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KLM nominates Marjan Rintel as new CEO
3Apr By Editorial TeamNo Comments
Business, Travel & Food

KLM nominates Marjan Rintel as new CEO

The Supervisory Board of KLM intends to nominate Marjan Rintel as the new President and CEO of KLM. Rintel is currently President and CEO of Dutch Railways (NS), where she has worked since November 2014. Rintel is no stranger to KLM and - before joining NS - worked for the airline for 15 years in various positions, including operations, sales and marketing at KLM and Air France-KLM. In accordance with the intended nomination, Marjan Rintel will succeed Pieter Elbers who will step down as President and CEO by the 1st of July. Elbers will ensure a handover to his successor. The Air France-KLM Board of Directors has approved the nomination. Cees 't Hart, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, on the unanimous nomination: ‘We are delighted that Marjan will come on board as CEO o...
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Airports and Airlines call for all intra-EU COVID Travel Restrictions to be dropped
13Mar By Editorial TeamNo Comments
Breaking News, Business, Travel & Food

Airports and Airlines call for all intra-EU COVID Travel Restrictions to be dropped

Brussels/Geneva -ACI EUROPE (Airports Council International) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for all remaining COVID restrictions applying to intra-EU and Schengen area travel to be dropped, including all testing requirements, the need to present proof of vaccination, or complete a Passenger Locator Form (PLF). This includes dropping mask-wearing for travel within or between States where it is no longer required in other indoor environments. COVID-19, and specifically the Omicron variant, is now pervasive throughout all of Europe, and population immunity is at such levels that the risk of hospitalization or death has dramatically reduced, especially for vaccinated people. States are adopting surveillance strategies to ensure public health, in the same...
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A Wordle a Day: What Does it Portray?
7Mar By Jonathan ZhouNo Comments
Breaking News, Business, Featured, Lifestyle

A Wordle a Day: What Does it Portray?

What happened on February 11th, 2022 that caused the word 'ulcer’ to spike to the single highest daily search frequency it has ever seen on Google?1 Was it a global epidemic of nasty mouth sores? Maybe a glitch in Google Trend’s code? The answer may surprise you — it was the Wordle word-of-the-day. Wordle, a viral web-based word game created by Josh Wardle, has already cemented itself in the 2022 timeline as an international cultural phenomenon. In the past 4 months, Wordle has captured the attention of the internet and The New York Times, who purchased Wordle for an undisclosed price “in the low seven figures”. Just in the first two weeks of 2022, over 1.2 million Wordle results were shared on Twitter.2 Wordle has been adapted to over 45 different languages. To have maintained ...
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