Hotels and resorts
We will ‘be ready’: After government rebuke, Resorts World Sentosa CEO discusses future of integrated resort
Resorts World Sentosa will “be ready” when Singapore’s Gambling Regulatory Authority considers its casino license renewal in 2026, the company’s CEO Lee Shi Ruh told CNBC late last month. In November 2024, Singapore’s gambling agency announced it was renewing the integrated resort’s casino license for two years, instead of three, citing “unsatisfactory” tourism performance from […]
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The AI ‘algorithmic audit’ could be coming to hotel room checkout
Artificial intelligence can lead to surprises in all sorts of places where a bill once would have been considered settled. The use of AI by Hertz (and European car rental company Sixt) to scan for damage on cars, which is then charged to the customer, is a new application of the technology that is creeping […]
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Asian visitors to Japan fell because of a strange manga prediction. Here’s why
A fan of Japanese manga reads a comic in his home in Kamisu in Japan’s Ibaraki Prefecture. Philip Fong | Afp | Getty Images Visitor interest in Japan plunged in June, amid a prophecy in a manga that predicted a “disaster” would strike Japan in July 2025. The prediction was in a 2021 reprint of […]
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Travelers to the US must pay a new $250 ‘visa integrity fee’ — What to know
Visitors to the United States will soon need to pay a “visa integrity fee,” according to a provision of President Donald Trump administration’s recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The fee applies to all visitors who need non-immigrant visas to enter, and cannot be waived. However travelers may also be able to get […]
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Construction begins on Las Vegas Sands’ $8 billion ‘ultra luxurious’ resort in Singapore
Construction has started on an $8 billion “ultra luxurious” integrated resort in Singapore that will expand the city-state’s Marina Bay Sands integrated resort and Las Vegas Sands’ presence in Asia. Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and Las Vegas Sands co-founder Miriam Adelson attended a ground-breaking ceremony Tuesday, where it was revealed that the development will […]
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Why Americans fell out of love with the hotel minibar
Once synonymous with indulgent late-night snacks, hotel minibars were a hallmark of convenience for travelers in the 1990s and the early aughts. But that is not longer the case. The hotel minibar concept went global in 1974, when a Hilton in Hong Kong stocked its in-room fridges with tiny liquor bottles inspired by airline bar […]
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Pajamas at breakfast and bare feet in the lobby: How hotels are tackling bad etiquette
Hotels want guests to feel at home — but some take it too far, according to a Hotels.com survey. The survey results, published by Expedia in March, showed that the most frowned upon behavior was walking around barefoot, with 94% of respondents deeming it inappropriate. A close second is wearing hotel robes in the lobby […]
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Where a Michelin-starred Japanese chef eats, drinks and shops in Tokyo
Shingo Akikuni is best known as the chef at SHINGO, a one-Michelin-starred Japanese restaurant in Miami. He grew up in Japan and returns yearly as a visitor. The fourth-generation sushi chef told CNBC Travel how he spends his time there. Where he eats Ginza Sushi Aoki Akikuni’s first recommendation is where he was trained as […]
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Trump bans citizens of 12 countries from entering the U.S.
The Trump administration signed a proclamation Wednesday suspending travel to the U.S. for citizens from 12 countries: Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. Citing national security interests, the proclamation states that the identified countries lack sufficient vetting and screening processes needed to detect foreign nationals who may […]
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The trade war is rattling global business travel — 4 charts show how
Optimism in the global business travel sector has dropped by more than half this year, according to a report published by the Global Business Travel Association. Positive sentiment fell from 67% in November 2024 to 31% in April 2025, according to the report which surveyed more than 900 business travel professionals on the affect of […]
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