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Ho Kwon Ping is the co-founder and executive chairman of Banyan Group.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesGrowing up, Ho Kwon Ping didn't think he'd become a businessman, let alone a hotel tycoon."I had not always wanted to be an…

Glyn Evans has been on 30 trips with the same travel company, but he can still pinpoint the moment that stands out as his favorite.  During a trip to Las Vegas, he served as best man for a couple on the same tour who got married on a…

A United Airlines airplane proceeds to a runway at Newark Liberty International Airport in front of the skyline of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center in New York City on December 4, 2024, in Newark, New Jersey. Gary Hershorn |…

The world is getting older — and with that demographic change comes "significant" investment opportunities, according to Goldman Sachs. Fertility rates are declining and people are living longer, resulting in an older demographic taking…

In Salzburg, Austria last spring, I skipped around the fountain outside Mirabell Palace.Others did too.Some 60 years earlier, Maria and the von Trapp children danced around the palace's Pegasus Fountain, singing "Do-Re-Mi," one of most…

Osaka, Japan.Jiale Tan | Moment | Getty ImagesThe new year has many travelers thinking ahead to 2025 vacation plans — and how much those trips may cost.About half — 51% — of Americans say flight cost will determine their destination…

Vatican City is the world's smallest country by size and population.That's not stopping an estimated 32 million travelers from visiting this year for Jubilee 2025, a year-long global celebration among those of the Catholic faith.The…

Orange balls of light fly across the sky as debris from a SpaceX rocket launched in Texas is spotted over Turks and Caicos Islands, January 16, 2025 in this screen grab obtained from social media video.Marcus Haworth@marcusahaworth |…

Boeing 737 Max planes sit at the airport in Renton, Washington.Leslie Josephs | CNBCBoeing handed over 348 airplanes in 2024, about a third fewer than it did a year earlier as the aerospace giant struggled with a crisis after a midair…

A Spirit Airlines plane at New York's LaGuardia AirportLeslie Josephs/CNBCSpirit Airlines is cutting about 200 jobs across the company as the struggling budget carrier seeks to reduce costs after it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy…