Author: DailyWestern
by Calculated Risk on 10/02/2025 01:41:00 PM Hotel occupancy was weak over the summer months, due to less international tourism. The fall months are mostly domestic travel and occupancy is still under pressure!From STR: U.S. hotel results for week ending 27 SeptemberImpacted by the Rosh Hashanah holiday, the U.S. hotel industry reported negative year-over-year comparisons, according to CoStar’s latest data through 27 September. …21-27 September 2025 (percentage change from comparable week in 2024):• Occupancy: 65.6% (-4.2%)• Average daily rate (ADR): US$166.48 (-2.5%)• Revenue per available room (RevPAR): US$109.15 (-6.6%)emphasis addedThe following graph shows the seasonal pattern for the hotel occupancy…
France suffered a slight setback in their World Cup qualification campaign as the two-time champions and 2022 runners-up were held to a 2-2 draw by Iceland. Victor Palsson put Iceland ahead in the 39th minute in Reykjavik when he turned home after France failed to deal with a free-kick into the box. Christopher Nkunku levelled matters in the 63rd minute when he cut in from the left and fired an unerring low shot into the bottom-right corner. Jean-Philippe Mateta then completed the turnaround five minutes later, converting from Maghnes Akliouche’s cross to net his first senior international goal at the…
The Atlanta Hawks signed guards Lamont Butler, Deivon Smith and M.J. Walker. Butler started all 27 games for Kentucky last season, posting career highs of 11.4 points, 4.3 assists and 2.9 rebounds in 26.0 minutes. The Moreno Valley, California native was a member of Atlanta’s NBA Summer League team. Butler spent his first four collegiate seasons at San Diego State from 2020 to 2024, leading the Aztecs to the 2023 NCAA National Championship Game. He finished his Aztecs career ranked fifth all-time in steals with 183 and 10th in assists with 338. Butler was named Mountain West Conference Defensive Player…
FOX Weather Meteorologist Adam Klotz outlines the forecast for Los Angeles on Tuesday, when storms could pack a punch.LOS ANGELES – A powerful storm system racing into the West Coast will bring a rare threat of tornadoes to Los Angeles on Tuesday.NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center has included Los Angeles in a Level 1 risk area – the lowest of the agency’s five-level scale.A three-hour radar loop. Yellow shaded areas denotes a Severe Thunderstorm Watch while red shaded areas denote a Tornado Watch. Warning boxes are color coded as: Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in yellow, Tornado Warnings in red, Tornado Warnings with…
TIRANA – The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, stated at the opening of the EU-Western Balkans investment forum in Tirana that the Western Balkans is “firmly on the path to membership in the European Union” and urged investors that it is the right time to invest in the region. Speaking before leaders and business representatives from the region, von der Leyen emphasized that the benefits of European integration are already felt in the daily lives of citizens, citing as an example the accession to the single payment system SEPA, which has reduced transaction costs by up…
0:37Intro. [Recording date: September 16, 2025.]Russ Roberts: Today is September 16th, 2025, and my guest is Joe McReynolds of Keio University, co-author with Jorge Almazán, of the book Emergent Tokyo: Designing the Spontaneous City, which is our topic for today.Joe, welcome to EconTalk.Joe McReynolds: Thanks so much for having me. Really appreciate it, Russ.0:56Russ Roberts: Well, first of all, it’s a beautiful book, physically. It tries to capture with words and really lovely graphics what is distinctive about Tokyo and its vitality. I’ve never been to Tokyo. I’ve seen a lot of video footage of Tokyo, but as I read…
World Cup – Qualification Europe6:45 PMOctober 12, 2025Group Stage – 8ParkReferee: Michael Oliver, England Copy and paste this HTML code into your webpage to embed. Denmark World Class 0 Solid 0 Bang Average 0 Lucky 0 Shocking 0 Greece World Class 0 Solid 0 Bang Average 0 Lucky 0 Shocking 0 Turn off spoiler to view match statistics0.00Expected goals (xG)0.00Passing423 (87%)Accurate passes470 (88%) Turn off spoiler to view match events 1 G Kasper Schmeichel (C) 64′ Unsportsmanlike conduct 6.9 5 D Joakim Mæhle 7.3 3 D Jannik Vestergaard 6.9 2 D Joachim Andersen 40′ 8.6 6 D Andreas Christensen 6.6…
The Milwaukee Bucks have signed Alex Antetokounmpo to a two-way NBA contract, joining his older brothers Giannis and Thanasis. According to NBA insider Shams Charania, this marks the first time in league history that three siblings are on active roster contracts with the same team. Alex, 24, has built his career across Europe and the […] The post Bucks make NBA history by adding Alex Antetokounmpo appeared first on TalkBasket.net.
FOX Weather is your Hurricane HQ. (FOX Weather)The relentless Nor’easter is in its final stages, though today’s midday or afternoon high tides are forecast to be the highest of the storm in some locations. By the high tide cycle overnight, levels will be somewhat lower, and the winds should have subsided substantially. Some rain will linger along the coast into tomorrow, especially in southeastern New England.The system is stretched south to north along the East Coast with two centers of low pressure – one off the North Carolina coast and one near the Jersey Shore. This accounts for the two…
Live fact-checking Trump’s October Cabinet meeting