Airbnb hosts in World Cup cities are going big to squeeze every dollar out of their homes

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Myriam Totta
Myriam Totta and her husband spent $55,000 on their Kansas City-area home to enhance its rental appeal ahead of the World Cup this summer.

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I spent 4 nights at a robot hotel in Tokyo. The future of hospitality is here — but it still needs fine-tuning.

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Yotel Tokyo Ginza is a hybrid-robot hotel that opened earlier this year.

Michelle Gross

Airbnb executive hints at coming perks that could convince travelers not to book hotels

Tech Insider : Travel
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Airbnb is considering hotel-like amenities for travelers.

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A day in the life of Robert Rivani, a 34-year-old real-estate mogul with $750M in deals who left LA to invest in Miami

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Robert Rivani has bought and sold more than $750 million in real-estate deals.

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I was laid off from Lyft and it was a relief. Here's exactly how I used my severance to land somewhere better.

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Ziwei Li
Ziwei Li

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Taylor Swift is making Singapore a mountain of money, and some of the country's neighbors are salty about it

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Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift is performing six sold-out shows for the Southeast Asian leg of her Eras Tour.

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My dad died by suicide when I was 18. At 40, the trauma led me to a career in coaching.

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After setting up her own PR agency, Lynda Williams changed careers to become a life coach.

Lynda Williams

Being a barista with a college degree makes me feel insecure, but I love it. I'm not sure I even want a 'real' job anymore.

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Colette Fountain works in a coffee shop in South London.

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A Burger King employee who's worked there for 50 years says she loves her job so much she even comes to work when she's sick or in pain

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An exterior view of Burger King, a fast food restaurant branch in Danville PA in 2023

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Tipping is continuing to decline as Americans push back against an increase in requests

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Americans are tiring of all the requests for tips they're getting from businesses.

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