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The latest Carnival Cruise Line gratuity and drink package price increase has now taken effect for all guests. The price increase was first announced in early February, with a start date for all sailings leaving on or after Thursday, April 2, 2026. The rate increase applies to all stateroom types on all Carnival ships and is just $1 per day higher per person. This makes the current rate $17 per person, per day for standard staterooms (interior, ocean view, and balconies) and $19 per person, per day for all suites. Guests who chose to pre-pay gratuities before April 2 were…

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Recent research shows that morale in the hospitality industry remains low, with one in five businesses reporting that they may have to call it quits within the next 12 months amid the upcoming wave of cost increases.Notably, from the 1st of April, pubs, restaurants, cafes, and music venues will have to grapple with increases to business rates and the National Minimum Wage. The combined impact of these changes, alongside existing cost pressures, is causing significant concern throughout the industry. Confidence remains low across the sectorUKHospitality commissioned the survey of over 20,000 venues alongside sector analysts, CGA by NIQ, and other voices…

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Binance maintained its leading position in crypto derivatives trading in the first quarter of 2026, while decentralized exchange Hyperliquid broke into the top 10 venues by volume, according to CoinGlass.Derivatives trading remained the dominant force in the crypto market in Q1 2026, totaling $18.6 trillion compared with $1.94 trillion in spot trading, according to a CoinGlass report on Friday.The analysts said trading activity remained strong over the quarter, though liquidity and capital became even more concentrated at the top. “Q1 was not about euphoria. It was about recovery, concentration, and shifting market structure,” CoinGlass said.The data shows how a small…

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When Brett Levenson left Apple in 2019 to lead business integrity at Facebook, the social media giant was in the thick of the Cambridge Analytica fallout. At the time, he thought he could simply fix Facebook’s content moderation problem with better technology.  The problem, he quickly learned, ran deeper than technology. Human reviewers were expected to memorize a 40-page policy document that had been machine-translated into their language, he said. Then they had about 30 seconds per piece of flagged content to decide not just whether that  content violated the rules, but what to do about it: block it, ban…

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At the top of the planet, the cap of sea ice across Arctic waters grows and shrinks with the seasons, usually reaching its annual maximum extent in March. In 2026, this peak occurred on March 15, when the extent reached 14.29 million square kilometers, matching the lowest maximum observed since satellite monitoring began in 1979. One of the key areas contributing to the low maximum this year was the Barents Sea. The Barents Sea lies at the periphery of the Arctic Ocean, bordered to the northwest by the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, and to the northeast and east by the…

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Friday 03 April 2026 1:03 pm  |  Updated:  Friday 03 April 2026 1:04 pm Housebuilders say changes to biodiversity laws do not go far enough Housebuilders are calling on the government to reform its biodiversity quotas for developers to lessen the costs and delays they say it causes to businesses. The Home Builders Federation (HBF), which represents the housebuilding industry, welcomed recent changes to biodiversity laws but said they do not go far enough in lifting the burden on housebuilders. Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) is a scheme introduced in 2021 which requires new developments to leave wildlife habitats in a better state that…

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