Tripadvisor is preparing to be acquired and taken private
Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, part of the Liberty Media empire, already has a controlling stake in Tripadvisor and appears to be buying the company outright.
Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes Staff
Inside Saudi Arabia’s US$800 billion tourism moonshot
The Middle East kingdom is on massive building spree—creating private islands, luxury hotels, theme parks, cruise ports, even a desert ski resort. The question remains: If they build it, who will come?
Cockpit voice recorder on Alaska Airlines flight 1282 was erased after door blew out
For six years, NTSB investigators have pushed for a rule requiring planes to retain cockpit audio recordings for 25 hours. But the FAA has been slow to react.
Why the Las Vegas Grand Prix is Formula 1’s biggest bet ever
After years stuck in neutral, F1 is finally getting into gear in America, thanks to a high-rolling, 200-m.p.h. gamble in Sin City.
The world’s largest restaurant, hotel and leisure companies in 2023
McDonald’s is the highest-ranked restaurant on the Global 2000, and Chipotle is one of the year’s big winners. Large listed companies predominantly featured in this year’s Forbes list of the world’s largest hotel, restaurant and leisure companies.
Why Airbnb can survive a ‘de facto ban’ in NYC
A new law threatens to demolish an $85 million market for the home-sharing behemoth—but the Big Apple is just a small piece of its pie.
What economic slowdown? Airlines are not seeing it
In the past week, the three largest legacy U.S. airlines have all reported third-quarter revenue in the double-digit billions, with a B.