GeekWire

JULY 28, 2020

This comes amid a rivalry with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and fellow billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX for shares of a space tourism market that’s expected to grow to $3 billion annually by 2030.

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Gizmodo

JULY 19, 2021

Jeff Bezos, the richest man on Earth, will head into suborbital space on Tuesday. He’ll be the second billionaire to take such a journey this month, getting narrowly beat out by Richard Branson, who recently took an hour-long rocket trip to the edge of space. Next year, Elon Musk—who has traded the world’s-richest… Read more.

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Tech Republic Security

JULY 21, 2021

There is even more to space innovation than the fledgling space tourism sector. Somewhat out of the public eye, there is a fast-growing space tech industry.

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Trends in the Living Networks

JULY 10, 2019

I was just interviewed on ABC TV about the news that Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic is going public through a merger with Social Capital Hedosophia, to be the first publicly listed space tourism company. Branson does not seem to be quite as grandiose in his aims but is clearly looking beyond the space tourism business.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

The company has launched City Portal as a resource for governments and tourism organizations, it said Wednesday. Tourism partners can also gain more insight into where guests are coming from. and tourism organization partners such as Visit Tampa Bay, the City of Krakow, and Visit Scotland. and Buffalo, N.Y.,

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TechSpot

AUGUST 25, 2021

The Korea Herald reports that the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family recently announced their decision to change the law out of respect for youths’ rights.

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TechSpot

AUGUST 6, 2024

Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism regularly reports on the congestion rates of trains in the country's major metropolitan areas, notes The Reg. Up until now, the authority had used the illustration below to show just how busy trains were. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

JUNE 17, 2022

As per Reuters, plaintiff Keith Johnson filed his complaint in federal court in Manhattan, accusing Musk, the EV maker, and the space tourism company of racketeering for promoting Dogecoin to push up its price, only to then let it crash.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

A new Washington state app for recreation opportunities and trails will debut this spring, the state’s tourism organization announced Wednesday. State of Washington Tourism is developing the app in partnership with Seattle-based company Dharma Maps and TREAD (Trails, Recreation, Advocacy, and Development) , a Wenatchee, Wash.-based

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Gizmodo

JUNE 25, 2021

An upgraded FAA operators license now allows Virgin Galactic to include paying customers on its space flights, in what is a major milestone for the company and also the nascent space tourism sector. Read more.

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TechSpot

JUNE 22, 2021

On July 20, Blue Origin's first space tourism trip will take place. Among the passengers are Jeff Bezos and his brother Mark, who will be joined by a third passenger, the winner of an auction that took place on Blue Origin's website on June 12. Nearly 7,600 people from 159.

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TechSpot

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Dubbed Orbital Reef, the facility will be operated as a “mixed use business park” in space for commerce, research and tourism purposes. Blue Origin has announced plans to build a space station in low Earth orbit.

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IT Toolbox

MARCH 8, 2017

ERP automates various business operations, making it a valuable resource in the travel and tourism sector. This software streamlines day-to-day processes, such as payroll, lead generation, reporting and human resources management, and provides travel agents, hoteliers and tour operators with the resources they need to manage their businesses.

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Gizmodo

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The pandemic has hit the tourism industry especially hard over the past year, but starting in May of 2021, those itching to travel again—at least straight down—will have the opportunity to visit the most infamous shipwreck of all time. But while airlines and resorts have been slashing prices to encourage people to… Read more.

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Gizmodo

OCTOBER 17, 2021

It seems that the world’s largest oil producing countries will stop at nothing to keep drilling, despite the fact that doing so aggravates climate change and its devastating effects. Oil-producing heavyweight Saudi Arabia recently unveiled a new tactic: making oil rigs look cool. Read more.

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The Verge

MARCH 1, 2021

And it’s not the only big California geek gathering that’s not going to happen: the Los Angeles Department of Convention and Tourism has filed documents (PDF) that show that the biggest US video game and anime shows — E3 and Anime Expo — have also ditched their in-person gatherings (via ResetEra and Kotaku ).

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Future of CIO

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Jones predicted that if the bathroom bill had passed, it would have crippled the Texas tourism economy. Billion Tourism Economy, Says VisitDallas CEO appeared first on Smart Meetings. The measure was controversial and seen by the LGBT community as discriminatory. A similar measure passed in North Carolina resulted in an estimated $3.76

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 3, 2020

Amazon’s latest offering is virtual tourism through its new Amazon Explore service. Startup CEOs in Seattle are generally optimistic about the state of the economy for the next 18 months. And they have some thoughts on who should be president.

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Gizmodo

JUNE 7, 2020

Though we’re not quite there when it comes to space tourism, we can at least get a glimpse of… Read more. After several months of social distancing and staying home, a lot of people are experiencing major wanderlust. And given that we’re still involved in a global pandemic, taking a break from Earth may seem especially tempting.

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Gizmodo

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Citing the rise of space tourism, the Federal Aviation Administration has decided to end its Commercial Space Astronaut Wings Program, the regulator announced in a press release last Friday. Launched in 2004, the program was intended to bring attention to commercial space flight and to certify the pilots of commercial… Read more.

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The Verge

AUGUST 12, 2021

Tolkien based Middle-earth’s Shire on his experiences living in rural England, but Jackson’s vivid depictions in the movies has made New Zealand’s landscapes just as closely associated with the franchise, and drove significant tourism to the country. “We

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GeekWire

JULY 14, 2021

On this special episode of the GeekWire Podcast: the dawn of a new era in space tourism, what to watch when the Amazon founder blasts off next week, and what’s next for commercial space exploration. What this month means for space tourism: I think it’s a turning point.

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Trends in the Living Networks

MAY 16, 2013

The mindset was to consider the changes in relative sizes of industries in the economy, such as manufacturing getting smaller and tourism becoming larger. We engaged in discussions on “economic structural change”, that were in fact only about changes in industry composition.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

A representative example is the collaboration between Tencent Cloud and Abu Dhabi’s Department of Culture and Tourism. With its Digital Human solutions, Tencent Cloud powers Abu Dhabi’s digital ambassador for culture and tourism, engaging millions of users on Weixin (WeChat).

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Trends in the Living Networks

AUGUST 3, 2009

Affluence drives tourism and travel. Artificial intelligence applied to real-world issues. Robotics attenuates impact of aging workforce. Life extension for the wealthy, retirement age rises. Remote work leads to more distributed living. SCENARIO: HUMANITY MATURING. Climate becomes extreme and volatile. Global coordinated action on climate.

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CTOvision

AUGUST 5, 2015

occurred within the business sector (retail services, hospitality, tourism, professional, trade, transportation, etc.). Escalating vulnerabilities are becoming more apparent within commercial companies; they need protection as much as the government. According to ITRC Breach database , of the 424 breaches that have occurred this year 40.3%

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GeekWire

JUNE 20, 2023

Media partners include the Embassy of Denmark, Visit Seattle, and Washington State Tourism. Allen Family Foundation , a philanthropic organization created by the late Microsoft co-founder and his sister, Jody Allen, is helping to fund the project.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

“Even with reopening on the horizon, we still have to contend with diminished capacity, a sharp decline in tourism, and the lasting effects of the global economic downturn.” ” Items on display in a Pearl Jam exhibit at MoPOP in Seattle. GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser).

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

travel spending dropped 42% in 2020 to $679 billion, according to Tourism Economics. . “As a result, Q4 did not show any real sequential progress other than some signs of modest improvement around the holidays that carried into the early part of 2021,” he said in a statement.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 4, 2024

The launch of satellite internet provider Starlink has been operationally transformative for Journey Beyond, one of Australia’s premier destination tourism companies, and it’s driving a new era of progress and innovation. When Starlink came, the game changed,” explains Madhumita Mazumdar, GM of ICT at Journey Beyond. “We

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Trends in the Living Networks

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

He focuses on many of the systemic and process issues, however aspects disrupting doctor’s provision of expertise include medical tourism and tele-surgery. Health care : Christensen’s latest book, The Innovator’s Prescription , is on disruptive innovation in health care.

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GeekWire

APRIL 4, 2023

Unlike New York, our museums don’t exist because of tourism but because of local visitors,” Shirley told ARTnews. Jon and Kim Shirley currently serve on the museum’s board of trustees, and Jon Shirley served as chairman of the Board of Trustees from 2000 to 2008.

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Trends in the Living Networks

MAY 27, 2012

This followed the announcement on ABC’s MediaWatch program that celebrity chef Matt Moran, among others, had accepted payment from South Australia’s Tourism Board for tweets.

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GeekWire

JUNE 2, 2021

billion annually, according to NOAA, including fisheries, tourism and coastal protection. Coral reefs are one of the most diverse ecosystems on earth, and support about 4,000 species of fish: the total economic value of coral reefs in the U.S. alone is estimated at $3.4

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GeekWire

JULY 31, 2024

Seattle tourism group Visit Seattle hired Stephanie Byington as senior vice president and chief marketing officer. Longtime Seattle startup advisor Dave Parker recently became CEO of EO. Former Zillow senior economist Jeff Tucker joined Windermere Real Estate as principal economist. Tucker was most recently a financial economist at AirDNA.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Trainees also donned virtual-reality headsets to get a feel for four kinds of space tourism experiences, including the suborbital flights offered by Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic, an orbital trip on a SpaceX Crew Dragon, and a round-the-moon excursion on SpaceX’s yet-to-be-built Starship.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 11, 2023

Journey Beyond, a part of Hornblower Group, is Australia’s leading experiential tourism group. Headquartered in Adelaide, it operates 13 brands and experiences spanning the country. Madhumita Mazumdar, GM of information and communications technology at Journey Beyond.

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