairs! Jeff R Clow/Moment RF/Getty ImagesIt’s a quintessential cruising experience – hanging out on the deck enjoying the sun and sea. Ramunas Bruzas/Alamy Stock PhotoVertical travel within a cruise ship is another place where things can go sideways. In the end, Leighton said basic good manners applicable to living in general will serve you on a cruise ship.

Persons: CNN —, You’re, looter, Nick Leighton, Angel Wilson, Scotsman, ’, ”, Wilson, Andrew Matthews, Maryanne Parker, Manners, Patience, ” Parker, Jeff R, “, Leighton, ” Leighton, …, ” Wilson, Ramunas, gripes Wilson, Costa, Frans Lemmens, Parker, Don’t, Anthony Devlin, there’s, they’re, l'amour, it’s, Puff Organizations: CNN, CNN Travel, MSC, Getty, Cruise, Alamy, Royal Caribbean, Disney Locations: Port, Southampton, England, “, NAPA, overindulging, Opunohu, Moorea, French Polynesia, Royal Caribbean, Caribbean, Japan

☆ DNA remnants found in fossil of 6 million year old turtle
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Researchers excavate the 6 million year old fossil remains of a sea turtle of the genus Lepidochelys near La Pina along the Caribbean coast of Panama in this handout photograph taken in 2015 and obtained by Reuters on September 28, 2023. Cadena said the only older vertebrate fossils than the newly described turtle to have been found with similar DNA remnants were of two dinosaurs - Tyrannosaurus, which lived about 66 million years ago, and Brachylophosaurus, which lived about 78 million years ago. Cadena said DNA remnants also have been reported in insects dating to tens of millions of years ago. The turtle is from the same genus - Lepidochelys - as two of the world's seven living species of sea turtles - the Kemp's ridley, the world's smallest sea turtle, and the olive ridley, Cadena said. "Each fossil, each fossil site has specific conditions of preservation that in some cases could have favored preservation of original biomolecular remains such as proteins and DNA," Cadena said.

Persons: Carlos de Gracia, today's Kemp's ridley, Edwin Cadena, Cadena, ridley, Kemp's ridley, Will Dunham, Elida Moreno, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Reuters, REUTERS Acquire, Universidad del Rosario, Smithsonian Tropical Research, Pacific, Thomson Locations: La Pina, Panama, Handout, Bogota, Gulf of Mexico, Washington

☆ Old video sparks wild theories on fate of Russia's Prigozhin
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The Kremlin said Western suggestions he had been killed on its orders were an "absolute lie." "Today we have reached the boiling point," he said in the clip published on Grey Zone, Wagner's Telegram channel. He added, "But I will not lie, I must say honestly that Russia is on the brink of disaster. Some posts speculated Prigozhin was alive. One post said Ukraine had killed Prigozhin by order of US special services "and the Anglo-Saxons" and added, "it is inconvenient for us to lose such a hero," to which someone responded with three crying-laughing emojis.

Persons: Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner, Semyon Pegov, Prigozhin, Sergei Surovikin, pina colada, Vladimir Putin, Elaine Monaghan Organizations: Kremlin, Grey, Thomson Locations: Moscow, Russia, Jamaica, France, Ukraine

☆ Old interview clip of Wagner chief Prigozhin sparks speculation about his death
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash near Moscow. An old video has surfaced in which he says he would rather die than lie and makes a plane crash analogy. The clip has sparked speculation about the way he died, and whether he is dead at all. The mercenary group leader, who led an aborted coup against Russian military leadership in June, was killed in a plane crash outside Moscow. AdvertisementAdvertisementAfter the plane crash on Wednesday, Wagner-affiliated social media channels claimed that air-defense systems shot the plane down, but the cause remains unclear.

Persons: Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Prigozhin, Sergei Surovikin, Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden, William Burns, Putin Organizations: Service, Russian, Sunday, BBC, Kremlin, CIA Locations: Moscow, Wall, Silicon, Jamaica, Russian

☆ Mutineers silent as Spain enjoy Women's World Cup triumph
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Fernando Kallas | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Twelve of the 15 players who took part in the mutiny and ended up not making Spain's World Cup squad decided to stay silent, giving no interviews and making no mention of the Women's World Cup on their personal social media accounts. The 15 e-mails from 15 players sent to RFEF President Luis Rubiales demanded radical changes in the team's structure. PLAYERS SILENTReuters tried to contact the players through their agents, who said they will remain silent. However, Spanish agent Carlota Planas, who represents world champions Mariona Caldentey, Cata Coll and four of the players who were left behind -- Pina, Guijarro, Lola Gallardo and Leila Aouhabi -- told Reuters the revolt played a major role in Spain's World Cup success. "Without them and their bravery, surely the RFEF would not have even considered making any improvements at all," Planas said.

Persons: Spain's Misa Rodriguez, Juan Medina, Spain's, Jorge Vilda, Luis Rubiales, Ona, Mariona, Aitana Bonmati, Sandra Panos, Patri, Mapi Leon, Claudia Pina, Carlota Planas, Mariona Caldentey, Cata Coll, Pina, Guijarro, Lola Gallardo, Leila Aouhabi, Planas, Marta Diaz, Manchester United's Lucia Garcia, Diaz, Fernando Kallas, Ken Ferris Organizations: Soccer Football, FIFA, Rights, La Roja, England, Spanish FA, World, League, Reuters, BePlayer Agency, Manchester, Thomson Locations: New Zealand, Spain, Madrid, Sydney, Spanish

☆ Fact Check-News broadcast image does not exaggerate heatwave in France
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

An image of a French news report about hot weather in Corsica is being falsely touted online as evidence of the media exaggerating high temperatures in France. The image is a cropped still from a broadcast weather report on CNEWS, a French-language news channel. “Same temperature manipulation in France relating to Corsica,” said one social media user sharing the image on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter. Reuters traced the image to a weather report broadcast on CNEWS on July 18 (here). The visuals were filmed on July 17 and were used to illustrate a broadcast on July 18 about temperatures forecast for later that day.

Persons: ”, “ Banner, Hier, Thomas Goussard, Matthieu Sorel, Pina Canale, Read Organizations: Corse, Facebook, Reuters, CNEWS, Bastia Locations: Corsica, France, Haute, Corse, Hause, Bastia, Météo, Figari

☆ Opinion | Can Everyone Take a Sabbatical?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Tish Harrison Warren | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

I spoke with a group of business people and other leaders of faith who have come to see sabbaticals as a crucial spiritual practice. It’s important to clarify what a sabbatical actually is. What a sabbatical looks like depends on the field. For clergy, sabbaticals provide a break from the intense relational and spiritual pressure of running a church or a nonprofit. For most people in academic fields, a sabbatical offers an opportunity to take a break from teaching in order to focus on research and other projects.

Persons: ” Kira Schabram, Matt Bloom, DJ DiDonna, ”, nix, sabbaticals, Sabbaticals Organizations: “, Harvard Business Locations: “

☆ Pina Bausch’s Dance Company Announces Steps Toward a New Era
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Roslyn Sulcas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“That,” Charmatz said, “was the first smell of what the next season, and my work here, will be.”His task isn’t easy. In the years immediately after Bausch’s death, the company was run by the longtime Wuppertal dancer Dominique Mercy and the rehearsal director Robert Sturm; they were succeeded in 2013 by another veteran dancer, Lutz Förster. “I was prepared to say no,” said Charmatz, who was initially approached by a search committee. We are going to do it together.”The 2023-24 season opens in September with Charmatz’s new “Liberté Cathédrale,” performed at a 1968 Brutalist church in Neviges, north of Wuppertal. That piece will be followed in November by a triple bill, “Club Amour,” which combines Charmatz’s “Aatt enen tionon” and “herses, duo” with Bausch’s “Café Müller.”

Persons: ” Charmatz, Bausch’s “, “, Dominique Mercy, Robert Sturm, Lutz Förster, Adolphe Binder, Bausch, Binder, ”, Charmatz, “ herses Organizations: Manchester International, Bausch’s “ Palermo Palermo ”, Tanztheater Locations: Bausch’s, Wuppertal, Tanztheater Wuppertal, Neviges

[1/2] The 76th Cannes Film Festival - Screening of the film "Perfect Days" in competition - Red Carpet Arrivals - Cannes, France, May 25, 2023. REUTERS/Gonzalo FuentesCANNES, May 25 (Reuters) - Most directors would be thrilled to have one film shown at the Cannes Film Festival. The result, "Perfect Days", premiers on Thursday, starring acclaimed Japanese actor Koji Yakusho as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Cannes organizers liked the "spontaneous" work, which came together in just a few months, and wanted to show it, Wenders said. By comparison, "Anselm" is more of an experience than a film, Wenders said.

[1/4] Israeli policemen stand next to smoke from a fire following incoming rockets from Lebanon to Israel in Bezet, northern Israel, April 6, 2023. The Israeli military said 34 rockets were launched from Lebanon, of which 25 were intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome, anti-missile system. There was no claim of responsibility but an Israeli military official also said that Israel was working on the assumption that the attack was Palestinian-linked. "It's not Hezbollah shooting, but it's hard to believe that Hezbollah didn't know about it," Tamir Hayman, a former head of Israeli military intelligence said on Twitter. In response, Israel has hit targets in Gaza linked to Hamas, which it holds responsible for any attacks from the blockaded coastal strip.

☆ Spain tells 'fire tourists' to stay away from forest blaze
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-26 | by ( Guillermo Martinez | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] A plane throws water over a wildfire in Pina de Montalgrao, Castellon, following a wildfire raged in eastern Spain, March 26, 2023. REUTERS/Lorena SopenaBARRACAS, Spain, March 26 (Reuters) - Officials urged 'fire tourists' to keep away from blazes raging in eastern Spain on Sunday, saying onlookers were putting themselves at risk and disrupting efforts to quell the flames. Police had spotted 14 cyclists near the scene trying to get a closer look, Gabriela Bravo, the regional head of interior affairs in the Valencia region, told reporters. "We ask once again and above all tourists not to engage in fire tourism, not to approach the perimeter area," she said. In Spain, 493 fires destroyed a record 307,000 hectares of land last year, according to the Commission's European Forest Fire Information System.

☆ ‘Água’ Review: Pina Bausch’s Brazilian Dance Spectacle
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Robert Greskovic | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Mexico elects first female Supreme Court president
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] A screen shows the ceremony in which Norma Lucia Pina prepares to take the oath as president of the Supreme Court of Justice while speaking on a television screen in the press room of the Supreme Court building in Mexico City, Mexico January 2, 2023.REUTERS/Henry RomeroMEXICO CITY, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Mexico's Supreme Court on Monday elected its first female president, who has pushed back against the government's nationalist energy agenda, amid a succession process clouded by allegations of plagiarism against another justice competing for the job. By a 6-5 majority vote, the justices chose Norma Pina to head Mexico's highest court, putting in place a member appointed to the tribunal under the previous administration. Esquivel vehemently denied the accusation, which triggered an investigation by her alma mater, the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). His electricity bill ended up at the Supreme Court, and Pina cited Mexico's constitutional obligation to cut its carbon footprint in voting down sections of the law, including one that gave priority to CFE in connecting power plants to the grid. Reporting by Dave Graham; editing by Jonathan Oatis and Grant McCoolOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ The easiest way to travel full time? See what a 28-year-old paid for an apartment on a cruise ship
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Lucy Handley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

The MV Narrative is now under construction in Split, Croatia, from where it will set sail in 2025. The MV Narrative, the first cruise ship from operator Storylines, is scheduled to set sail from Croatia in 2025. A computer-generated image of the bathroom in a "Global" penthouse residence on board the MV Narrative cruise ship. A rendering of a residents' lounge on board the MV Narrative cruise ship, which is expected to carry around 1,000 passengers. A computer rendering of the living quarters of an "Envision" residence on board the MV Narrative cruise ship.

☆ Venezuelan migrants stranded in Mexico
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Jeremy Schultz | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Venezuelans Marilin de Los Angeles Medero Pina (R) and her 15-year-old son Hector Alejandro Medina Medero are pictured on the banks of the Rio Grande after they tried to cross into the United States, but were told by U.S. Border Patrol that they...moreVenezuelans Marilin de Los Angeles Medero Pina (R) and her 15-year-old son Hector Alejandro Medina Medero are pictured on the banks of the Rio Grande after they tried to cross into the United States, but were told by U.S. Border Patrol that they should go back because of new migration enforcement orders from the Biden Administration in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, October 18. Hector suffers from a sickness which he need treatment for, and the family was detained multiple times in Mexico, forcing them to delay their arrival to the border. REUTERS/Paul RatjeClose

☆ Venezuelan migrants expelled from U.S. and sent back to Mexico
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Jeremy Schultz | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Invitație la concurs: Lucrări civile privind construcția sistemul de irigare în satul Antonești, raionul Cantemir
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-07 | by ( Alte Articole | ) www.civic.md time to read: +5 min

Unitatea Consolidată pentru Implementarea Programelor IFAD, din numele beneficiarilor programului, invită companiile interesate să prezinte oferte pentru participarea la licitaţia privind procurarea lucrărilor civile privind construcția sistemul de irigare în satul Antonești,raionul Cantemir. Ordinul de plată și cererea de eliberarea a setului de documente urmează a fi expediate la adresa: office@ucipifad.md și procurement@ucipifad.md. Originalul şi copia ofertei vor fi semnate de Ofertant sau reprezentantul împuternicit. Toate paginile ofertei trebuie semnate şi ştampilate de către Ofertant. Nu vor fi admise la concurs companiile care: nu și-au indeplinit obligațiile în raporturile contractuale anterioare cu UCIP IFAD, au exercitat sau au fost implicate în practici coercitive de complot, coruptie, frauda în raport cu UCIP IFAD, sunt în conflict de interese cu Grupul-client - Primăria satului satul Antonești, r-nul Cantemir, agenţi economici, locuitori ai satului.

Persons: Cantemir, Ștefan cel Mare Locations: Antonești, Chișinău, Republica Moldova

☆ Oamenii legii, ameninţaţi cu moartea, pentru că au intervenit într-o ceartă de familie. Agresorul a fost reţinut
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-02 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Un bărbat de 37 ani a fost reţinut după ce şi-a agresat sora mai mare şi a ameninţat cu moartea angajaţii forţelor de ordine, sosiţi pentru a atenua conflictul familial. Incidentul a avut loc în seara zilei de 1 iulie, într-o familie din localitatea Paustova, raionul Ocnița. Angajații IP Ocnița au depistat la faţa locului un bărbat în stare de ebrietate care manifesta un comportament extrem de agresiv faţă de sora sa. Pe numele individului a fost pornită o cauză penală pentru ameninţarea cu moartea. Totodată, ultimul a fost reținut pentru 72 ore.În urma incidentului, angajații IP Ocnița nu au avut de suferit.

Persons: puşcărie Organizations: Ocnița Locations: Paustova, Ocnița

☆ A.O. „Centrul de Drept al Femeilor" anunță termen extins pentru selectarea unei companii care va oferi locație, servicii de cazare și alimentație pentru desfășurarea Conferinței Internaționale
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-01 | by ( Alte Articole | ) www.civic.md time to read: +10 min

Misiunea CDF este de a contribui la prevenirea și combaterea violenței împotriva femeilor și a violenței în familie în Republica Moldova. Obiectiv:Identificarea și selectarea locației în vederea desfășurării Conferinței Internaționale dedicate prevenirii și combaterii violenței față de femei și a violenței în familie în Republica Moldova. CDF va contracta o companie pentru Lot 1 și una sau mai multe companii pentru Lot 2. Se va acorda prioritate acelor companii aplicante pentru Lot 2 care sunt în imediată apropiere de locația selectată pentru organizarea Conferinței (Lot 1). Aspecte de organizare:Contractantul va lucra sub supravegherea directă a Coordonatoarei Conferinței Internaționale și a organizatorilor Conferinței.

Persons: Lot Organizations: Organizația, Coaliția, Conferința, Internațională, Lot, ofertantă Locations: Republica Moldova, Suediei, Chișinău, Mic, Lot, Republicii Moldova, Coaliției

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