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U.S. Gov’t Shuts Down: What Happens to Travel?

Congressional Democrats and Republicans failed to come to agreement by yesterday’s budget deadline to keep the U.S. government funded. A shutdown began at 12:01 am Eastern Time on Wednesday as both sides voted down the other’s proposals to extend fu...

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L.A. passed a $30 minimum wage for tourism workers. Then came the warring ballot measures
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L.A. passed a $30 minimum wage for tourism workers. Then came the warring ballot measures

It’s the summer of the burn-it-down ballot measure in Los Angeles. For the past three months, labor unions and business groups have been locked in a protracted fight over a law, approved by the City Council in May, hiking the minimum wage for hotel ...

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Tinder co-founder buys five-star El Encanto resort in Santa Barbara
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Tinder co-founder buys five-star El Encanto resort in Santa Barbara

The five-star El Encanto resort in Santa Barbara, a Hollywood getaway for more than a century where rooms cost north of $1,000 a night, has been sold to Tinder co-founder Justin Mateen for $82.2 million.

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