Dataconomy

JUNE 4, 2025

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis , who brings a venture capital background to his political office, has been vocal about the “conscious decision” to diversify beyond mainstays like tourism, aspiring for tech to eventually constitute 10% of the economy. He feels like the “stars are aligned” for this transformation.

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GeekWire

MARCH 19, 2025

Papworth previously founded MedTravel, a medical tourism company, and international development consulting company Avery Franklin Consulting. .” Erin Papworth has been named CEO of luupo, Inc. , a subsidiary of The Fintex Group , which acquired Papworth’s fin-tech startup Nav.it.

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GeekWire

APRIL 14, 2025

Crew members for the NS-31 suborbital space mission strike a pose on Blue Origin’s launch tower access bridge in Texas. Clockwise from lower left: Lauren Sanchez, Amanda Nguyen, Katy Perry, Gayle King, Aisha Bowe and Kerianne Flynn.

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GeekWire

APRIL 14, 2025

Jeff Bezos extends his arms to hug his fiancee, Lauren Sanchez, at the end of an all-female suborbital spaceflight, with Blue Origin trainer Sarah Knights standing by.

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GeekWire

APRIL 22, 2025

She acknowledged that the rise of such rentals has allowed property owners to generate extra income and provided a big boom to the tourism industry. Carl Florea, mayor of Leavenworth, said hes testified in support of a bill to tax the local tourism economy every year. This year, he testified in support of Senate Bill 5576.

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Dataconomy

MARCH 28, 2025

Beyond the AI spotlight, AIM Congress hosts roundtables on investment challenges with central bankers, stock exchange heads, and tourism ministers. The event closes with a vision for 2026, hinting at whats next for this rapidly evolving field.

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GeekWire

MAY 31, 2025

Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket ship rises spaceward from its Texas launch pad, as seen from a drone hovering above. Blue Origin via YouTube) Six well-traveled adventurers rode Blue Origin’s suborbital rocket ship to go where they’ve never gone before: the edge of space. The New Shepard rocket lifted off from the Kent, Wash.-based

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GeekWire

JUNE 25, 2025

” Smith cited factors that would argue against higher taxes including weaker consumer spending, a drop in international tourism, economic uncertainty due to federal tariffs, and recent state-level tax increases. . “However, raising the B&O on any employer right now is a bad idea.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 27, 2025

Saudi Arabias Vision 2030 strategy is advancing diversification through sectors such as tourism, clean energy and sport. For technology organizations, these conditions also facilitate access to international talent as the citys infrastructure and legal framework allow for project-by-project workforce deployment.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Rea’s other past roles include working as a senior program manager for the Gates Foundation and as CEO of Tourism Cares, a nonprofit supporting “travel for good.” He was most recently the executive director of E8 , a Seattle-area climate investing angel group that also has a philanthropic fund called Decarbon8.

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IT Toolbox

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Regarding marketing attribution in the tourism industry, learn from Lisa Salvatore how closed-loop attribution ensures as gaps don’t exist in data. The post How Closed-Loop Attribution Is Shaping Marketing in the Tourism Industry appeared first on.

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Gizmodo

JUNE 13, 2025

Axiom Space international space station Space tourism Daily Newsletter Get the best tech, science, and culture news in your inbox daily. The three countries are sending astronauts to the ISS for the first time in the station’s more than 25-year history—though the timing is less than ideal, with the station grappling with aging hardware.

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Gizmodo

JUNE 16, 2025

On Monday, staff at the world’s most-visited museum went on strike, forcing the museum to close its doors over concerns about the effects of mass tourism, according to the Associated Press. The shutdown followed a weekend of protests against tourism that spread across Europe. Select News from the future, delivered to your present.

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Tech Republic Security

JULY 21, 2021

There is even more to space innovation than the fledgling space tourism sector. Somewhat out of the public eye, there is a fast-growing space tech industry.

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Trends in the Living Networks

MAY 15, 2013

Last week, as part of the ongoing weekly future series on the Morning Show, I spoke about the future of travel and tourism. A massive rise in sustainable tourism , with low impact hotels and activities and the opportunity to observe rare species. Click on the image below to watch a video of the segment.

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Gizmodo

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Iceland released a new tourism ad on Thursday, poking fun at Facebook’s (sorry, Meta ’s) recent promises for how we’re all going to live in the future. But Iceland’s version of Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t want to sell you on visiting the sci-fi dystopia that we were all warned about for decades. No, Iceland just wants you… Read more.

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Gizmodo

MARCH 5, 2021

The chairman of space tourism company Virgin Galactic, Chamath Palihapitiya, has sold his entire personal stake in the company for $211 million, according to a new regulatory filing with the SEC made public on Friday and first noticed by Bloomberg News. Palihapitiya still indirectly owns millions of shares through an… Read more.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

At left, Hongying Tang of HQ Tourism Services points to the Saint Lawrence River during a virtual tour of Quebec City as part of the Amazon Explore beta. This is the evolution of tourism, at least in Amazon’s world.

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TechSpot

MARCH 1, 2021

Resetera user Rösti discovered a special meeting schedule for the Board of Los Angeles Convention and Tourism Development on the city's official website. It lists E3 2021 as a "canceled live event in 2021."

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Venture Beat

DECEMBER 8, 2021

LynKey plans to combine the luxury resort and tourism businesses with blockchain to transform the property ecosystem in Vietnam. Read More.

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GeekWire

JULY 28, 2020

This comes amid a rivalry with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and fellow billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX for shares of a space tourism market that’s expected to grow to $3 billion annually by 2030.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

A representative example is the collaboration between Tencent Cloud and Abu Dhabi’s Department of Culture and Tourism. With its Digital Human solutions, Tencent Cloud powers Abu Dhabi’s digital ambassador for culture and tourism, engaging millions of users on Weixin (WeChat).

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Gizmodo

JULY 19, 2021

Jeff Bezos, the richest man on Earth, will head into suborbital space on Tuesday. He’ll be the second billionaire to take such a journey this month, getting narrowly beat out by Richard Branson, who recently took an hour-long rocket trip to the edge of space. Next year, Elon Musk—who has traded the world’s-richest… Read more.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 11, 2023

Journey Beyond, a part of Hornblower Group, is Australia’s leading experiential tourism group. Headquartered in Adelaide, it operates 13 brands and experiences spanning the country. Madhumita Mazumdar, GM of information and communications technology at Journey Beyond.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

By aligning its strategies with the broader objectives of the Dubai Economic Agenda D33, Digital Dubai is laying the groundwork for a future where the emirate is synonymous with technological advancement and economic resilience.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 4, 2024

The launch of satellite internet provider Starlink has been operationally transformative for Journey Beyond, one of Australia’s premier destination tourism companies, and it’s driving a new era of progress and innovation. When Starlink came, the game changed,” explains Madhumita Mazumdar, GM of ICT at Journey Beyond. “We

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

In Abu Dhabi, Tencent launched a Weixin mini-program and a digital human, “Khalifa,” enhancing tourism for Chinese visitors. Exceptional user experiences : Tencent Cloud delivers superior user experiences through innovation.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Leaving the old legacy behind For more than 60 years, Colsubsidio has delivered services in Colombia in specialty areas such as housing, health, financial services, retail, food and beverage, sports and recreation, hotels, and tourism.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Together with the club, which believes in the vast potential the Digital Human solution has across various industries, they will promote it to enterprises in the Southeast Asia markets, targeting food and beverage, retail, education, and tourism sectors for a start. What is the Tencent Cloud AI Digital Human ?

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Supporting Saudi Vision 2030 Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 outlines a roadmap for reducing the Kingdom’s dependence on oil by diversifying its economy and developing public service sectors such as health, education, infrastructure, recreation, and tourism.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 10, 2024

Baig, Finzey Finance Company Fatimah Aljulaih, AlUla Development Company Muath Saud AlHomoud, D360 Bank Hamad Alkatheri, Ministry of Tourism Alaa khalid Falimban, Saudi Arabian Mining Company (MAADEN) Vikram Verma, Roshn Abdulrahman Khalid Almazroa, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare Dr. Noha Al-Harthi, NEOM Gaurav Kole, Leylaty Group Dr.

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Trends in the Living Networks

JULY 10, 2019

I was just interviewed on ABC TV about the news that Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic is going public through a merger with Social Capital Hedosophia, to be the first publicly listed space tourism company. Branson does not seem to be quite as grandiose in his aims but is clearly looking beyond the space tourism business.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

The company has launched City Portal as a resource for governments and tourism organizations, it said Wednesday. Tourism partners can also gain more insight into where guests are coming from. and tourism organization partners such as Visit Tampa Bay, the City of Krakow, and Visit Scotland. and Buffalo, N.Y.,

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 5, 2024

And we did it not only to be closer to operations, but to take advantage of the potential that Spain offers in human capital within the tourism sector. How do you see the future of the hotel and tourism world with all these technological changes? How have you rebuilt all the IT talent? It’s exciting.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 24, 2024

The newly appointed Chief AI Officers represent several government entities across Dubai including: Community Development Authority in Dubai, Dubai Government Human Resources Department, Dubai Customs, Dubai Police, The Judicial Council, Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Mohammed Bin Rashid Housing Establishment, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, (..)

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Australian experiential tourism company Journey Beyond recently revamped its contact center as part of a customer experience transformation. Cold: Legacy telecom Legacy telecom and paging systems that New York-Presbyterian owns have been “deconstructed, defunded, and taken out of the infrastructure,” Fleischut says. IDC is forecasting a 5.1%

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TechSpot

AUGUST 25, 2021

The Korea Herald reports that the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family recently announced their decision to change the law out of respect for youths’ rights.

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