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WalletHub

Christmas is just around the corner, and while it's one of the most wonderful times of the year, it can also be one of the most stressful for your wallet. Americans are projected to spend at least $980 billion from November 1 to December 31 this year. Festive feelings may be further dampened by the fact that inflation will get you much less bang for your buck during your Christmas shopping.

U.S. News & World Report

The holidays are traditionally a time to tip those who have made your life easier, more convenient or more enjoyable throughout the year. Although not required, Christmas tips also provide a financial boost to workers who may be struggling to make ends meet during the holiday season.

HotelDive

How do you like your eggs? At CES 2024 in Las Vegas, that was a question asked not by food service staff, but by a robot. When conference attendees responded, the robot cracked an egg and made it just how they liked.

Antara News

Popularity does not always correlate positively with sustainability. This is the irony that Indonesian tourism, especially Bali, is now facing after being included in FODOR's No List 2025.

Traveltext.ID

FODOR’s travel guide website has revealed 15 destinations in the world that will not be worth visiting in 2025. One of the “No List” destinations is Bali, which is at the top of the list.

Las Vegas Sun

The average rate of a three-night stay in Las Vegas for the Formula One race weekend is $1,372, according to Vegas Insider, a website that provides gambling odds and trends. Last year, it was $2,314.

Las Vegas Review Journal

It’s hard to imagine Las Vegas casino behemoth MGM Resorts International associated with failure. But the company’s 33-acre MGM Grand Adventures theme park, which first opened Dec. 18, 1993, and closed less than seven years later, has to qualify as one of the city’s historic flops.

Las Vegas Review Journal

It’s hard to imagine Las Vegas casino behemoth MGM Resorts International associated with failure. But the company’s 33-acre MGM Grand Adventures theme park, which first opened Dec. 18, 1993, and closed less than seven years later, has to qualify as one of the city’s historic flops.

Neue Deister-Zeitung

More and more places around the world are struggling with overtourism and are thinking about new strategies to avoid being overrun by the masses season after season. On the one hand, tourists bring money into the region, but on the other hand, they harm the environment. Because where there are a lot of people, there is usually a lot of garbage. And it remains, even when the travelers are long gone.

Fodor's

Every year, the Fodor’s No List aims to shine a light on destinations suffering from untenable popularity. These locations are popular for good reason—they are stunning, intriguing, and culturally significant. However, some of these highly coveted tourist spots are collapsing under the burden of their own prominence.

Las Vegas Review Journal

The statistics are startling enough. Average menu prices increased more than 27 percent from February 2020 to June 2024, according to the National Restaurant Association. Nevada ranked fifth nationally for restaurant inflation from November 2022 to June 2023, according to U.S. Census Bureau data analyzed by USA Today.

Las Vegas Sun

A headline initially used in a Las Vegas Review-Journal online story implied that a UNLV professor was endorsing Donald Trump for president.