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Suborbital space tourism finally arrives | FCC prepares to run public C-band auction | The big four in the U.S. launch industry — United Launch Alliance, SpaceX, Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman — hope to be one of two providers that will receive five-year contracts later this year to launch national security payloads starting in 2022. | China’s launch rate stays high | The International Space Station is the largest ever crewed object in space.

 
East Van Vodville Cinema in Vancouver,...
The East Van Vodville might be easy to miss if you’re not looking for it: a small, unassuming window is embedded into the boarded-up facade of an otherwise plain building. Visitors can peer through the little windows, as though they have snuck into the theater, where they will be greeted by a methodically crafted 1:55 scale model of Vancouver’s now-demolished First Pantages Theatre. The little theater comes to life when visitors press the start button and project short films...

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The Insights & Misconceptions of Social Selling...
Question for Our Hotel Marketing Expert Panel What is the impact of social selling in hospitality? What are the best practices for success? Are there any misconceptions about it and if so, why? (Question proposed by Cory Falter)  Our Marketing Expert Panel Cory Falter – Partner, Lure Agency The post The Insights & Misconceptions of Social Selling in Hospitality appeared first on Revfine.com.

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Gombe National Park in Kasekera, Tanzania
In 1960, Jane Goodall was sent to Gombe National Park (then called Gombe Stream Game Reserve) to research an unstudied wild group of chimpanzees. Despite Goodall’s world-famous work, Gombe only receives about 2,000 visitors per year and has no more than 15 to 25 visitors at any given time due to its remote location. There are no roads to the park, and the only way to visit is to take a two-hour boat ride to the Gombe Stream Research...

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Which Places With Bad Raps Are Actually...
Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. Dylan Thuras: Hi, Lulu. Hello! Lulu Miller: Hey, Dylan! How’s it going? Dylan: It’s good. I am very excited to have you joining the show for this week. Lulu: I’m so very excited to be here. Dylan: Yeah, I’m a fan. Lulu does amazing work. For people who don’t know who you are or what you do, maybe you can just introduce yourself. Lulu: Sure. I am...

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Saving the Sea Cows of Vanuatu
Encountering a dugong in the ocean is something you won’t soon forget. These large aquatic cousins of the manatee have fluked tails, thought to be the origin of mermaid lore, and downturned mouths that give the illusion of a perpetual sly smile. Dugongs are herbivore mammals with a taste for seagrass, their main food source. They are most often observed munching in underwater seagrass meadows, devouring not just the leaves but the entire root. It’s easy to see how...

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How the Woolly Devil, Member of a...
Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. Dylan Thuras: Hey, everybody. It is the first week of June. It means Memorial Day is behind us. I think that means it is truly, for real, it is summer. Summer is here. For many of us in the U.S., myself included, summer is the season of the national park. National parks in America are in some ways a relatively new idea. The oldest national park, Yellowstone,...

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Travel and tourism brands told time has...
Hughes suggested appointing an “excite and delight” director to achieve this, someone whose actual job it is to look at the customer journey at all times and find ways to make people smile and feel better. “If you’ve done your job properly, everyone in your organisation becomes excite and delight directors because they believe in that connection. Connection is everything.” ’Race for relevance’ Meanwhile, Hughes said travel and tourism brands had to be mindful that with the arrival...

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How Club Ebony Helped Keep the Blues...
Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. Jala Everett: I was five years old when I heard Beyonce’s song, “Single Ladies,” for the first time. Instantly, I was hooked. These days, I’m diehard BeyHive. Plus, I’ve got deep family roots in the South. My family is originally from Tutwiler, Mississippi, a tiny town in the heart of the Delta. I grew up around family from small towns that were full of stories, soul, and...

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Advantage: 'We can be the catalyst for...
Bullish: Advantage’s commercial director John Sullivan and chief executive Julia Lo Bue Said, pictured at the consortium’s recent conference With clients prioritising value like never before, the last thing agents can afford to do is to undersell themselves, their teams and the service they provide. It’s perhaps why value, and clients’ pursuit of it, was one of the key themes of the recent Advantage Travel Partnership conference, where its senior leaders were eager to help members not just promote,...

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The Basics of Revenue Management Explained!
Revenue management is concerned with optimizing financial results and is especially popular in industries like hospitality, which must contend with high fixed costs and a perishable inventory. For example, hotels have a certain number of rooms and fixed costs, which must be met regardless of how many rooms are sold. In such industries, revenue management The post The Basics of Revenue Management Explained! appeared first on Revfine.com.

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The Atlas Obscura (Audio) Guide to the...
This week on the Atlas Obscura Podcast, we’re hitting the road and heading to the national parks. Along the way, we discover hidden gems beyond the obvious tourist spots, as well as stories and histories that deepen our connection with these wonders in our backyard. Take a Walk, Find a New Species We begin the week in Big Bend National Park in Texas. When a volunteer came across an odd-looking “furry” flower on a walk, she uploaded a photo...

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Crystal Cruises hires Carnival Cruise Line's Luke...
Starting on 2 June, Smith will take up the role of vice-president of sales, UK and EMEA, and will help the ultra-luxury brand “achieve strategic growth in the UK and across Europe”.  He will be responsible for driving trade sales distribution across both markets, manage inside sales functions and collaborate with the marketing team to “ensure exposure and results”.  Smith will report into Matias Lira, Crystal’s senior vice-president, trade sales – Americas, UK and EMEA.  Stephen Joyner, Crystal’s senior...

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Guests Expectations in 2025: A Complete Guide...
As time passes and technology keeps evolving, we enter into a new era of guest expectations. As we’ve said before, it’s no longer enough to meet their needs simply, the challenge now lies in exceeding them. What they wanted three years ago is not the same as what they want today or what they will The post Guests Expectations in 2025: A Complete Guide on How to Engage Travelers appeared first on Revfine.com.

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When they tell you they haven't got...
In these challenging economic times, customers are – understandably – looking for good deals. In fact, at the recent Advantage Travel Partnership conference, chief commercial officer Kelly Cookes said she had never seen value be a driver of consumer intent in the way it has in recent months.   Agents are, of course, used to clients trying to get the best bang for their buck, but many agents are drawing a line when people try to work the system...

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Unlock Hidden Revenue: How Ancillary Sales Can...
Is boosting ancillary revenue just one more thing on your already packed to-do list? It doesn’t have to be. If you’re already offering extras or promoting additional services, you’re on the right track. And if you’ve started using automation tools to streamline upselling and improve guest spend, even better. Still, one key opportunity often goes The post Unlock Hidden Revenue: How Ancillary Sales Can Elevate Your TRevPAR appeared first on Revfine.com.

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