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Selena Gomez Shuts Down the Emmys Red Carpet

Glamour, high fashion, and red-carpet intrigue are par for the course when it comes to the annual Primetime Emmy Awards, but no one was arguably more buzzworthy than Selena Gomez at last night’s 76th iteration of the ceremony. As star of the TV show Only Murders in the Building—which raked in 21 nominations this year—of course the woman had to come dressed to the nines. She did so in a custom...

TTM+ 2024 welcomes global players with “Amazing Thailand: Your Stories Never End” theme

Khao Lak, Phang-Nga, 5 June 2024 – The Thailand Travel Mart Plus (TTM+) 2024 officially opened today at the JW Marriott Khao Lak, Phang-Nga and will run until Friday, 7 June. Mr. Sermsak Pongpanit, Minister of Tourism and Sports, presided over the opening ceremony. Joing him at the event were Miss. Niracha Banditchat, Vice Governor of Phang-Nga Province, Ms. Thapanee Kiatphaibool, Governor of the...

Ford Foundation Launches a New Program to Tackle Inequality

The Ford Foundation is committing $50 million in a new program designed to support 240 social justice leaders around the world over the next 10 years. The inaugural class of 24 fellows of the Global Fellowship program, launched Monday, includes social justice leaders from the United States, Brazil, Africa, and the Middle East. The group represents a range of backgrounds and approaches to address...

When Can we Travel? Everything You Need to Know

When will Coronavirus Travel Restrictions be Lifted? Each country’s approach to travel is changing on a case-by-case basis. Generally, domestic and international travel bans are being lifted once the number of coronavirus cases have plateaued or begin to decline. Below, we list the countries that are now planning to ease lockdown measures. Italy has announced that its borders will reopen to European...

Best Countries To Invest In 2020

As 2020 unfolds, every business mind is boggled by one question “Where to Invest?”. As an investor, you should care a lot about economical and political stability when choosing where to invest your money in. The current COVID-19 pandemic has caused great worry for many investors. And they are right to be The Congressional Research Service claims that the pandemic could trim down global economic growth...

With Dubai Expo Postponed, Home Buyers to Benefit from Another Year of Price Declines

Home values, where overbuilding has caused a yearslong price slump, were already down 30% from their last peak in 2014 The pandemic and the resulting postponement of Dubai’s long-awaited World Expo, which was supposed to commence in October, ensures the city’s yearslong price slump will persist for at least another year. “Last year, we said values would go down 7% to 10%” in 2020, said Haidar...

Kanye West Is Now Officially a Billionaire

When last we checked in with Kanye West, the mercurial hip-hop superstar-turned-footwear magnate, I was tiptoeing through a parking lot crop circle composed of hundreds of pairs of his Yeezy sneakers. “I’m not a numbers guy,” he explained ten months ago. “To ask me to somehow translate this to numbers is to ask your grandmother exactly what the recipe of the cake was.” There’s only one number...

Leading Yachts of the World Accelerates Global Expansion with New Office and Key Hires in Monaco

Leading Yachts of the World (LYW), the ground-breaking travel technology brand, has accelerated its global expansion strategy with the opening of a new office in Monaco.   The Mediterranean principality, which is famed for its glittering harbor and high-end clientele, becomes the company’s sixth global location, along with Singapore, Bangkok, Phuket, Hong Kong, and Palma de Mallorca. The new...

Costa del Sol’s Marbella to entice holidaymakers back with price drops of around 30% when Spain’s lockdown ends

Marbella’s luxury hotels are considering price drops of around 30 percent to entice holidaymakers back when Spain’s lockdown ends. IN a bid to ensure that the Costa del Sol remains a competitive and attractive destination, Marbella’s hotel association Marbella All Stars is considering adjusting its prices and service offering to reactivate tourism once the State of Alarm ends. Several luxury...

Floating Cities: The Next Big Real Estate Boom

"I'm a real estate developer and this is a developer's dream,” spoke Lela Goren, a NYC-based developer and investor during a UN Habitat event as she looked over a scale model of Oceanix City—a floating city concept that could be deployed around the world. In this era where the value of and need for coastal property throughout Asia is so high that dozens of countries are creating hundreds of square...

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