The True Cost Of 81 Very Expensive Minutes For United Airlines
After grounding all of its flights Wednesday morning for more than an hour, United faces a costly recovery process.
Mariah Summers is a business reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York. Summers reports on hospitality, travel and real estate.
After grounding all of its flights Wednesday morning for more than an hour, United faces a costly recovery process.
The company's new fathom brand of "social impact" cruises will head for Cuba in spring 2016, making it the first U.S.-based cruise line to take passengers to the island.
The government is looking into allegations of collusion among big airlines. But where does loose talk end and conspiracies begin?
The promotion to celebrate "100 million customers already this year" has been shared more than 60,000 times, which would be impressive if it wasn't a hoax.
In a presentation to investors, the company said onboard Wi-Fi will hit broadband speeds within five years, and be available on many more flights.
On a visit to Williamsburg, Amsterdam's deputy mayor talked about the impact of tourism, Airbnb and gentrification. "You have to preserve the diversity of an area."
Already on track for a record summer, the airline industry will keep growing fast in the coming decades, according to a new report.
A new unit of the cruise giant will take travelers to the Dominican Republic, "a country known for its spectacular beauty but also a country with great needs."
Once a money-losing afterthought, the restaurant and bar scene of many new hotels is quickly becoming a pillar of success in the industry.
Hospitality giant Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide is planning to open 150 more Sheratons, including the new "premier tier" variety, Sheraton Grand, in the hopes of luring more visitors to the struggling brand.
BuzzFeed has obtained the "Golden Pitchbook" used by top brokers at John Thomas Financial. In its pages: How cold-calling brokers pressure prospects to buy stocks from the troubled firm.
BuzzFeed conducted a highly unscientific, informal survey in the bars of Stone Street to find out what goes on in a finance bro's heart. Based on a random sample of fellows from Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, and Goldman Sachs, we found that for the bros of Wall Street, the line between feeling objectified and doing the objectifying is blurry.
Anything is possible if you set your mind on it.
Highland Capital founder James Dondero makes around $30 million a year. A prenup calls for his wife, Becky, to get $5 million in a divorce settlement. He has resisted paying her for two years, and now, a judge in Texas has reached a verdict in the bitter standoff.
The arrest of Jim Bisenius, founder of $3 billion hedge fund Common Sense Investment Management, rocked Portland's close-knit finance community.
No paperwork, no queuing at fluorescent-lit counters at midnight, and no bizarre pricing tricks. The Austin-based company is taking a shot at a stubbornly old-school industry.
The outgoing CEO and two top executives of Darden Restaurants stand to receive a total of $68 million over the next two years. Meanwhile, tipped employees of Olive Garden receive $2.13 per hour.
The hedge fund Barington Capital Group is mounting a campaign to break up the parent company of Olive Garden and Red Lobster, Darden Restaurants, in part because of the abysmal performance of those two chains. Here's a look at how they fell so far so fast.
Pershing Square Capital has orchestrated one of the biggest turnarounds in railroad (and, arguably, corporate) history. Now, as the question of rail mergers looms large, here's a look back at how the hedge fund pulled it off and raked in billions.