Articles for Pandemic Summer

For small biz reliant on summer tourism, extreme weather is the new pandemic -- for better or worse
1 year, 4 months ago

For small biz reliant on summer tourism, extreme weather is the new pandemic -- for better or worse

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — For small businesses that rely on summer tourism to keep afloat, extreme weather is replacing the pandemic as the determining factor in how well a summer will go. But with heat waves, fires and storms becoming more frequent and intense, small businesses increasingly see extreme weather as their next long-term challenge. “It seems that almost half of …

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Tourists are packing European hotspots. And Americans don't mind the higher prices and crowds
1 year, 5 months ago

Tourists are packing European hotspots. And Americans don't mind the higher prices and crowds

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Spain’s tourism minister, Héctor Gómez, called it “a historic …

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How the hot face emoji became shorthand for the chaos of our post-pandemic summer
3 years, 5 months ago

How the hot face emoji became shorthand for the chaos of our post-pandemic summer

LA Times  

How does it feel to be back in society — back outside — after months indoors, dreaming about finally seeing your presumed-to-be-hot barista’s face without a mask on or going to the club and brushing up against someone’s sweaty bicep on your way to the bar? Each time, the conversation has naturally veered off into an anxiety-inducing, “What if we …

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Column: Hold on to the hard lessons of the pandemic
3 years, 6 months ago

Column: Hold on to the hard lessons of the pandemic

LA Times  

Perhaps one day soon, masks will seem like a relic. It’s getting harder and harder to remember the height of the pandemic, when some 4,000 Americans were dying every day. Now hours pass and I don’t even think about the pandemic, though it is still claiming some 8,500 lives worldwide every day. At some point, I’m not sure when, I …

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Mired in pandemic-induced crises, Lebanon hopes for economic revival and relief with the arrival of summer
3 years, 6 months ago

Mired in pandemic-induced crises, Lebanon hopes for economic revival and relief with the arrival of summer

Firstpost  

For weeks, frustrated citizens have been lining up to fill up at gas stations, with occasional fistfights and shootings amid frayed nerves. There’s … more interest from the Lebanese to travel inside their country,” said Joumana Brihi, board member of the Lebanese Mountain Trail Association. Last year, Member of Parliament Michel Daher was chastised on social media for saying on …

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Britain airlines, holiday companies ramp up pressure on UK to ease travel rules
3 years, 6 months ago

Britain airlines, holiday companies ramp up pressure on UK to ease travel rules

Hindustan Times  

Britain's airlines and holiday companies are planning a "day of action" on Wednesday to ramp up pressure on the government to ease travel restrictions, with just weeks to go before the start of the peak summer season. As the clock ticks down to July, Europe's biggest airline Ryanair and Manchester Airports Group on Thursday launched legal action to try to …

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Mick Jagger and Dave Grohl’s new song forces us to relive 2020’s pandemic blues
3 years, 8 months ago

Mick Jagger and Dave Grohl’s new song forces us to relive 2020’s pandemic blues

LA Times  

It’s coming up on 1 a.m., and “Saturday Night Live” is creaking to a close. And that sketch might very well be a rendition of “Eazy Sleazy,” the new pandemic-is-almost-over song from Mick Jagger and Dave Grohl. “thank you to Dave Grohl @foofighters for jumping on drums, bass and guitar, it was a lot of fun working with you on …

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Covid-19: Internships get cancelled or go virtual because of pandemic
4 years, 6 months ago

Covid-19: Internships get cancelled or go virtual because of pandemic

Hindustan Times  

Yadeen Rashid was flying high in February. “But, you know, as time goes on, it gets a little less optimistic.” Rashid’s experience shows how the global coronavirus crisis, which has already thrown much of the business world into turmoil, is also disrupting summer internships, an important stepping stone to working life for many university students and recent graduates. “It’s a …

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