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☆ The Strange Guest Budget Hotels Are Talking About
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( Elizabeth Findell | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The owner of the America’s Best Value Inn in Butte, Montana, got a peculiar call from an employee one summer day a few years ago. In Room 206, a mundane piece of hotel art, a pink print of a rose from the mid-1990s, had been painted over with a wide-eyed cartoon beaver. “My head housekeeper at the time said ‘There’s been vandalism,’ ” recalls Andy Burton, who has owned the motel for 33 years. “I said ‘Well...it is but it isn’t. It’s quirky.’”

☆ Motel Banksy Strikes Again, Redoing Art in Budget Rooms Everywhere
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Elizabeth Findell | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ This Colorado Community Offers High-Life Living With a Little Less Altitude
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Jessica Flint | Photographs Cary Jobe For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Vail ’s tourism industry is the economic driver in Colorado’s Vail Valley, but Edwards, ZIP Code 81632 and about 15 miles west of Vail, has the area’s priciest residential real estate as ranked by median listing price, according to Realtor.com. ( News Corp , owner of The Wall Street Journal, also operates Realtor.com under license from the National Association of Realtors.) It is bested only by Woody Creek and Snowmass, both in the same area as Aspen, and Telluride. An unincorporated Rocky Mountain community in Eagle County, Edwards has a locals’ vibe with a busy downtown along the Eagle River. Driving Edwards’s real-estate market up are Cordillera, a 7,000-acre gated community with more than 800 homesites, and Arrowhead Village, with access to Beaver Creek Resort.

☆ People are roasting BMW for unveiling a 'hideous' $160,000 SUV with 644 horsepower — see the polarizing XM
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

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☆ You can transfer Chase points to 14 airline and hotel partners, and it's one of the best ways to get maximum value from your Ultimate Rewards
▼ + stars: | 2022-01-05 | by ( David Mcmillin | Read More | Read Less | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +27 min

Transferring to partners is one of the best ways to get the maximum value from your Chase points. How to earn Chase Ultimate Rewards pointsTo be able to enjoy transferring Chase Ultimate Rewards points, you'll first need to earn them. Iberia PlusNot one, not two, but three different programs allow you to turn your Ultimate Rewards points into Avios points. The Saver option is, naturally, the lowest cost in terms of points and the best way to maximize the value of your Ultimate Rewards points. How to transfer Chase Ultimate Rewards pointsOnce you've found a great redemption through a Chase Ultimate Rewards airline or hotel partner, your next step is to transfer your points from Chase to the loyalty program where you want to make a booking.

☆ В Швеции разбился самолет с парашютистами. Погибли девять человек
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-09 | by ( ) newsmaker.md time to read: 1 min

Возле города Эребру в Швеции разбился самолет, на борту которого были девять человек. Легкий винтовой самолет DHC-2 Beaver, арендованный клубом любителей парашютного спорта, потерпел катастрофу при взлете. Премьер-министр Швеции Стефан Лёвен выразил соболезнования их родным и близким. «С глубокой скорбью и печалью узнал трагическую новость об авиакатастрофе в Эребру. В это тяжелое время я мысленно с погибшими, их семьями и любимыми», — написал он в Twitter.

Persons: Стефан Левен Locations: Эребру, Швеция

☆ Авиакатастрофа в Швеции: погибли восемь спортсменов-парашютистов и пилот
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-09 | by ( Mld Media Srl | Степанов Георгий | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

"Все люди на борту разбившегося самолета погибли", - сообщила на своем сайте шведская полиция. Представитель спасательной службы Эмиль Густафссон сказал, что самолет рухнул в нескольких сотнях метров от взлетно-посадочной полосы, затем его обломки загорелись. В роковой полет отправились восемь скайдайверов - парашютистов, выполняющих затяжные прыжки с акробатическими номерами в свободном падении - и пилот. "С глубокой скорбью и печалью узнал трагическую новость об авиакатастрофе в Эребру. Аналогичная катастрофа с парашютистами, в которой также погибли девять человек, произошла на севере Швеции в 2019 году.

Persons: Эмиль Густафссон, Стефан Левен Organizations: Твиттер Locations: Эребру, Стокгольм, Швеция

☆ These animals went extinct in the wild. Scientists brought them back
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-16 | by ( Rebecca Cairns | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

All of them went extinct in the wild – and all of them came back, thanks to reintroduction programs. One of the most iconic reintroduction success stories, Przewalski's horse went extinct in the wild in the 1960s, but were returned to the Mongolian steppe in 1992. “The less time that has passed, the more likely that environment is the same as when the species went extinct,” she says. “But you still need to address the reason why it went extinct in that environment to begin with.”Read more: This palm tree nearly went extinct. Without these projects, species such as Przewalski’s horse and the Guam rail would almost certainly be extinct in the wild.

Persons: Natasha Robinson, Sergei Bobylev, Robinson, ” Read, Karim Sahib Organizations: CNN, Conservation, Australian National University, United, United Arab Emirates, Getty Locations: Israel, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, United Arab, AFP, Guam

☆ Chatbots are gaining traction
▼ + stars: | 2017-05-11 | by ( Laurie Beaver | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Chatbots are gaining popularity globally, according to a new survey by LivePerson. BI IntelligenceOnly 11% of those surveyed globally reported a negative perception of chatbots, while the remaining 51% had neutral stances. Chatbots used for productivity purposes — such as scheduling — ranked lowest, as only 14% of those surveyed did so in the past year. The report also forecasts the potential annual savings that businesses could realize if chatbots replace some of their customer service and sales reps. Forecasts the potential impact chatbots could have for businesses.

Persons: Chatbots, chatbots, Laurie Beaver Organizations: Intelligence, Business, BI, US, HP, CNN, Insider Intelligence, Google Locations: France, Japan

☆ 80% of businesses want chatbots by 2020
▼ + stars: | 2016-12-14 | by ( Insider Intelligence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Businesses are beginning to see the benefits of using chatbots for their consumer-facing products, according to a survey by Oracle. And 48% said that they already use automation technology for these business functions, with 40% planning to implement some form of automated technology by 2020. Twenty-nine percent of customer service positions in the US could be automated through chatbots and other tech, according to Public Tableau. Foreseeing immense potential, businesses are starting to invest heavily in the burgeoning bot economy. The report also forecasts the potential annual savings that businesses could realize if chatbots replace some of their customer service and sales reps.

Persons: Laurie Beaver Organizations: Intelligence, Oracle, HP, CNN, Insider Intelligence, Business, Google Locations: France, Netherlands, South Africa

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