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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.

 
Tips for Inspiring and Maintaining B2C Guest...
Question for Our Hotel Marketing Expert Panel How can hotels successfully inspire and maintain guest loyalty in a B2C context? What are the best practices and tips for delivering results? (Question proposed by Adele Gutman) Our Marketing Expert Panel Thom de Graaf – Online Marketing Specialist, Orange Hotel The post Tips for Inspiring and Maintaining B2C Guest Loyalty in Hospitality appeared first on Revfine.com.

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Dahlgren Iron Cross in Washington, D.C.
The Dahlgreen Cross, named after the church it resides in, is no ordinary item. For one, this nearly 25-pound cross is fabricated from metal and measures 2 feet by 4 feet. It is also reported to have been constructed around the year 1634 with materials from the ships the Ark and the Dove, which carried settlers from England to the New World. It is said to have been used by Jesuit priests at the first Roman Catholic mass given in English in...

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Midcentury America's Most Scandalous Salad
This article is adapted from the February 22, 2025, edition of Gastro Obscura’s Favorite Things newsletter. You can sign up here. In 2014, around Thanksgiving, talk-show host Ellen Degeneres showed her audience a photo of a mid-century American dish. “There’s something called a ‘Candle Salad.’ This is real,” she said, while the studio audience howled with laughter. “It is made with banana and pineapple … and mistakes. I tried it once. It was not my thing.” For the uninitiated,...

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Jabal Ithlib in Hegra, Saudi Arabia
Jabal Ithlib is a complex of rocky mountains located in the heart of Hegra, Al Ula. Home to a large number of inscriptions, shrines, and altars, it is believed to have been an important religious center for the Nabataean people of Al Ula. On the right at the Jabal Ithlib complex’s entrance is a large, open hall cut into the rock. This is the Diwan, where Nabataeans are believed to have gathered to discuss religious and political issues, perform...

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Air Diamond Cafe in Chiang Mai, Thailand
In Chiang Mai, Thailand, there is an Airbus A330 parked in a strip mall parking lot, and it has a cafe inside. To enter, you have to purchase a “boarding pass” at the “terminal.” Upon boarding, you give your boarding pass to the barista, who then makes your drink. While you wait, you can put on a pilot uniform and take pictures in the cockpit. Once your drink is ready, you can find a seat anywhere on the plane...

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Alto Vista Chapel in Noord, Aruba
A Catholic chapel was built on this very spot in 1750 by Spanish missionaries. But in the 19th century, as new churches were established, it was abandoned and went into ruins. In 1952, a new chapel was built, keeping the original dimensions and orientation. The altar cross was also restored, being the only item from the original chapel. In addition, stone seatings were placed around the new chapel to accommodate more people. The chapel was named Alto Vista, which...

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Lewis Carroll’s Pulpit in Guildford, England
Guildford, Surrey, is a must-visit destination for fans of Alice in Wonderland, being the town where its author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson—better known by his pseudonym Lewis Carroll—spent the final years of his life. The son of one of the major Anglican church figures of his time, and a Deacon of Christ Church himself, Charles is known to have been a rather spiritual man. In addition to giving sermons in Oxford, Charles also preached in Guildford on occasion, at St Mary’s...

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Are There Plenty of Fish in the...
This story was originally published in bioGraphic and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The deep sea contains many things: shipwrecks laden with gold, submersibles stuffed with sightseeing billionaires, and an absolutely unfathomable number of fish. If you could somehow put all the world’s fish in a giant pile—all the tuna; all the herring; all the mackerel, sardines, and anglerfish—around 90 percent, by weight, would have come from the ocean’s twilight zone. Faced with crushing water...

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Using Financial Data to Take Your Hotel’s...
In hospitality, revenue is only half the story: profitability is what truly matters. And to maximize profitability, finance analytics is the game-changer. Understanding the flow of revenue, cost structures, and operational efficiencies allows hoteliers to make smarter, data-driven decisions. With fixed costs dominating the industry, tracking the right financial metrics (like flow-through and GOPPAR) can The post Using Financial Data to Take Your Hotel’s Profit Game to the Next Level appeared first on Revfine.com.

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Beyond the Basics: 6 Digital Marketing Trends...
For 2025, digital marketing for hotels is no longer just about personalisation. While it’s still a key player, there’s so much more happening that’s reshaping how hotels connect with guests. As a marketer working in a hotel or hospitality business, if you want to stay ahead, you need to keep up with the shift. 6 The post Beyond the Basics: 6 Digital Marketing Trends for Hotels in 2025 appeared first on Revfine.com.

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Meeting the Moment: Capitalizing on Emerging Hospitality...
The year ahead is sure to be shaped by a host of macro- and micro-trends in hospitality and travel. Hoteliers across the globe are grappling with generational change, rising expectations for personalized experiences, and how to maximize revenues when faced with a mixed bag of market conditions.  So what can you do to make the The post Meeting the Moment: Capitalizing on Emerging Hospitality & Travel Trends appeared first on Revfine.com.

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Petroglyphs at Signal Hill in Tucson, Arizona
One of southern Arizona’s most prominent petroglyph sites is Signal Hill in the Tucson Mountain District of Saguaro National Park. This location features over 200 petroglyphs created by the Hohokam (the predecessors to today’s Akimel O’odham and Tohono O’odham tribes). The exact dates have been difficult to establish, but archeologists believe the petroglyphs were first etched sometime between 550 and 1550 years ago. The designs, which were created by pecking into the desert varnish coating the rocks on the...

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Women’s Wrongs: Our Favorite Reads
“Well-behaved women seldom make history.” So said Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, a historian whose work demonstrates that women’s important contributions to society are often overlooked. Taken wildly out of context, the quote could apply to any of the women highlighted in our five stories below. Often born into struggle and fed up with the men who underestimated them, these women stole, schemed, and conned their way into history. The Victorian Influencer Who Peddled Poisonous Beauty Elixirs By Sabrina Imbler Sarah...

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4 Important Trends for Revenue Managers in...
Hospitality is always changing. However, the current pace of change feels faster than ever, which throws up both challenges and opportunities for those within the industry. For revenue managers, the real question isn’t just about managing change – it’s about how to harness that change to drive profitability and long-term growth. 4 Trends for Revenue The post 4 Important Trends for Revenue Managers in 2025 appeared first on Revfine.com.

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Šerefudin's White Mosque in Sarajevo, Bosnia and...
In a town that’s stirred up archeological controversy over its pyramids, there is another historic site that is too cool to miss. Šerefudin’s White Mosque is a striking concrete modernist building designed in 1969 by Zlatko Ugljen, a leading modernist in then Yugoslavija. The builder was Ismet Imamovic. The building stands on the historic site of an older Ottoman mosque and some of the graves still remain. It took 11 years to finish and was rewarded with the Aga Khan...

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