Sweden’s latest advertising campaign is going big on the health benefits of travel, so big in fact, that it claims travel to the country should be recommended by doctors. Visit Sweden’s ad is of course tongue-in-cheek, but the message that there’s a clear link between travel and well-being is a welcome strategy for those of us in the travel industry.

Matcha is made from powdered whole-leaf green tea grown in Japan under bamboo shade before harvesting. It comes in different types, but the designations are primarily marketing terms.

Sometimes, tea drinkers reach for fresh, grassy green tea (or matcha), while other times they prefer the bold, malty taste of black tea. But one thing remains unchanged: Green tea and black tea are two of the most popular drinks worldwide.

Once a familiar sight in American lunchboxes, olive loaf, a processed deli meat studded with green olives and red pimentos, has nearly disappeared from shelves.

Those semiannual transitions between daylight saving time and standard time can be disorienting, leaving us an hour more tired in one direction or the other. In addition to making us bleary-eyed sooner — or later — in the day than our bodies are used to, these time changes have an impact on the restaurant industry, as customers' body clocks adjust in terms of eating times as well as when they sleep. Whether you operate a standalone restaurant or are at the helm of a chain or franchise — which aren't the same thing — daylight saving time can definitely shake up your business.

Bogdan Popa was feeling discouraged at a September job fair at Boulevard Mall. He was out of work, and he wanted to stand out among job-seekers by meeting recruiters in person. Instead, he kept being directed to online applications. The job search was making him depressed, he said.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is still compiling results from its recent five-day sale, but early indications are beginning to show how successful the promotion may have been.

The human brain has an incredible ability to adapt itself by breaking old habits and ideas to form new ones. Our brains are made up of billions of neurons, and we learn behaviors by creating pathways between them. When we have a habit — like smoking — we repeat the action so often that these neural pathways are strengthened, making them automatic behaviors that are difficult to break.