Hotel Industry Trends - Airbnb的兴起和酒店入住率的停滞，促使运营商寻求最具盈利性的设计方案[1] - 精选服务酒店（提供精简设施）在利润方面超过了全方位服务酒店[1] - 万豪的中端品牌Moxy的客房面积略大于美国普通客房的一半，但收入却高出20%[1][2] Space Optimization Strategies - 酒店通过取消壁橱（通常占用约7平方英尺的空间）来节省空间[2] - 用共享洗衣空间代替熨斗和熨衣板[2] - 用可折叠的桌子和椅子代替通常占用约8平方英尺的大型固定桌子和椅子[3] - 取消迷你吧，节省2.5%英尺的空间[3] - 通过优化设计，酒店可以节省超过70平方英尺的空间，并减少大量昂贵的设施[4] Enhancing Guest Experience and Revenue - 增加浴室空间可以提高客人的满意度[4] - 酒店应更加重视扩大能够提高评分和利润的公共区域[5] - 酒吧因其低人员配置要求和高市场价格，可以成为重要的收入来源[6] Investment and Operational Considerations - 酒店设计只能在吸引客人方面发挥一定作用，最终的体验取决于管理公司和运营商提供的服务[7] - 确定博物馆、画廊、体育场、交通枢纽和企业等需求驱动因素，有助于确定酒店的投资额度以及资金的使用方向[6][7]

China is spending more than $40 billion on this railway through the Himalayas. Once complete, it will connect Changdu, a major city in southwestern China, to Lassa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, lowering the travel time from 34 hours to 13 hours. This is just one part of a massive construction spree along China's roughly 2,000mi land border with India.Both countries have disputed the exact border for decades, but the dynamic has shifted drastically over the last several years as China has inve ...

- [Narrator] The US economy is facing a make or break moment. - And our country's becoming very rich. - [Narrator] Key economic data is painting a murky picture.Inflation has so far defied the worst of economists' expectations, and the US consumer remains strong, but pockets of weakness in the labor market and slower growth are raising red flags. - I think most economists expected this summer to really be that period where, you know, you begin to see the effects, and I think we're now like we're right at th ...

- [Narrator] These are the number of jobs that were added to the US economy in the last year, which the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases every month in the jobs report. Or really, these are the initial number of jobs added to the economy. Each report also revises the number of the last three months.These are the latest revisions. Last September was only off by 1,000. Last July was more typical, about 30,000.But the latest revision, May and June were way off. President Trump was not happy, and he fired th ...

Welcome to an AI data center where you can hear >> this is crazy power right now >> and feel >> this can blow dry my hair >> the power >> AI is in there >> by 2028 data centers like this across the country could use 12% of all US electricity enough to power more than 55 million homes for a year and yes you are increasing that energy every time you hit enter on an AI prompt it's routed through places like this. Okay, let's start with tracing this prompt. Create a video of a dancing steak.The moment you hit e ...

So, Sebastian, you recently wrote this book, The Psychology of Leadership, and have talked a lot about what investors can learn from sports psychology, and it seems like right now this group of stocks in the market kind of has a hot hand. How do you navigate that. I think sports psychology is greatly underrated in general for self-improvement, but in particular for investing because if you think about athletes, they have to deal with a lot of uncertainty.They can prepare as much as they can, but they can fa ...

- [Reporter] Despite more than three years of war, huge military expenses and waves of sanctions, Russia's economy appears to be thriving. - [Reporter] But as President Trump threatens harsh economic sanctions- - We just don't see any progress being made. - [Reporter] and cracks begin to show, how long can it last.- War has been a huge stimulus for the Russian economy, but they can't continue doing this forever. The reality is, they're likely to run out of money. - [Reporter] Since launching its full-scale ...

[Music] This is one of the world's most expensive weapons. The F-35 program that includes the production and maintenance of thousands of jets over the next 5 decades is projected to cost the US more than $2 trillion. It's also a hugely successful export for the US, contributing to America's dominance in the arms trade.But following President Trump's pressure tactics on US allies, some countries have said they are rethinking their reliance on American weapons. This shift, combined with technological advancem ...

- [Narrator] When you open a bag of Haribo Goldbears in the US, you'll notice that there are more red bears than there are of any other color. That's on purpose. Haribo found that US consumers prefer raspberry-flavored bears, so they tweaked the mix in production.Today, the company's Wisconsin factory churns out 60 million Goldbears a day, and it's this factory that Haribo is betting on to take on the US candy market. This is the economics of Haribo. Haribo is one of the largest gummy candy manufacturers in ...

[Music] These airline staff have just 2 minutes to get this jetty attached and the doors of this plane open in order to stay on schedule. See, while the passengers flight may have just ended, for British Airways, a complex race is just beginning. One it has to perform over 300 times every single day at just one airport alone.It's the race to turn a plane around ready for the next wave of passengers and get up to 35 aircraft an hour airborne as efficiently as possible. If it isn't done correctly, it could ca ...