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☆ A famed architect designed a futuristic fully recyclable concrete bunker to house people who have been displaced — take a look inside
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Holcim and the Norman Foster Foundation created a concrete tiny home to house people who have been displaced. The home was built using materials like rollable, low-carbon concrete and recycled materials. When it's no longer needed, these materials can be reused or recycled. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. From prefab tiny home communities to 3D-printed units, these solutions flex both creativity and current construction technology.

Persons: Norman Foster, it's Organizations: Norman, Norman Foster Foundation, Service Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ You can live at sea from $30,000 a year on this cruise ship that will circle the globe for three years — see inside
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Brittany Chang | Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

This includes one week each in Shanghai and Singapore, which will also double as wet docks. If the ship has to head into a dry dock for repairs, Life at Sea passengers will be put up in a hotel. Life at Sea Cruises

Organizations: Sea Locations: Shanghai, Singapore

☆ See where the thousands of workers aboard the new world's largest cruise ship will spend their free time
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Royal Caribbean's upcoming Icon of the Seas mega ship will have updated crew-only spaces. The Windjammer buffet will have a live cooking station while the game room will have virtual reality games. The most attractive spaces — whether it be water slides or sushi restaurants — aboard cruise ships are typically reserved for guests, not crew. While workers-only spaces on Royal Caribbean's upcoming Icon of the Seas cruise ship still won't have the same amenities guests have, the future floating city's four-deck crew "neighborhood" will at least receive an upgrade. Let's take a closer look at where the 2,350 crew members on the Icon of the Seas will get to spend their leisure time.

Organizations: Workers

☆ These are the 20 best airlines in the world, according to one survey of travelers — see the full list
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Airline ranking company Skytrax released its 2023 list of the 20 best airlines in the world. Delta Air Lines is the only US carrier to make Skytrax's top 20 list. Singapore Airlines has been voted 2023's best airline, taking the prestigious title over the previous seven-time winner Qatar Airways. And this year — as is usually the case — the US was a big letdown: only one US carrier made the top 20 list. Here's what travelers believe are the 20 best airlines according to Skytrax's list.

Persons: Skytrax Organizations: Singapore Airlines, Qatar Airways, Delta Air Lines, Morning, Airline

☆ I used a $29 Apple AirTag to track my luggage on 2 buses and a plane. I'll never travel without one again.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

That story was enough to convince me to AirTag my luggage. So I decided to try this hack during a recent three-day work trip where I had to travel via a flight, two long-haul bus rides, and several Lyft rides …Brittany Chang/Insider

Persons: Brittany Chang

☆ Royal Caribbean's new world's largest cruise ship is almost finished construction — see what it looks like now compared to what the cruise line is promising
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Icon of the Seas — Royal Caribbean's next world's largest cruise ship — will begin sailing in January 2024. Meyer Turku shipyard will deliver the Icon of the Seas to Royal Caribbean in October. See what the ship looks like about 70% complete compared to what Royal Caribbean has been promising. When complete, the over $2 billion project will be the first ship in Royal Caribbean's new Icon-class. In late October 2022, over a year after construction first began, Royal Caribbean gave the public a glimpse of the ship and its amenities.

Persons: Meyer Organizations: Seas, Royal Caribbean, Royal, Morning Locations: Meyer Turku, Royal, Royal Caribbean, Caribbean

☆ Amtrak's upcoming high-speed Acela trains have been delayed again — see what they'll look like
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

But in anticipation of the smoother and faster trains — as delayed as they may be — let's take a closer look at the interior, which will appeal to Amtrak riders who are tired of the old cars lined with grey and blue seats. Joey Hadden/InsiderSource: Amtrak

Persons: Joey Hadden Organizations: Amtrak

☆ Nestron's wildly popular futuristic 275-square-foot prefab tiny home has arrived in North America — see inside the $96,000 unit
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-28 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Singapore-based Nestron's tiny home has arrived in Surrey, Canada, its first North American shipment. Loading Something is loading. It's hard to miss the renderings of Nestron's futuristic prefabricated tiny homes, which the company has promised will be equipped with an artificial intelligence system, built-in furniture, and more for generally under $100,000. But for most North American customers, these homes have been nothing more than a rendering. In April, Nestron and its Surrey, Canada dealer opened the doors to the company's first shipment to North America: the Legend Two.

☆ See the world's largest polymer 3D printer that was used to make a fully recyclable 600-square-foot tiny home in Maine
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-24 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The University of Maine's Advanced Structures and Composites Center 3D-printed a tiny home. The modular and prefab one-bedroom unit was built using recyclable pellets and ASCC's printer. The university says it's the world's largest polymer 3D printer. In 2022, the University of Maine's Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) unveiled its 600-square-foot BioHome 3D, a 3D-printed "bio-based" home. But no other unit has been built with what the center says is the world's largest polymer 3D printer.

☆ Royal Caribbean saw historic bookings for its upcoming mega cruise ship currently under construction — see inside one of its unique family staterooms
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Royal Caribbean's upcoming world's largest cruise ship, Icon of the Seas, is under construction. See what the in-progress family infinite balcony cabin looks like compared to what Royal Caribbean has been promising. Royal Caribbean isn't shy about its intention of targeting traveling families for its upcoming Icon of the Seas mega cruise ship. But unlike other cruise lines, Royal Caribbean isn't just setting up a fancy water park and fun children clubs to entice this demographic. When reservations first opened for the nearly 1,200-foot-long ship, Royal Caribbean saw its strongest booking day in the company's history.

☆ Royal Caribbean is building the new world's largest cruise ship — see what the upcoming Icon of the Seas is like under construction
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Royal Caribbean International invited a group of reporters to tour its upcoming Icon of the Seas. Take a look around the roughly 70% complete floating resort soon to accommodate nearly 10,000 people per sailing. It's hard to imagine this incomplete shell of a floating resort will soon be the world's largest cruise ship to hit the market. In mid-May, Royal Caribbean International invited a group of reporters to visit the upcoming Icon of the Seas while under construction in Turku, Finland's Meyer Turku shipyard. But come January 2024, this mega cruise ship will begin accommodating 7,600 guests on year-round seven-night cruises from Miami to the Caribbean and Perfect Day at CocoCay.

☆ I went on MSC Cruises' Meraviglia now sailing year-round from NYC — see what it's like aboard the 5,700-guest vessel
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

This is the first MSC ship to home port year-round out of New York and one of five vessels currently based in the US. Brittany Chang/InsiderSource: Insider

☆ This residential cruise ship has been sailing around the world for the last 20 years — but good luck buying one of its up to $15 million condos
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

"The crew and our ship now have over 20 years of lifestyle experience that is incredibly hard to duplicate," Wobler said. "It's one thing to build a ship, but to bring it to life and to deliver on the expectation of very high-demanding and performing residents is not easy."

☆ 10 Things in Tech: Charlie Bell speaks, Amazon RTO, and the lucrative side of teaching ChatGPT
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Diamond Naga Siu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Amazon needs to watch out for Charlie Bell. A founder of Amazon Web Services and the firm's "best person in the room," Bell shook the industry last September when he joined Microsoft. Bell will be overseeing a new cybersecurity division at Microsoft — but insiders at both Amazon and Microsoft wonder if he'll go more directly up against his former employer. My colleague Ashley Stewart examines the growing threat of Microsoft now that Bell is free from his noncompete purgatory. Look into the future here for Bell — and Microsoft — without Amazon's restrictions.

☆ See inside a 600-square-foot 3D-printed tiny home in Maine made of recyclable materials
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

“Our number one priority is to alleviate the societal problems [like housing and sustainable construction] we are facing right now,” he said. “There’s an opportunity here to harness these biomaterials and help solve these problems.”Brittany Chang/Insider

☆ These are the longest upcoming cruises from 5 major cruise lines
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

The ports of call all vary. Some will sail to Mexico and Jamaica while others will bring travelers to Mexico, Colombia, and Guatemala, for example. Cartagena, Columbia RoNeDya/Getty Images

☆ Crystal Cruises has announced a 141-night world cruise a year after its dramatic shutdown — see what it'll be like
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Crystal Cruises made a big splash last year with serious financial issues, the arrest of two of its vessels over unpaid fuel bills, and the shutdown of US operations. Diane Bondareff/AP Images for Crystal CruisesSource: Insider

☆ I visited a recyclable 3D-printed 600-square-foot tiny home in Maine and saw the future of sustainable homebuilding
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

"[It's not] just the engineering of the home but the livability aspects," Dagher said, adding that visitors have "loved" features like the curve of the walls. Brittany Chang/Insider

☆ A European startup's $79,500 modular tiny cabins can now be ordered to the US — but you can only buy to use as a hotel
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

“As we get more digital, the need for [this form of hospitality] is just going to increase,” he said. “We are wanting to have that escape from life and our daily grind.”

☆ Princess Cruises has unveiled its longest 116-day world cruise as extended itineraries continue to see 'record' success
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

But half of the booked customers have committed to the nine months at sea. Let's just hope they — along with the rest of these extended cruise fans — have sea legs. The Insignia. Oceania Cruises

☆ Units in the upcoming world's largest community of 3D-printed homes will open for sales in June— see what the Texas homes will look like
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

"In the future, I believe robots and drones will build entire neighborhoods, towns, and cities,'' Ballard said in the press release, noting that this community will be the "place where robotic construction at scale began." Source: Icon

☆ A tiny home maker is putting its unique mirrored units on wheels — see inside the mobile ADUs
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

But it recently launched a chassis with wheels that can be attached to these mirrored homes. This simple chassis speeds up some permitting requirements and therefore, the time it takes to deploy one of the homes, the company says. ÖÖDSource: Insider

☆ This startup is making what it says is the first modular electric camper van — take a look inside
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Compared to these legacy companies, Grounded is an infant. It was founded in August 2022 by Sam Shapiro, a former SpaceX employee who spent four months remote working and traveling around the US in his own camper van. Source: Grounded

☆ An Indian tour company is launching the 'world's longest bus trip' that travels to 22 countries over 56 days. A ticket costs $24,350.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

From there, the bus and its passengers will pass through five time zones and cities like Sofia, Bulgaria; Ljubljana, Slovenia; Krakow, Poland; and Copenhagen, Denmark before arriving in London. In 2021, Danish parliament passed a law, sometimes known as the "Blackstone Law," which prevented new landlords from raising the rents for five years, according to a new report from The Guardian. Alexander Spatari/Getty Images

☆ See the 6 private islands in the Caribbean owned by cruise lines with amenities like water parks, luxury villas, and private beaches
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-02 | by ( Hannah Towey | Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

And of course, cabanas can be rented at an extra cost. It wouldn’t be a private island owned by a cruise line without some paid amenities, after all.

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