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The hospitality industry is no stranger to constant change and fierce competition. Over the years, it has navigated shifting customer preferences, technological revolutions, and global events that have left an indelible mark on how hotels, restaurants, and other establishments market themselves.One of the most profound transformations in hospitality marketing is the digital revolution. The ubiquity of the internet and the proliferation of smartphones have fundamentally altered how consumers seek, book, and experience hospitality services. Hotel websites, online travel agencies, and review platforms have risen to prominence as indispensable marketing channels.Today, hotels and restaurants invest heavily in crafting user-friendly websites and…

What is MrBeast’s Net Worth?MrBeast is an American YouTube star, philanthropist and entrepreneur who has a net worth of $100 million. MrBeast’s net worth listed here takes into account a conservative valuation of his empire while also accounting for the fact that MrBeast traditionally has not profited off his videos. MrBeast famously reinvests all of his earnings back into producing future videos.In November 2022, it was reported that MrBeast was looking investors to buy-in to his business at a valuation of $1 billion. It has not yet been reported what investors, if any, he attracted or the final valuation.In January…

From Sunday, eligible working parents of children from nine-months-old in England will be able to register for access to up to 15 free hours of government-funded childcare per week.This will then be granted from September. Check if you’re eligible here – or read on for our explainer on free childcare across the UK.EnglandThree and four year oldsIn England, all parents of children aged three and four in England can claim 15 hours of free childcare per week, for 1,140 hours (38 weeks) a year, at an approved provider.This is a universal offer open to all.It can be extended to 30 hours where both…

MLB By Jaclyn Hendricks Published March 18, 2024, 12:20 p.m. ET Freddie Freeman had himself a day Sunday during a Dodgers exhibition game in South Korea, but it was the initial toss by South Korean actress Jeon Jong-seo that really captivated audiences — the Los Angeles dugout, specifically. Before the Dodgers’ Seoul Series game against the Kiwoom Heroes got underway at the Gocheok Sky Dome, the 29-year-old film star stood on the mound to throw out the ceremonial first pitch. As Jeon readied to hurl the ball toward home plate, several members of the Dodgers appeared to take in the…

Welcome to the latest edition of ST HeadSTart, bringing you the best of The Straits Times’ career and personal finance coverage every Tuesday noon. Sign up here to get weekly tips right into your inbox. Hi there. It’s Prisca, bringing you this week’s edition of HeadSTart.  Freelancing is quite common in my industry, and while I like my job, I’ve sometimes wondered if being my own boss will be an ideal career path instead. The flexibility that comes with being a freelancer is certainly appealing, but I’m not sure if I can live with worrying about when the next pay cheque will…

Elsevier has announced the launch of SciBite Chat, an AI-powered interface built atop SciBite Search, SciBite’s platform. SciBite Chat combines semantic search for accurate and traceable information retrieval and large language models (LLMs) for interpreting human language and answer generation. Elsevier says that, by combining these  technologies, SciBite Chat has the potential to transform the search experience, providing precise and traceable results “while understanding and summarising human language effortlessly”.   Neal Dunkinson, Vice President, Solutions & Professional Services at SciBite from Elsevier, said: “SciBite Chat’s use of ontology-backed semantics with Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) architecture offers multiple benefits to researchers in life science-related…

Customers of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX are poised to recover all of the money they lost when the firm collapsed in 2022 and receive interest on top of it, the company’s bankruptcy lawyers said on Tuesday.The announcement was a landmark in the attempt to recover the $8 billion in customer assets that disappeared when FTX imploded virtually overnight, setting off a crisis in the crypto industry. Under a plan filed in federal bankruptcy court in Delaware, virtually all FTX’s creditors, including hundreds of thousands of ordinary investors who used the exchange to buy and sell cryptocurrencies, would receive cash…

Art and designPaintings identified as fake using cutting-edge technology are ‘tip of the iceberg’ specialist Dr Carina Popovici saysA “Monet” and a “Renoir” are among up to 40 fake paintings that are being offered for sale on eBay, according to research by a leading expert.Dr Carina Popovici, a specialist in authenticating artwork, said she applied cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) technology to pictures advertised on the online platform and was shocked to discover that many had a “high probability” of being “not authentic”.She has so far found up to 40 counterfeit paintings, and said there were a lot more.“The algorithm identified…

Share Tweet Share Share Email Less than a year ago, Haavard Joergensen (67 kg, NOR) was on the cusp of potentially putting the finishing touches on what was, by all accounts, a breakout season. It had begun in early 2023 when Joergensen placed third at the annual Nikola Petrov Memorial in Bulgaria — and continued when he stared down a typically tough field at the European Championships to come away with bronze, his first from the prestigious event. Later in the summer, Joergensen rebounded following a loss at the German Grand Prix to score his third bronze of…

Side hustles can be a great way to make extra cash and they’ve become popular with workers as inflation has ballooned, with an estimated 54% of Americans having one.But there are lots of other reasons why you might want to spend some of your extra time working on a side project, aside from improving your cash flow. Here are five little-known perks of weekend side hustles and a few suggestions for getting started. 1. Creative outletBefore I became a freelance writer, I blogged as a creative outlet. Since my day job didn’t offer many writing opportunities, I’d get up early,…