Word: resorted
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...transatlantic market, buoyed by corporate travel, can keep a lot of planes in the air, but should the traffic slow, the incumbents could always resort to price wars, a tactic they've used in the past to shoo away upstarts. The upstarts, on the other hand, need new markets, which could test their operating capability. "EOS is still the gold standard, but Silverjet is proving that the alternative carriers are here to stay," says Michael Holtz, owner of the Smart Flyer, a high-end travel agency in New York City. As a publicly traded company, Silverjet will be under pressure...
...travel, media and financial-services company that targets older consumers attracted several major bidders, with London private-equity firm Charterhouse ultimately paying $2.4 billion. Not bad for what De Haan's father started 53 years earlier as a modest operator of guest hotels and tours in the English seaside resort of Folkestone...
...making me sad,” I would say. “Let’s teeter to the concept car!” Fashion week is sponsored by Mercedes-Benz, so there were concept cars littered all over the tents. I would always say this as a last resort in my despair—I hate cars and have gotten into six accidents where I confused the gas and the brake, hitting inanimate objects, such as poles.“No!” Felicia would say, prying the cosmo from my hand. “You didn?...
...star in Sofia, Gaucho threw a tantrum after a coach replaced him in an important UEFA Champions League qualification match. He picked up his brother and a bottle of Jack Daniels and disappeared for a week, leaving reporters to speculate about his whereabouts. (He had retreated to the seaside resort of Varna.) "It was a scandal," he says...
...Humor has an edge in the Holy Land. It helps Palestinians and Israelis confront their worst fears. "In Israel, laughter is a necessity, a survival thing," says Waraday. Shortly after a suicide bombing in the Red Sea resort of Eilat, Waraday got an email from a woman who wanted to see the comedy tour. "She said, 'I live in Eilat, and I really need a laugh.' And I thought: 'Wow! That's what it?s all about...