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☆ China revises COVID guidelines for entertainment venues
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued the revised guidelines to travel agencies, entertainment and performance venues. A government statement said local administrators should improve the accuracy of their prevention and control measures and should not shut down entertainment venues down at will. The specific measures are mostly in line with China's latest easing of COVID rules, but could be a bright spot for entertainment and tourism firms that have been hammered by a near three-year strict zero-COVID policy. Places such as KTVs, internet cafes and offline board game venues are allowed to operate under normalised COVID prevention rules in low risk regions, which means as long as they apply certain COVID prevention rules, they can open their business as usual, according to the government. Reporting by Albee Zhang, Bernard Orr; Editing by Shri Navaratnam & Simon Cameron-MooreOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Amid mass layoffs, the Big Tech dream job is losing its luster
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

For decades, Silicon Valley tech darlings like Google, Apple, Facebook and Twitter set the gold standard of making it in the tech space. "Clearly layoffs changed the perception of Snap as a choice employer," Chen says, "and we see that same trend throughout large companies. An employer's brand reputation is a big deal for tech workers who know their skills are in-demand: Nearly 90% say an employer's brand is important when they're considering a new job, and nearly 80% wouldn't apply to a higher-paying job at a company with a bad reputation, according to a July survey of 950 people by Dice, a career site for tech workers. So far, as some companies face turmoil in recent weeks, Google, Atlassian, Salesforce and TikTok remain "employers of choice" among tech workers on Blind. Despite layoffs, tech workers still have a lot of options

☆ Disney World Is Raising Prices for the Second Time in a Year
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Disney World announced price increases starting in December that will vary based on the day and park. Disney World announced new single-day prices on Wednesday for its four different parks, beginning December 8. This is the second time this year that Disney has raised prices associated with its parks. The service cost $15 at Disney World and $20 at Disneyland. In October, the price increased to between $15 and $22 at Disney World, and to $25 at Disneyland.

☆ Shanghai Disney to re-open parts of resort but keep main park shut
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Nov 16 (Reuters) - The Shanghai Disney Resort said it would open some parts of the resort from Thursday, but the main Disneyland park would stay shut until further notice. "Disneytown, Wishing Star Park and Shanghai Disneyland Hotel will resume operations on November 17, with hotel reservation services restarting today," the resort said on Wednesday. "Shanghai Disneyland will remain temporarily closed until further notice," the statement added. "Toy Story Hotel will also remain temporarily closed." The resort was closed on Oct. 31 after a visitor tested positive for COVID-19.

☆ Disneyland adds dolls in wheelchairs to ‘It’s a Small World’
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Disneyland on Friday added two new characters in wheelchairs to its iconic “It’s a Small World” attraction, saying it wanted a “more accurate representation of diversity around the world.”The animatronic dolls are among some 300 costumed dolls representing singing children from many nations featured in the attraction. Erin Quintanilla, manager of accessibility for the Disneyland Resort, said the designs sought to combine authenticity with the colorful, cheerful style of the original standing dolls. “I teared up when I saw them in the attraction.”Similar dolls will be added next year to “It’s a Small World” rides at Walt Disney World in Florida and Disneyland Paris. Disney has added characters to “It’s a Small World” in the past. A new “Spirit of America” scene added in 2009 included Woody and other “Toy Story” characters along with dolls in Native American dress.

☆ Low-cost startup airline Breeze is launching 2 new routes from Southern California
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Brady Macdonald | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Breeze is launching its 100th route, a new transcontinental flight from California to Florida. Breeze plans to expand service at the slot-constrained John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California. Breeze is adding John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California to its map with new nonstop routes from Southern California to Orlando International Airport and Provo Municipal Airport in Utah near Salt Lake City starting on February 16. The upstart's new routes fits into the Breeze model of connecting leisure-heavy locations without nonstop service. Most major airlines serve John Wayne and Orlando, but flights between them require one or more stops.

☆ Mayor Pro Tem Trevor O'Neil faces off against three opponents in Anaheim, California's mayoral election
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Four candidates are vying to replace former mayor Harry Sidhu in Anaheim, California's mayoral race. 2022 General EmbedsSidhu resigned in May amid an ongoing FBI corruption investigation that put Trevor O'Neil in the mayor pro tem seat. O'Neil currently represents the 6th District on the Anaheim City Council and replaced Sidhu after his resignation. Lorri Galloway is the chief executive officer of a nonprofit who's served two terms on the Anaheim City Council. Richard Lopez, a city water systems operator, is campaigning on prioritizing homelessness, crime and clean water.

☆ Rebel Wilson announces birth of baby via surrogate
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Gina Vivinetto | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Rebel Wilson announced the birth of her first child, welcomed via surrogate, on Instagram Monday“Beyond proud to announce the birth of my first child, Royce Lillian, born this past week via surrogate. I can’t even describe the love I have for her, she’s a beautiful miracle!” Wilson, 42, wrote next to a picture of baby Royce in a onesie. The Australian actor went on to thank her “gorgeous surrogate” for helping her become a mom. Wilson concluded her post by saying she can’t wait to dote on little “Roycie.”“I am ready to give little Roycie all the love imaginable. “Thanks for the well-wishes, but we are NOT engaged,” Wilson wrote in her Instagram Story, alongside a now-vanished photo of the couple at Disneyland in California.

☆ In California's conservative Little Saigon, a progressive unravelling among Vietnamese Americans switches up Orange County politics and raises the stakes for Republicans
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

The race in California's 45th House district has put a spotlight on its conservative Vietnamese American voter bloc in Little Saigon. Vietnamese American voters have long leaned conservative while the Asian American vote nationwide for decades trended Democratic. Westminster is the first city in the nation to have a Vietnamese American majority on the council, she added. "But what we've seen pretty clearly is that the Vietnamese community is home to diverse political perspectives." From a larger perspective, Joe said, Steel's strategy is short-sighted because it only reaches the immigrant Vietnamese conservative subgroup.

☆ China is caught in a zero-Covid trap of its own making
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Nectar Gan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“The new political ecology also provided more incentive for local governments to impose more draconian Covid control measures,” Huang said. Chinese health officials maintain that changing tack now would risk a huge surge in infections and deaths that could overwhelm the country’s fragile health care system. Zhengzhou, a city of 12 million, imposed sweeping lockdown measures last month after identifying dozens of Covid-19 cases. On Wednesday, the Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone, where the Foxconn plant is located, announced new lockdown measures. As the winter approaches, experts warn that China could be hit by a new wave of infections – and a new cycle of draconian lockdowns.

☆ From Apple to Disney, China's Covid curbs are again hurting business Apple to Disneyland, everyone is suffering under China's draconian Covid curbs
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Diksha Madhok | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New Delhi CNN Business —It has been almost three years since Covid-19 first hit China, but the country’s relentless adherence to lockdowns continues to hobble business and the economy. On Wednesday, authorities imposed a seven-day lockdown of the area that houses China’s biggest iPhone assembly factory, in the central city of Zhengzhou. State media has said that many Foxconn workers are among those walking miles on the highways to escape the factory. On Wednesday, Chinese state media outlet National Business Daily said that electric carmaker Nio (NIO) shut down two factories in the eastern city of Hefei because of Covid curbs. Authorities have ramped up Covid restrictions after Xi’s sweeping power grab at the Communist Party Congress last month, and cases are rising.

☆ I worked at Disney World and Disneyland. The wildest things always happened at Magic Kingdom — here's what it was like.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Jamie Killin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Magic Kingdom guests are often there for the first time, so that's where the wild stuff happens. I started at Disney World in the fall of 2014 as part of the Disney College Program, where I worked in attractions at Epcot. That December I graduated, so I applied for the Disneyland college program and got to check out the other coast. Magic Kingdom was the only place where I saw crazy things happen. Eva KellerI think it's because Magic Kingdom is the main park.

☆ Shanghai Disneyland reduces operations as China tightens COVID curbs
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BEIJING, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Shanghai Disneyland will operate at reduced capacity from Saturday to comply with COVID-19 measures, the resort said in a statement, in another sign of tightening curbs across China as it seeks to contain the spread of coronavirus infections. The amusement park will operate with a reduced workforce on a temporary basis, which will have an impact on the operation of certain attractions, restaurants and shops, it said on its official Wechat account. Shanghai Disneyland Hotel, Disneytown and Wishing Star Park will operate normally, it said. In Beijing, the Universal Resort theme park was shut on Wednesday after at least one visitor tested positive for the coronavirus. Reporting by Dominique Patton; Editing by Robert BirselOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ I spent $500,000 renovating an Airbnb to look like Disneyland's Haunted Mansion ride. It's low maintenance, always booked, and provides truly passive income.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Jamie Killin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

As a kid, Jeffrey Schiefelbein loved the Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland. People ask how I got into it, and it all goes back to when I was younger and was inspired by the Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland. I went on the Haunted Mansion ride and started taking thousands of photographs to recreate all the elements from the ride. I wanted it to look like the actual house — not a house with Haunted Mansion memorabilia in it. For the people like me who are obsessed with Disney and the Haunted Mansion.

☆ Medieval Times sues performers' union over trademark infringement
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Jack Stebbins | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The restaurant-and-show chain is suing its employees' New Jersey union for allegedly infringing on its trademark by using the Medieval Times name. The union also represents Medieval Times workers at a location in California. Medieval Times, which is privately owned, is seeking an injunction on the infringement and payment from the unionized castle workers for damages, attorney's fees and unjust profits made under the Medieval Times name. Medieval Times Performers United is a subset of a national performers union called the American Guild of Variety Artists. Medieval Times Performers United on Thursday called the complaint a "frivolous lawsuit" and "unlawful thuggery."

☆ Disney has bumped the price of tickets to its California theme parks by as much as $15 a day amid surging inflation across the US
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Walt Disney has raised the price of tickets to its California theme parks. Disney, like the rest of the US, is battling surging inflation amid the Russian war in Ukraine. Single-park tickets for Disney's Anaheim parks now range from $104 to $179, up from $104 to $164, Deadline first reported. Tier one passes rose from $104 to $115 while tier two tickets saw a 10-dollar increase from $119 to $129. Disney has also raised the price of some of the food and drink at its parks.

☆ Disney's U.S. theme park ticket hikes point to continued strong demand and pricing power
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The hikes are also happening when there have been questions about how well demand at Disney's theme parks will hold up in the face of persistent inflation and worries of an economic slowdown. The popularity of Genie+ has exceeded management's expectations and helped to boost per capita spending at the theme parks. We think the market is getting this all wrong based on the strength of the company's underlying businesses, especially the highly profitable division that includes theme parks. In the near term, these latest price hikes at the theme parks may point to continued theme park-strength, based on Chapek's August comments to CNBC: "If consumer demand keeps up, we act accordingly." We'll get a more detailed look at how Disney's theme parks did in its fiscal fourth quarter when the company's official quarterly results hit the tape after the Nov. 8 closing bell.

☆ Disney World, Disneyland Push Their Prices Higher
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Jacob Passy | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Budgeting for a Disney theme-park vacation just became a bit more complicated. Disney raised the pricing for its Genie+ service, which allows visitors to Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and Disneyland Resort in California to skip the lengthy standby waits for popular rides. Now, the service’s cost will vary day to day, based on how crowded the parks are.

☆ A former Shopify exec is taking a page out of the e-commerce company's playbook to build planning software for parents
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-05 | by ( Madeline Stone | Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

With Maple, parents can create and assign tasks like paying the bills, planning a family trip or birthday party, and doing chores. "The next Martha Stewart is going to be made on Maple," Perry said. For example, a Disney aficionado created a guide for visiting Disneyland that parents planning a trip could find within the Maple app's browser. "Planning the trips, planning for summer camp, planning for Disneyland, planning the week's meals, the college financial planning — whatever they're planning, there is a family in need of that same exact information." The Shopify App Store, which has more than 7,000 apps geared toward online sellers, also provided some inspiration for Perry.

☆ My meal-delivery business made $1.2 million in revenue in 9 months. Quitting my job at Google to pursue my side hustle full-time was the best decision I've ever made.
▼ + stars: | 2021-10-26 | by ( Kiera Fields | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Dhillon was still growing his business in 2020 when he began a sought-after job at Google. He quit in January to become a full-time CEO and has made $1.2 million in the past nine months. I was accepted into a summer internship at Google at the timeI returned to the UK to start the internship in June 2019. Working for Google was an amazing opportunity, but it also meant that I was jeopardizing my dream career as an entrepreneur. I'd been working on RNS full time throughout the past five years while also having 100 other things on my mind.

☆ Disneyland Paris şi-a cerut scuze după ce a împiedicat o mamă să alăpteze în public; „A șocat clienții străini”
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-07 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: Foto: Twitter / marieastierDisneyland Paris şi-a cerut scuze după ce a împiedicat o mamă să alăpteze în public; „A șocat clienții străini”Disneyland Paris şi-a cerut scuze marţi după ce angajaţi ai parcului de distracţii au cerut unei femei să nu mai alăpteze în public. „Regretăm profund această situaţie şi îi cerem încă o dată scuze sincere mamei în cauză. Cererea care i-a fost adresată nu corespunde regulamentului nostru intern şi valorile noastre”, a scris Disneyland Paris pe Twitter. Un internaut a scris duminică pe Twitter, alături de o fotografie, că agenţii de securitate „au împiedicat o mamă să-şi alăpteze bebeluşul de 2 luni pe motiv că a şocat clienţii străini!”. Disneyland Paris a răspuns la acest mesaj a doua zi, reamintind pur şi simplu că „pune la dispoziţia mamelor centrul Baby care cu echipamente adecvate şi confortabile, precum scaune speciale pentru alăptare”.

Persons: Marlene Schiappa Organizations: Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, En Locations: Disneyland Paris, Marne -, - Vallée, Paris

☆ Disneyland Paris şi-a cerut scuze şi regretă profund după ce a împiedicat o mamă să alăpteze în public
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-06 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Disneyland Paris şi-a cerut scuze marţi după ce angajaţi ai parcului de distracţii au cerut unei femei să nu mai alăpteze în public, relatează AFP. Cererea care i-a fost adresată nu corespunde regulamentului nostru intern şi valorile noastre", a scris Disneyland Paris pe Twitter. "Nu există restricţii privind alăptarea la Disneyland Paris", a adăugat parcul situat în Marne-la-Vallée, lângă Paris, scrie agerpres.ro. Un internaut a scris duminică pe Twitter, alături de o fotografie, că agenţii de securitate "au împiedicat o mamă să-şi alăpteze bebeluşul de 2 luni pe motiv că a şocat clienţii străini!". Disneyland Paris a răspuns la acest mesaj a doua zi, reamintind pur şi simplu că "pune la dispoziţia mamelor centrul Baby care cu echipamente adecvate şi confortabile, precum scaune speciale pentru alăptare".

Persons: Marlene Schiappa Organizations: Disneyland, Disneyland Paris Locations: Disneyland Paris, Marne -, - Vallée, Paris

☆ „Nu mai veniți în Amsterdam”; Capitala Olandei nu mai vrea turiști gălăgioși în căutare de droguri și băutură
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-28 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Sursa foto: spiegel.de„Nu mai veniți în Amsterdam”; Capitala Olandei nu mai vrea turiști gălăgioși în căutare de droguri și băuturăCunoscuta toleranță a Amsterdamului față de drogurile recreative, alcool și sex a atras multă vreme turiștii. Încântați de atmosfera calmă a centrului istoric pustiu și a canalelor navigabile pitorești, locuitorii simt că au „recuperat” zone ale orașului pe care le evitaseră de mai mulți ani. Nu mai există grupuri mari care se înghesuie în zona canalului, în cel mai rău caz, vomitând de la băutură și droguri. Ne-am recuperat orașul și ne-a plăcut așa”, a adăugat el. „Vizitatorii care respectă Amsterdamul și oamenii din Amsterdam au fost întotdeauna bineveniți și vor rămâne, desigur, așa.

Persons: Nicola Theobald, ro Organizations: CNN, Disneyland, Amsterdam & Partners Locations: Amsterdam, Olandei

☆ Disneyland Paris şi-a redeschis porţile, după aproape opt luni de închidere
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-17 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

"Declar Disneyland Paris din nou deschis": După aproape opt luni de închidere, preşedintele Disneyland Paris a inaugurat joi redeschiderea celebrului parc de distracţii, situat la aproximativ 30 de kilometri est de capitala Franţei, cu respectarea unor măsuri sanitare "sporite", cum ar fi obligativitatea purtării măştii sanitare de către toţi vizitatorii de peste 6 ani, informează AFP, citat de agerpres.ro. Prima destinaţie turistică din Europa, Disneyland Paris a avut de suferit, alături de alte parcuri de distracţii, din cauza succesiunii de închideri, redeschideri şi reînchideri cauzate de epidemia de COVID-19. După o primă închidere între 13 martie şi 15 iulie 2020, parcul a trebuit să îşi închidă porţile încă de două ori. Închis din 30 octombrie 2020, Disneyland Paris şi-a redeschis porţile joi, însă va funcţiona la o capacitate limitată. Disneyland Paris nu mai comunică numărul de vizitatori din 2015, când a primit 14,8 milioane de persoane.

Organizations: Disneyland, Newport Bay Club, Disneyland Paris Locations: Disneyland Paris, Franţei, Europa, Disney's, New York

☆ Cel mai faimos rățoi, Donald Duck, a împlinit 87 de ani
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-09 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Donald Duck împlineşte 87 de ani. De la debutul pe ecrane, a avut apariţii în peste 200 de producţii cinematografice, mai multe decât oricare alt personaj Disney, scrie stiri.tvr.ro. La mijlocul anilor 1930, au început să apară şi produse cu Donald Duck, iar, în 1938, graficianul Al Taliaferro a început să creeze benzi desenate cu el. De-a lungul deceniilor, personajul său nu a suferit modificări consistente şi a avut roluri numeroase, de la profesor la poliţist. În multe ţări, de ziua lui Donald Duck, televiziunile difuzează desene animate cu celebrul răţoi, fanii încearcă să-l imite şi poartă costumul Donald Duck, sunt vizitate parcurile de distracţii tematice, iar agenţiile de publicitate şi reţelele de socializare îi promovează imaginea.

Persons: Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Al Taliaferro Organizations: Disneyland, poliţist

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